997 as a daily driver?

[hhackma]

Is anyone here using their 997 as a daily driver? I;m considering it and would like any feedback that you may have. I have a 30 mile commute, each way, in the Dallas Fort Worth area. I have an older Porsche that I would love to use, but do not want to put the miles on it. Since I only use it on the weekends, I'm thinking of something I can get more use out of. Any thoughts would be welcome.

[KNS]

I've been thinking of the same thing with the value of the air cooled models going up so much. Lots of people use 997s as a daily, it's still a fairly new car and shouldn't give too many problems. It does have some weaknesses (reservoir caps, AOS failures, water pumps) but really no different than a similar year BMW or VW. There is always the (low) possibility of an IMS failure.

It looks like you've owned a Boxster so you're familiar with the newer models already.

[Joe Ricard]

Daily, absolutely. wonderful cars.

[hhackma]

Any 997 that I would consider would have to be a 09 or newer. As far as I know that is when the engine was revised to do away with the IMS issue.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by hhackma

Is anyone here using their 997 as a daily driver? I;m considering it and would like any feedback that you may have. I have a 30 mile commute, each way, in the Dallas Fort Worth area. I have an older Porsche that I would love to use, but do not want to put the miles on it. Since I only use it on the weekends, I'm thinking of something I can get more use out of. Any thoughts would be welcome.

We have several customers that use them as daily drivers, and we are expecting another 5 inches of snow today.

[ParkerFE]

I use my 38k+ mile 2012 997TT-S as my 50 mile round trip DD in the metro Atlanta area and love it.