[FinallyGotOne]

Hello everyone.

I have begun my research on a 996/997 Carrera 4S and am hoping for some owners info. I am in Colorado so plan to also have a old jeep or older 4runner for when the snow gets too heavy, but plan on this 911 c4s to be my daily driver most of the year. I put maybe 7500-9000 miles per year on my vehicle. I am hoping for some education as to why maybe a 2003 is better than the 2004 or vice versa through maybe the 2007 model year. Seems a 996/997 can be picked up for about 25K. I loved my old 911 SC and enjoyed it for 9 years. It needed a gear change and tranny work at a cost of about $5200, and that was the only higher cost repair. $100 oil changes, valve adjustments, wheel bearings, electrical issues with lights and such along those 9 years, and of course a fruitless attempt to try and get the AC working well-but at the time I sold it, it was in perfect working condition-sans AC, and ran very strong. I am hoping this is how the 996/997 will be. I'd like to hear about common problems that I should be prepared for, and an approximate running costs. I'll be saving about $700 a year in fuel alone vs my 08 land cruiser!! assuming an avg of 18MPG. And my insurance will actually drop as well. So the prospect of actually saving money by buying another 911 is very cool. Of course I only have to do tires every 6-8 years on the Cruiser at a cost of about $850, one thing I heard was I'd be replacing tires every 2 years on a C4s. So I am open to learning all I can about these cars, and hopefully within 6 months I will be in one.