Is your 3.2 a daily driver, rain, snow or shine?

[2.4te]

As you may have noticed from my previous posts, I've been looking at earlier 3.2s with a view to using one as a daily driver, including through the winter on the UK's salted roads!

Does anyone use their 3.2 in this way, or will such treatment destroy the cars, given their age. Having looked at several, and SCs, I realise that galvanising doesn't prevent the dreaded tin worm, but perhaps delays the onset.

Many thanks.

 

[Guest]

I have an '87 3.2. It is my only car, and I have had it for 10 years. It is modified.

It starts every time, and I use it as a car ie. a means of transport. So, it goes where/when I want to go, whatever the conditions. If it was too precious to go out in the rain, I would sell it, and buy something that would.

It has travelled in snow from Bordeaux to Le Havre - I was decidely un-nerved, but the car didn't care.

It has no obvious rust. It has approx. 120,000 miles on it.

It gets washed when I feel like it, and polished the same way. It is in very good nick (apart from the usual stone chips).

Use it as it was intended.

Am I biased ? It is the best car I have ever owned.

 

[oliver]

There is a 1988 911 Carrera 'Club Sport' that has done almost 400,000 miles.

One owner, supplied and maintained, mainly, by OPC Swindon, used for daily commute to/from work.

At 330,000 miles the egine had a precautionary re-fresh, but was found to be in very good order, and the original clutch was changed.

However, it has had three new windscreens.

 

[bones]

For the first ten years I owned my SC I used it as my only car, it has to this day never let me dowm at the roadside . I think an air cooled post '77 911 is pretty much mechamically bullet proof if serviced to factory standards.

 

[Jamie Summers]

My '89 3.2 is my only car, it lives on-street in Central London, sits there through rain and shine often not being used for a couple of weeks at a time. It has now covered 95,000 without rebuild, starts every time and has only let me down once when the alternator packed in when I was driving - still managed to limp it to JZ for a quick fix. The clutch has been changed and I have had the usual list of niggles with the heating system etc., but otherwise nothing that would have stopped me driving the thing every day if I had needed. London life is not kind to cars, mine is no exception and has a growing collection of scrapes and dings - particularly when 4X4s park infront or behind you and cant see your car in their rear view mirrors - I have scuffs at both ends from exactly this - very annoying. Other than this the car does not seem to have suffered from this hard-ish life over the last couple of years. Previously it had led an easy life garaged in Northern Spain. These cars are adaptable and resilient, but do like a bit of TLC every now and then !

Jamie

 

[Guest]

You're probably getting bored of hearing the same reply, but I have a 1988 3.2 Targa which I use daily and it never let's me down. There are a couple of spots of corrosion which I will get fixed at some stage, but nothing major.

I constantly tell people that it's the cheapest car I've ever owned - £250 every 12k to service, less than £500 to insure and virtually zero depreciation. OK things get a little more expensive than your average car when they break, but buy a good one and that shouldn't happen often.

Now I've got this car, I can't think what I would replace it with, it's my dream car from childhood and yet far from being a disappointment, it has exceeded my expectations and then some.

Go on treat yourself - you won't regret it.

 

[Signor]

Greetings
I'm a new member without a 911 at the moment, but am searching in ernest! Having just logged on to the forum for the first time I found it refreshing that you folks do use your cars daily. Because I intend with mine, when it arrives. So hopefully soon I to will be joining you "IN ALL WEATHERS"
See you on the road
Signor