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How much have YOU driven your car?
#1

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.
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Kim Strong, Nova Scotia

Baron of Bugtussle and Lord of Wigtownshire, Scotland

2022 Mustang Mach-E
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#2

more than half of its miles on the blue one - i got it at 22.6k and it's now just over 50k
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94 Midnight Metallic Blue Cab Porsche 968 w/deviating cashmere/black interior and WAY too many mods to list - thanks to eric for creating www.968forums.com



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#3

Bought mine April 06 with 98k miles
now have 145k. Was a daily driver till April this year.

I don't understand people who buy'em and just park'em. Or only put a few hunderd miles a year on them.
Just seems real waste of money to me.

They are realitivly cheap cars.
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#4

I bought it with about 56,000 miles on it IIRC, and added 50,000 to it in the last six years. It started out as a daily driver, but then in the last couple of years it's been mostly a weekend, and long trips driver.
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#5

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
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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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#6

lol - well pat, not everybody drives all that much, and spread across 3.5 cars, i have a hard time logging any real miles on any of them, and the miles i do log tend to be on the utility vehicle, since i'm usually having to cart something somewhere, or i have to sit in traffic, or just running a quick errand, all of which is hard on the car - the 968 is the least practical car for the driving i do the most - it's hard for me to get more than maybe 2k a year on either of the 968s - where would i go? i can only host so many events a year - it's not by choice, but rather by circumstance
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94 Midnight Metallic Blue Cab Porsche 968 w/deviating cashmere/black interior and WAY too many mods to list - thanks to eric for creating www.968forums.com



"It isn't nearly as expensive to do it right as it is to do it wrong."
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#7

6,000 miles in 17 months. A play vehicle until recently, now using it as a semi-daily driver cause its too fun just to walk by it every day.
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#8

<!--quoteo(post=81751:date=Oct 13 2009, 08:56 AM:name=PorscheDude)-->QUOTE (PorscheDude @ Oct 13 2009, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't understand people who buy'em and just park'em.

They are realitivly cheap cars.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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
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I love my 968 for what it is & don't hate it for what it isn't!
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#9

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.
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Chris Vais
1994 Coupe Midnight Blue Metallic
2015 Audi Allroad Quattro Brilliant Black
2008 Audi A5 Brilliant Black
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#10

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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#11

my 968 is not a daily driver. I've logged about 11K miles on the car in 4 years of ownership.
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#12

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]
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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

'79 Silver 924 5 speed - Sold
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#13

Bought mine in April 2003 with 57k miles on the odometer. It now has 176k miles on it - and the only reason it doesn't have over 200k is that I bought a PT cruiser two years ago that I now use in the winter and on summer days that are too lousy/hot to contemplate putting the top down.
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#14

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.
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Mike

1993 Cab

Factory Stock

Amazon Green/Grey

Near Burlington VT
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#15

23,000 miles in three years of ownership.
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#16

I will summarise all of these data on the weekend. We have some real heavy users and also some infrequent drivers.
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Kim Strong, Nova Scotia

Baron of Bugtussle and Lord of Wigtownshire, Scotland

2022 Mustang Mach-E
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#17

I bought mine in 06 @ 64k it now has 105k. Daily driver in the summer months only (salt sucks!).
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Rick

93 968 (My summer car), 06 Jetta (My winter car)

79 924 (Wife's summer car), 02 C230K (Wife's winter car)

00 Passat (Son's car), 02 Trailblazer (Daughter's Car)

67 Honda Mini-Trail (familiy toy)
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#18

Bought in October 2004 with 115,000 miles;
Now has 191,000 miles;
76,000 miles in 5 years;
15,200 miles per year as a daily driver!
I LOVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR!!
Brian
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#19

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
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89 944 S2 - Promax Chip - sold 

92 968 Cab - Airbox Mod, RS stage I chip.

18 Jaguar V6 P380

 
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#20

I've had her 2 years and 2months, and have driven 50000km's. this winter it's time to do belt's and cam adjuster pads.
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.matti



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Porsche 968, 1992, 6-speed, Corallic-Red.



Mods.

Engine + Drivetrain: RS Barn Flywheel; RSBarn Chip1

Chassis: Rear Seat Delete; Fiberglass hood; Lexan rear hatch; Odyssey 680 racing battery + kill switch

Suspension & Brakes: 996 Turbo Mk1 front calibers + 330x34mm cross drilled discs front; 968 CS Cross drilled discs rear; Ferodo DS2500 brake pads; Speedline Corse Magnesium Wheels (18''); Shark Motorsport strut brace.



Coming up:

Adjustable Camber plates. m030 Sways + coilovers probably next summer... *sigh*

maybe slotted 2-piece front brake discs, If I find a good deal. Smile
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