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...
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.
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