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Seems to be lots of posts of total miles/kilometer on cars but maybe it would be of interest to know just how much
you have actually driven yours?
My coupe as been driven by me 169,800 km in 5 years 1 month.
My cab has been driven by me 28,500 km in 2 years 6 months.
Kim Strong, Nova Scotia
Baron of Bugtussle and Lord of Wigtownshire, Scotland
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Bought mine in 1995 with 20K miles.
14 years later, driven at least 6 days a week, 52 weeks/year, I am at 141K.
I've gotten my money's worth out of this car. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
Jamie
Early '92 black coupe with classic grey interior, LSD, Original 17" C2 Turbo wheels, sport seats, and recessed hood badge. Recent upgrade to RSB Stage 1 with air box mod, Yellow Koni Sport adjustable shocks and struts, stiffer springs, RSB SS clutch and brake lines, and 968Forums sun screen...
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Seems to me that most here that are not using them as DDs are tweaking and modding. Making them more of a hobby car. Get the paint and everything just right and your gonna be a bit more careful. I get that.
Along the same line of thinking, once you start to factor in all the mods and labor the car is quite expensive. Then when you start to think that insurance inst going to fully cover all you put into your car. I can understand why some would be a bit protective and cautious. You do a lot of your own wrenching but when you add up your time and cost in mods your 68 is worth quite a bit, perhaps ebay wont reflect it but the money /time is in there.
Huh, add up your all rims w/o the car and your sittin on 15 grand
I love my 968 for what it is & don't hate it for what it isn't!
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I bought mine in 1996 with about 22K miles. It now has about 140K on it and it is a daily driver. It has also been up to Yellowstone on a couple on fly fishing expeditions. It only takes me two days to get to Yellowstone from Alameda driving the 968. It gets a lot of long haul trips throughout California.
Chris Vais
1994 Coupe Midnight Blue Metallic
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Bought mine in March of 2000 with 16,235
I'm at 75,873 today (in 2000 and 2001, I drove it 40,000 miles)
Jay
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My 968 is a toy, I usually take the train or my company car, so in the 1.5 years I have owned it, I have added 5000km. She is up to 92 000km now. I try to avoid short trips and the Netherlands is not exactly driving country...but 1 hours drive from my house is the authobahn and that is where i go to get my fix. There is nothing that can compare to giving a Porsche free reign on the autobahn. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img]
Johann van Biljon
'60 Aetna Blue 356B T5 Coupe
'94 Midnight Blue 968 Coupe - No Sunroof, RS Barn Stage 1 Chip, Airbox mod, RS Barn Cat-back, NGK irridium spark plugs - Sold
'92 Signal Red 964 Carrera 4 - Sold
'84 Burgundy 911 Carrera 3.2 Cabriolet - Sold
'90 Silver 944 Turbo S with M030 and limited slip diff - Sold
'76 Silver 911 Carrera 3.0 Targa - Sold
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18K miles on it 7 years ago when I bought it
36K on it now. Most of that when I lived in NC. Now that I'm in VT I only drive it about 1K per year.
Mike
1993 Cab
Factory Stock
Amazon Green/Grey
Near Burlington VT
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I will summarise all of these data on the weekend. We have some real heavy users and also some infrequent drivers.
Kim Strong, Nova Scotia
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I bought mine in 06 @ 64k it now has 105k. Daily driver in the summer months only (salt sucks!).
Rick
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00 Passat (Son's car), 02 Trailblazer (Daughter's Car)
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Bought in 2008 with 180 000kms
968 97% DD
944 S2 1% DD collecting dust [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
2% DD Audi and Merc family cars
Now @ 198 000kms
89 944 S2 - Promax Chip - sold
92 968 Cab - Airbox Mod, RS stage I chip.
18 Jaguar V6 P380