Using the car less

Using the car less

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freddy the frog

119 posts

121 months

Friday 19th December 2014
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Not used mine for 2 months working away and other commitments keep battery fully charged in heated garage
shall look forward to using it after xmas fingers crossed.Dont see the point in firing it up till i use it

itsybitsy

5,188 posts

184 months

Friday 19th December 2014
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What's all this worry with batteries this is my 3rd porsche and sometimes have left over a month unused no trickle charge and always start first time! My first porsche the battery lasted 5 years!the trick is when you do use it go for a long drive of 20 miles plus much better than firing up and leaving to run or taking for more frequent short drives.
If your work is over 10 miles away with secure parking I can understand using everyday but when some of us have to use other transport because the porsche is impractical and our weekends are busy then the porsche has to stay in the garage instead of using for short trips in heavy traffic I use the shopping trolley and the porsche for those longer journeys!
I put my car on sorn end of November as I knew I would not use until the new year maybe even spring but if I do get a chance all I have to do is ring dvla!Yes I would like to use more but I will not fire up just to drive a few miles in traffic.
We all use our cars differently so there is no right or wrong way with porsche ownership!but I do envy those who get to use there's everyday on long drives and if that was the case for me I would not worry about mileage especially on a car like the op has!

plenty

4,655 posts

185 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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koorby said:
av185 said:
Fair point, but only to a degree.......

We can all think of certain journeys and type of roads and weather conditions where quite frankly any Porsche no matter how 'driver focused' would be completely wasted. Whats the point of say going to the supermarket/sitting in city traffic/stop start on an over congested carpark/M25 etc etc in anything tasty......might as well take a 'shed' or 'snotter' for this of motoring and leave your P and J all snuggly in the garage, knowing your mileage is kept down, your residual up and look forward with greater anticipation to that next A or B road blast when the right opportunity presents itself...........driving
Nope you miss the point of owning and enjoying a Porsche entirely.

Fact: the UK is a wet, damp, grey place a lot of the year, yet it buys the highest number of convertibles per capita than any other western nation.

Yesterday it was a damp, grey day, the forecast showed heavy clouds and the roads were slick. Still, I put 120 miles of blissful motoring on the clock, revelling in the GTS's handling, noise, poise and the sheer joy of driving it. Even when it began to drizzle the roof stayed firmly down, the cabin completely remaining dry.
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Rather than present a counterpoint you have in fact validated the previous poster's point.

If I'm taking a 120 mile trip across the South Downs, I'll take a Porsche.

When I'm sitting in traffic jams on the M25 late for my client meeting, thinking about the high-pressure presentation that I'm about to give, I couldn't be further rom a state of bliss in my driver's seat and I'd might as well be as sitting in a diesel saloon.

When I'm popping to the supermarket or to the tip, the joys of appreciating German engineering are equally far from my mind and in fact a cheap snotter that I care little about is far more appropriate in order to minimise the pain when I discover a new dent after returning to the car park.

Frankly it's about having the right tool for the purpose, and ignorance of that fact is, to put it bluntly, bloody stupid.

FrankCayman

2,121 posts

212 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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rObArtes said:
so.. everyone replying use their porker every day?
Hello Mate,

I did the 'two car thing' myself 10 or so years ago with a BMW 330 Ci Msport for work and a Lotus Elise for wkends. It didn't work for me....got annoyed with two lots of servicing, insurance etc.....Lotus spent most of the time in my Garage on trickle charger.....

Hence why I moved to Porsche...one car that did it all.

987 Boxster 3 years and 90K, 981 Cayman Gen 2 3 years and 90K and now my 981 Cayman which currently has just over 40K.

I am always in my fav car all the time...and when I've had a bad meeting, it cheers me up on the way home!!

plenty

4,655 posts

185 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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anonymous said:
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The problem with most of the opinions on this thread is that they are generalisations that ignore the wide variance in individual situations.

If we're talking about a garage queen that covers 100 miles between MoTs, then that's a shame.

If your daily commute consists of empty country roads, it makes complete sense to drive your Porsche every day.

If your daily commute consists mostly of traffic jams or clogged urban roads, then that's a waste of a nice car.

If you are in the position to own more than one car, then matching your choice of chariot to the driving occasion will certainly make your special car feel even more special.

Nimerino

295 posts

112 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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av185 said:
Nah.....you are missing the point entirely.....who said anything about sorning.....confused

Yes....use and enjoy the car......but only in the optimum conditions.

The other salient point to consider is that if something tasty is used as a daily, this somewhat dilutes the whole experience by familiarity.......this is when an interesting other vehicle comes into its own. And next time you take your prize machine out for a blast, the experience is so much greater as a consequence...win win....yes
I completely agree with this. Here in Sweden it's pretty much accepted practice to put the car away over the winter, as two foot of snow and loads (loads) of salt over the winter is unlikely to make you a happy Porsche owner. In fact, OPC's here have started offering winter storage as an in-house service. When the car's out, I drive it as often as I can, when it's parked up, I fuss over it and indulge my more pedantic sides. And invariably, when I take it out in spring, every drive until the winter is special, not least by virtue of absence having made the experience more concentrated.

BertBert

18,954 posts

210 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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anonymous said:
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I found this a lot with the 6RS. Driving it regularly I was utterly addicted even in traffic-ey conditions. I was so attuned to it that every control input, every turn of the wheel was fantastic. Slow, fast, open road, traffic, clear motorway, clogged motorway, just wonderful. When I stopped using it regularly and got in for a drive we felt more like strangers than lovers.

Bert

hunter 66

3,888 posts

219 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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Have a Ferrari as a daily driver , and keep the Porsche as an investment ( non driver ) ..

bcr5784

7,102 posts

144 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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plenty said:
The problem with most of the opinions on this thread is that they are generalisations that ignore the wide variance in individual situations.

If we're talking about a garage queen that covers 100 miles between MoTs, then that's a shame.

If your daily commute consists of empty country roads, it makes complete sense to drive your Porsche every day.

If your daily commute consists mostly of traffic jams or clogged urban roads, then that's a waste of a nice car.

If you are in the position to own more than one car, then matching your choice of chariot to the driving occasion will certainly make your special car feel even more special.
Couldn't agree more - it's a problem with the forum in general. Some of us are married, have kids, dogs, have jobs that require us to have a 4 seater, do school or shopping runs, pick up stuff from ikea, build stuff, take rubble to the tip etc That doesn't mean we don't like our driving our Porsches any less when we have the chance - just that the times when we can sensibly (or even not so sensibly) do so is restricted.


Edited by bcr5784 on Sunday 21st December 08:37

bcr5784

7,102 posts

144 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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plenty said:
The problem with most of the opinions on this thread is that they are generalisations that ignore the wide variance in individual situations.

If we're talking about a garage queen that covers 100 miles between MoTs, then that's a shame.

If your daily commute consists of empty country roads, it makes complete sense to drive your Porsche every day.

If your daily commute consists mostly of traffic jams or clogged urban roads, then that's a waste of a nice car.

If you are in the position to own more than one car, then matching your choice of chariot to the driving occasion will certainly make your special car feel even more special.
Couldn't agree more - it's a problem with the forum in general. Some of us are married, have kids, dogs, have jobs that require us to have a 4 seater, do school or shopping runs, pick up stuff from ikea, build stuff, take rubble to the tip etc That doesn't mean we don't like our driving our Porsches any less when we have the chance - just that the times when we can sensibly (or even not so sensibly) do so is restricted.


Edited by bcr5784 on Sunday 21st December 10:16

cibble10

722 posts

118 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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plenty said:
The problem with most of the opinions on this thread is that they are generalisations that ignore the wide variance in individual situations.

If we're talking about a garage queen that covers 100 miles between MoTs, then that's a shame.

If your daily commute consists of empty country roads, it makes complete sense to drive your Porsche every day.

If your daily commute consists mostly of traffic jams or clogged urban roads, then that's a waste of a nice car.

If you are in the position to own more than one car, then matching your choice of chariot to the driving occasion will certainly make your special car feel even more special.
That sums it up nicely. Today it is drizzly and yeuch out and I have a short run through busy roads so the Freelander 2 does the job; the BGTS sits snug in the garage. Tomorrow it is meant to be better weather and I will have time to hoon around so out comes the Porsche. A few weeks ago I had a long trip and sadly needed the extra seats so the Porsche stayed at home. I appreciate not everyone has the luxury of choice but where we do, horses for courses is the way to go!

Magic919

14,126 posts

200 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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OP has a garage, but no power. The only course of action is not to leave the car dormant for too long.

cibble10

722 posts

118 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Magic919 said:
OP has a garage, but no power. The only course of action is not to leave the car dormant for too long.
Yup! Or solar panel on roof of garage with a wee cable running into the garagem but agree that only charges the battery, the other juices in the car need to flow regularly...

VladD

7,853 posts

264 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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cibble10 said:
Magic919 said:
OP has a garage, but no power. The only course of action is not to leave the car dormant for too long.
Yup! Or solar panel on roof of garage with a wee cable running into the garage but agree that only charges the battery, the other juices in the car need to flow regularly...
Or buys a second battery, which is trickle charged in the house, and then swapped out every fortnight.

Magic919

14,126 posts

200 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Yeah, or shut up and drive.

VladD

7,853 posts

264 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Magic919 said:
Yeah, or shut up and drive.
Rhianna?

Magic919

14,126 posts

200 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Who?

VladD

7,853 posts

264 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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freddy the frog

119 posts

121 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Sorry cant agree with all comments but i can see where some of you are coming from.

When i bought my cayman it was a second car for sunny days at weekends or dry days at least, i am lucky enough to live on the edge of the new forest so we have some nice coastal roads to explore through into dorset.
Beleive me i have tried once or twice but i just dont get a buzz from driving the porche in rain, snow, and freezing cold winter periods in general, so i choose to leave it under cover in my heated garage with the better weather to look forward to 2015

roygarth

2,673 posts

247 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Magic919 said:
Yeah, or shut up and drive.
lol