Porsche owner ...What's the daily drive.....

[YoungMD]

After my bmw diesel died a few months ago I started using my 997.1 as a daily drive, 100miles round trip, did it very well and I do enjoy driving it daily (don't like the salt much) but a month ago decided it was time to get another car, don't like carrying bikes/windsurf in the 911 and it is a pain just popping down the shops in it.

So after lots of looking I really could not convince myself to get another diesel, too boring and I just don't like the engine behaviour and I don't like newer cars... in the end I settled for a not so sensible old audi s3 2001.

It's not the most economical, and it's not the biggest but as a stable mate for a 911 it's spot on, turbo 4 wheel drive, precisely what the 911 is not. I've always thought the original s3 was the turbo break through car just at the point everything fast'ish went turbo.

Just wondering what other cheaper daily cars people use that as still interesting............

[Sandy59]

Skoda Roomster - 1.2 TSI, 105 bhp, Turbo, DSG, panoramic sunroof !!!

No longer in production, so can only see values going one way

[LordHaveMurci]

Clio 172 Cup as my daily, save the 996 for the fun journeys

[Cheib]

997 GTS in the garage for weekends. Daily driver is a Mk V Golf Gti, or an X5 Diesel. The latter is about to be replaced with a Cayenne S Diesel. Mrs Cheib has got a Mini Clubman Cooper S.

[Carlson W6]

997 Turbo Gen 2 for three or four days per week of commuting.

The other one or two days in my old year 2000 Subaru. WR Sport Prodrive.

Family stuff in C5 RS6 Avant.

Edited by Carlson W6 on Friday 3rd February 13:11

[tuffer]

991 GTS, usually backwards and forwards to the airport and then fun at weekends.

X5 M50D for shopping and tip runs or if I want to get somewhere in a hurry.

[LordHaveMurci]

Carlson W6 said:

997 Turbo Gen 2 for three or four days per week of commuting.

The other one or two days in my old year 2000 Subaru. WR Sport Prodrive.

Family stuff in C5 RS6 Avant.

Feeling blessed.

Guess you like AWD

[Robbo66]

All you need...

[s2000db]

997 TurboS in the garage, BMW M4 as a daily...

[Carlson W6]

LordHaveMurci said:

Carlson W6 said:

997 Turbo Gen 2 for three or four days per week of commuting.

The other one or two days in my old year 2000 Subaru. WR Sport Prodrive.

Family stuff in C5 RS6 Avant.

Feeling blessed.

Guess you like AWD

Yes and turbos!

[RDMcG]

DD and general dogsbody is an old 2008 Cayenne S V8. Very reliable and great for towing.

[pete.g]

Toyota Land Cruiser 3.0 D4D - the real king of the 4wd world.

VW Golf Mk2 GTI 8v - bought it 06 as a DD when I got my first Cayman, now used as befits a minor classic

Missus has a Mini Cooper Clubman (the first one) and wants another as the new one is enormous.

In addition to this, roughly 3 or 4 theoretical cars per week, picked out while trawling through ads during moments of quiet reflection.

[hunter 66]

Have 993 GT2 and GT3RS .... but daily driver to take kids to school is my reliable workhorse a Ferrari 612....

[YoungMD]

hunter 66 said:

Have 993 GT2 and GT3RS .... but daily driver to take kids to school is my reliable workhorse a Ferrari 612....

Of course a Ferrari as the daily drive I didnt think of that.....

[YoungMD]

Robbo66 said:

All you need...

I would absolutely love a van for the windsurfing stuff, save the garage space too but with a porsche, fiat 500 (old), old rav4 (don't know why), and a s3, a van for windsurfing would not get management approval......

[Robbo66]

some top quality showing off here...keep 'em coming.

[Shaoxter]

YoungMD said:

Just wondering what other cheaper daily cars people use that as still interesting............

Another Porsche... Cayenne GTS.
No, it's not cheaper to run

[Digga]

Another pleb in a van, like Robbo66:



I don't put ironing boards in mine though.

[TB993tt]

YoungMD said:

I would absolutely love a van for the windsurfing stuff, save the garage space too but with a porsche, fiat 500 (old), old rav4 (don't know why), and a s3, a van for windsurfing would not get management approval......

I'm with Robbo on this one, if you're into windsurfing then it has to be a van, mega tax efficient as a company car, very useful for shifting crap to the tip (Mrs will like that) and kids love it and the main benefit is that you will drive your Pork more cos vans are, well, vans !

Here is mine, lowered with a Bilstein B4 chassis, silencer delete and of course fully chipped....




And to make up for yesterday's trip to Wales for those south easterlies here it is in warmer climes

[h0b0]

Shaoxter said:

Another Porsche... Cayenne GTS.
No, it's not cheaper to run

I split the daily between a VW tiguan and a Cayenne GTS. I would use the GTS more but the GTS is newer and has 3 times the mileage so have been using the tiguan. It now has 12k miles at 5 years old.