[fintstone]

I have had my turbo for a few years as a daily driver and drive the heck out of it including towing cars and trailers from coast to coast. I drive a lot of back roads in the early morning and late at night. The headlights are amazing and have helped me miss many deer and downed power lines a couple of times that I would have hit in my other cars. It accellerates like a sports car (faster than most 911s) and will quickly pass almost anything on the road (very short legal passing areas here and if you fail to pass, you can follow a slow car for many miles), even if the idiot speeds up... and the big Brembos will stop it on a dime. It performs incredibly well and is the most comfortable car I have ever driven. I have put about 100k on it and see no reason that I will not continue to drive it for a very long time. I would definitely buy another, but like the styling of the earlier ones better...so I probably will not upgrade for better stereo or GPS and will keep it for another 10 years or so like my other Porsches. I bought it when my F-150 died at around 100K miles (just like every other American car I have owned since the 70s) and it does everything much, much better (except, like most SUVs...for hauling manure...but I have a small trailer for things that will not fit inside). It is especially good in poor weather...rain or snow..and the AC will freeze you.

I have fixed a couple of things myself and had an independent do other work. If I had to guess, I would say $2K average per year is a reasonable guesstimate of repairs if you include replacing the coolant pipes/coolant and all factory req maintenance (if you do not count tires). Wide, 20-inch all-terrian tires are pricey.