997 911 - kids, to replace an unused estate...
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Hi,
In summary - Dad wastes money on a modern estate car and life is too short, surely those rear seats are useable and can be used in a "get out of jail" type scenario for a couple of kids.
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I work from home and have an Audi A4 Avant I never use, it's done 1500 miles in 8 months. My wife has a Q2 which I take the keys to whenever I go out as it's manual vs my A4s auto which I find more pleasureable to drive.
I want a 911 but the only thing stopping me is 1 or 2 days a week i need to put my 2 kids in the car for a school run. One is 10 and the other is 8, I really only need to put one in the back as very unlikely my wife will come for pick up. The trip is 6 miles and will increase to 20 miles when at secondary school. I'm 5ft 10.
I've looked at pictures and feel it is now or never given the ages of my kids. I want to use the 911 as my everyday car and use it for trips I currently run around in my wife's car with, which is usually just me or 1 or 2 kids. Rarely all 4 of us.
Anyone do something similar to me? Does it work? How small do you have to be to run a say 20 mile round trip in the back? I have a VW Corrado as well but they are bigger in the back and my kids would fit well into teenage years in that.
Cheers...
In summary - Dad wastes money on a modern estate car and life is too short, surely those rear seats are useable and can be used in a "get out of jail" type scenario for a couple of kids.
More detail...
I work from home and have an Audi A4 Avant I never use, it's done 1500 miles in 8 months. My wife has a Q2 which I take the keys to whenever I go out as it's manual vs my A4s auto which I find more pleasureable to drive.
I want a 911 but the only thing stopping me is 1 or 2 days a week i need to put my 2 kids in the car for a school run. One is 10 and the other is 8, I really only need to put one in the back as very unlikely my wife will come for pick up. The trip is 6 miles and will increase to 20 miles when at secondary school. I'm 5ft 10.
I've looked at pictures and feel it is now or never given the ages of my kids. I want to use the 911 as my everyday car and use it for trips I currently run around in my wife's car with, which is usually just me or 1 or 2 kids. Rarely all 4 of us.
Anyone do something similar to me? Does it work? How small do you have to be to run a say 20 mile round trip in the back? I have a VW Corrado as well but they are bigger in the back and my kids would fit well into teenage years in that.
Cheers...
We have a 991. Kids are 10 year old and a 8 year old.
For 6 miles, even 20 its absolutely fine. With 3 people in it, there is plenty of room. One kid in the passenger seat, and one sat in the rear.
4 up, it does not really work (i'm 6ft 1) and the seat needs to be all the way back for any comfort, which doesn't work for any one sat in the rear.
Ideal time for a 911 before the kids shoot up in height.
Good luck.
For 6 miles, even 20 its absolutely fine. With 3 people in it, there is plenty of room. One kid in the passenger seat, and one sat in the rear.
4 up, it does not really work (i'm 6ft 1) and the seat needs to be all the way back for any comfort, which doesn't work for any one sat in the rear.
Ideal time for a 911 before the kids shoot up in height.
Good luck.
11 and 9 year olds here and just me, absolutely fine for the school run and other short journeys, not every day etc,, school bags fit in the boot fine, violins etc have to be slotted into the rear. Double bonus is you never get asked to give any one else’s kids a lift!
996 coupe, all cabrio rear seats are too compromised
My only regret is I didn’t buy one sooner, 5/6 years to 10 the rear seats are absolutely perfect. Younger and it would get difficult with car seats,
I was hoping a 991 might be a justified upgrade with larger back seats, if that isn’t the case then I’ll keep my 996 or swap for a Cayman down the line and add a cheap EV for the occasional school runs I need to do
4 up we have a Skoda Kodiaq which gets most of the use generally (tip, beach, holidays).
996 coupe, all cabrio rear seats are too compromised
My only regret is I didn’t buy one sooner, 5/6 years to 10 the rear seats are absolutely perfect. Younger and it would get difficult with car seats,
I was hoping a 991 might be a justified upgrade with larger back seats, if that isn’t the case then I’ll keep my 996 or swap for a Cayman down the line and add a cheap EV for the occasional school runs I need to do
4 up we have a Skoda Kodiaq which gets most of the use generally (tip, beach, holidays).
Not a 911, but I’ve been doing this with a 928 and now a 968 for the past 8 or so years. I’ve 6’2” so even in the 928 the seat behind me wasn’t much use, but for carrying two others, both have been great.
My kids are 16, 14 and 10 with the tallest currently being about 5’9” - any combo of the three works fine. It’s one of the reasons for getting a 2+2 rather than a 2 seater - it becomes something to use everyday rather than a garage ornament.
Oh, and the kids love it!
My kids are 16, 14 and 10 with the tallest currently being about 5’9” - any combo of the three works fine. It’s one of the reasons for getting a 2+2 rather than a 2 seater - it becomes something to use everyday rather than a garage ornament.
Oh, and the kids love it!
Cheers for the answers everyone, seems on balance it is do-able if I am prepared to put in the effort to make it work.
I could always add a reasonable EV later down the line too. My wife's Q2 is a 1.0 and is currently seeing nearly 15k per annum with our local trips, it would make sense for her to have something bigger, in time, that covers off what seems to be an annual trip where my estate is useful and an EV to take the petrol cost out of the local trips.
I shall start looking, quite partial to 996s as well but they come with old car problems however seen a couple with engine rebuilds that make them even more attractive and a well prepared one should give me a few years trouble free motoring on c5/6k per annum.
I could always add a reasonable EV later down the line too. My wife's Q2 is a 1.0 and is currently seeing nearly 15k per annum with our local trips, it would make sense for her to have something bigger, in time, that covers off what seems to be an annual trip where my estate is useful and an EV to take the petrol cost out of the local trips.
I shall start looking, quite partial to 996s as well but they come with old car problems however seen a couple with engine rebuilds that make them even more attractive and a well prepared one should give me a few years trouble free motoring on c5/6k per annum.
My wife and daughter used to fit in my 991, one behind the other just fine and we did a few longer journeys (probably up to 100 miles round trip) without issue
they aren't exactly tall ( wife's just over 5 foot and daughter is about 5' 3") but certainly bigger than your average 10 yr old.
Having shoehorned my 2 into a variety of cars over the years (they are now 18 and 21) I can attest that a lot depends on your kids' tolerance/indulgence/bribes to them, etc. And also your other half.. My kids drove 10 miles in the back of a Taycan and had to get out and refused to get back in because they felt sick; meanwhile at the same age (14 and 17, average height) they tolerated my birthday tour of the Cotswolds in the back of a 991.2 Turbo S with a few jokes about being folded up but no real complaints.
If they share even a bit of your enthusiasm for cars they may be happy to feel cool and less comfortable...not unlike us, in fact.
It only got harder when they went to uni, when the school run stuff you could cram in, turned into suitcases etc which just don't fit. So they take the train and I drive up to meet them.
If they share even a bit of your enthusiasm for cars they may be happy to feel cool and less comfortable...not unlike us, in fact.
It only got harder when they went to uni, when the school run stuff you could cram in, turned into suitcases etc which just don't fit. So they take the train and I drive up to meet them.
...I would also agree with the poster above, from personal experience, that a 911 or similar is absolutely fine for a driver + 2 people, specially if one or both are kids, and most certainly for 20 mile round trips.
It's also v easy to forget that kids have different parameters to us. We may think they expect adult levels of comfort as they approach adult-ish size. But they are carted around in school buses and vans, crammed into uncomfortable school dining areas, made to sit on the floor in drama or gym, spend their spare time on benches or walls or whatever, and are fine sitting on swings or seesaws made of hard plastic..they don't have the same comfort expectations as us. I was the same height as I am now when I was 18 but wouldn't now dream of travelling around the world for fun in economy class and long distance buses etc as I did then, when it felt fine.
They may even be more excited by travelling folded up in the back of a Porsche than in a SUV.
Wives, in my experience, are different.
It's also v easy to forget that kids have different parameters to us. We may think they expect adult levels of comfort as they approach adult-ish size. But they are carted around in school buses and vans, crammed into uncomfortable school dining areas, made to sit on the floor in drama or gym, spend their spare time on benches or walls or whatever, and are fine sitting on swings or seesaws made of hard plastic..they don't have the same comfort expectations as us. I was the same height as I am now when I was 18 but wouldn't now dream of travelling around the world for fun in economy class and long distance buses etc as I did then, when it felt fine.
They may even be more excited by travelling folded up in the back of a Porsche than in a SUV.
Wives, in my experience, are different.
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