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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
Any reason why you don't just daily drive it? My last 996 was a year round DD for over one year, they are even good in snow with the right tires.
True enough, and I've considered it, but it's pretty impractical. Living in the PNW means my DD should really be comfortable driving on pitted gravel or dirt roads; I'm likely to replace the E46 BMW with something that has a bit more ground clearance and AWD. That and the fact that I've done the harness/race seat/cage thing means the back seat isn't usable and it's ... well, it's much better at the track than on the street now. I suppose I could convert it back, sell the cage, and so on, turn it back into a DD.

I'd feel *really* bad taking my 911 out to a trailhead for a weekend of backpacking, though. I mean, I feel bad enough taking the 200Kmi Bimmer out on some of these roads. Doing that to a 911? Oh, man, a piece of my soul is burning in Porsche hell just thinking about doing that.
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