Am I mad ....?

[Grant]

Stuart, I think all we car nuts have a few bolts loose!!!
As you say these cars were meant to be driven & Pork suffers less from extra miles than other "premium" brands (try putting 12k a year on your 360!!!) so like you I use mine most days, although not all.
Sadly the biggest problem with Pork isn't using it every day, rather the dreaded depreciation, Porsche GB may still be restricting supply to try & hold residuals, but new EEC legislation means a vast number of cars are coming in through the back door & over supply is a real issue for us all. This is why 996 values are under pressure & it will no doubt be the same for the 997.
Even though I purchased my beastie 6 months old with a 12k discount from new it has still lost another 20k over two years, whilst this is still good for such a high value specialist car, it is the most painful aspect of ownership even for a car nut! Having said that I simply can't see a car to replace it (aside from a Gallardo!!!) & every time I'm flat out in second & third it all makes sense!
The great news for all the rest of you is that early 996TT's are around for £50-65k-simply fantastic value! New base 997 or second hand 996TT, I know where my money would go.

 

[Guest]

I don't plan to sell it; I will keep if for many years. I may buy another one when the 998 comes out, but this one will remain, for shopping, to gather dust or just as a chicken hut [], perhaps even as a track toy to be stripped out eventually (who knows).
So the depreciation is not an issue really, just the running costs and how much it will cost to do 200,000 miles.

I will be in uncharted territory and should really be given some development budget by Porsche (well I can hope).

 

[Melv]

You keep driving it Stuart -keep up the good work!!

 

[Dapster]

The issue of driving the Porsche every single day is that the feeling of driving something deeply special wears off.

Bit like if Tyra Banks is your wife you can forget that her legs start at her armpits and notice instead that her way of doing the roast potatoes aren't quite as good as your mums.

So the moral is, accept that you are not going to get something for nothing so just enjoy the fact that you have something that most other people can only dream about and drive it like every day is the last day you will ever see it.