Talk me out of (or into) dailying a 996 turbo (manual of course). I’m 29, single, no student loans, make $200-250k a year, have a garage at my apartment building, and fully remote (so drive like 5-7k miles per year). New England city with winters. I drive a BMW M340i xdrive which suffers from being perfect - too clinical, numb, easy. E.g., I miss my manual B8 A4, thing had character and feel but was slow and unreliable. Always wanted a Porsche. Thinking get a decent example and upgrade interior

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Sorry, can't talk you out of it. Buy it and let us live vicariously through you.

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Do it. Seems like you live within your means. Bought a 992.1 TTS last year and loving it.

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You need it. It’s the best decision you will ever make. I bought a 992 two months ago and already put close to 3k miles on it🙂.

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Do it. Just keep something you can drive in the winter too

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Yeah, can’t lie, that possibility has flashed through my head 😂

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I want to talk you out of it, steal your idea, and buy the car. But I can’t. You seem like you love the car. Do it and love it, you magnificent b*stard.

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Come here to say, with another set of winter tires/wheels you can easily drive it in winter as well. Just go wash off the salt regularly in a touchless car wash to prevent corrosion.

My 992.2 Carrera T is coming this late fall. The first thing I’ll do is to swap in a set of winter tires and wheels and drive it everywhere.

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A Porsche is meant to be daily driven

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I used to daily a 996tt in NJ. I had no issues with it. I’d keep it stock though. It’s great as is

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I would not daily a 996. I used to daily a manual 996 C4, putting about 2-4k miles per year. Sold it and replaced with a more conventional daily and I haven’t regretted it one bit. It was too slow, too small/tight, too stiff. Maybe a 991 or 992 would be ok to daily as they’re softer GTs.

If you’re shopping for emotion, feel, character, then high on my list would be cars like…
- C6 Z06
- Any V8 AMG sedan, coupe, or convertible
- Jag F Type
- Performance versions of American muscle cars.. e.g. Camaro ZL1, Mustang GT350. Heck, even a 6.4L Challenger is an emotional drive
- E92 M3
- several Cadillac sedans with the blown 6.2L
- maybe even an Alfa Romeo, God Forbid…

Any of these have more soul than a 996.

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Cars are meant to be driven, you got the means so do it

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