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end of year driving update - Kim - 12-27-2009
I posted a half-year summary earlier so here is the tally for all of 2009 (the Cayenne is a bit of a guess since the year isn't over but it is very close). I do drive a fair bit I think. This has been the first year that my white car has been working well consistently and not always in for repairs. So I have been happier than before. Maybe I shouldn't be - perhaps I have just run out of things to fix for now but will be less than happy later when something breaks! And this is the first complete year that I drove ONLY my Porsches - other years I had some sort of "work car" at the office that I drove a bit when the white car was in the shop.
White 92 968 – 43,588 km (27,090 miles) - daily driver (total is 329,834 km)
Blue 92 968 – 6,201 km (3,854 miles) – hardly drive (total is 67,788 km)
Black 06 Cayenne – 45,618 km (28,352 miles) - winter vehicle (total is 204,020 km)
Silver 08 Cayman S – 20,147 km (12,521 miles) – drive more next year (total is 20,197 km)
I envy you 3,000 mile/yr guys - your repair and maintenance bills are probably low compared to mine. But, then again, maybe I am having more fun being behind the wheel.
end of year driving update - rhudeboye - 12-27-2009
I remember your mid year post. I was a bit taken back at how many miles you drove in a week. You've got the perfect solution to a long commute. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]
Nice to see the white 68 logged so many miles worry free.
More time behind the wheel = more fun. No argument there.
David
end of year driving update - timbits - 12-27-2009
So I'm curious, what's your take on comparing the 968 to the Cayman? I'll admit that I've been toying around with the idea of switching out my 968 for a Cayman S, although it would be a little bit down the road for me. I drove my dad's boxster a bit but I haven't had a chance to take a good test drive in a Cayman yet. How does the drive compare between the two? Does anything stand out over the other car?
Tim
end of year driving update - Kim - 12-27-2009
Hard, really, to compare a 17 year old front engine car to a new mid engined one. It does handle better, is faster, accelerates harder, corners better, is better all round. But, my 968 is stock with respect to suspension and probably some of that is worn. Tires are a fair bit skinnier too (205/245 x 16 vs 235/265 x 19). People with serious upgrades to their 968 might not see as big a difference. I like to drive them both - I have the 968 out today for a romp.
end of year driving update - Cloud9...68 - 12-27-2009
So, no jokes yet about Kim being single-handedly responsible for a half-degree rise in global temperatures (which may be something he'd welcome in Canada [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] )? I thought I saw his car collection on the signs of a few of the protestors in Copenhagen...
end of year driving update - Kim - 12-27-2009
Sadness, misery and despair are everywhere and I, as the Batman of Air Quality and Keeper of the One, need to travel throughout Gotham City, Mirkwood and even Fanghorn and further afield to rescue sad souls from the toxic mould and other foul clouds that infiltrate their houses and business from the Orcs of Mordor. Using many tools, too secret to mention here, from the Bat-belt, I leap every day into one of the four specially equipped Porsche Batmobiles, turn the atomic batteries to power and get the atomic turbines to speed (Flash, your supercharger is NO match for atomic turbines), and travel off to rescue all and sundry from fates that most assuredly are the equal of the Black Plague of centuries past.
So I need 4 cars, guys, and drive 'em a lot.
end of year driving update - Kim - 12-25-2010
Here is the year end review for 2010. Once again, the Cayenne will get another 1500 km in last week of year.
Cayenne, 41,840 total km, 37,816 km this year, $5,465 fuel, 22.45 mpg
968 Coupe, 201,456 total km, 27,427 km this year, $2,539 fuel, 33.62 mpg
968 Cab, 70,118 total km, 2,330 km this year, $278 fuel, 27.33 mpg
Cayman S, 42,123 total km, 21,926 km this year, $2,277 fuel, 30.71 mpg
Total 89,499 total km this year, $10,559 fuel
This was the first year in many that I did not exceed 100,000 km. I have not been driving to Toronto from Nova Scotia at all.
end of year driving update - DaveN - 12-25-2010
Kim: thanks for the excellent post. Just wiped the tears from my eyes, a great X-mas present!
end of year driving update - Scott Collins - 12-26-2010
Kim,
When I had two Porsches, I felt a tad guilty, but now I realize the error of my ways. My eyes have been opened, My guilt, now that I fully understand it, was not having too many Porsches. It was, in fact, from not having ENOUGH Porsches!
Seriously, congratulations on enjoying those ponies as much as you do. We should all enjoy it as much while we are here.
-Scott
end of year driving update - Ryan - 12-27-2010
Kim,
Those are not U.S. mpg numbers are they? I can never get over the low 20's in combined driving.
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end of year driving update - flash - 12-27-2010
canadian gallons
divide by 1.2 to read US mpg
33.62 = 28
27.33 = 22.75
end of year driving update - bombfactory - 12-27-2010
28 MPG is still pretty darn good. I only got 23 point something on my trip to Monterey last August. I was kinda disappointed, as I'd read posts of 968 owners reporting upwards of 30 MPG. Time for a tune-up I guess...
-Austin
end of year driving update - flash - 12-27-2010
oh yeah - no doubt about it
these cars are extremely subject to throttle input and speed - to get 30mpg you have to keep your foot out of it and keep the speed down - the difference between 65mph and 75mph is about 5mpg
end of year driving update - Kim - 12-27-2010
Those are year-long averages. My driving is largely highway as I live about 100 km from work. I try to drive about 110 km/h.
end of year driving update - flash - 12-27-2010
yup - that'll get you those numbers for sure
end of year driving update - Kim - 12-30-2011
To the end of 2011
Cayman S – 66,468 total km, 24,020 km in 2011
Cayenne – 321,130 total km, 77,649 km in 2011
968 Coupe – 372,740 total km, 17,625 km in 2011
968 Cab – 70,405 total km, 287 km in 2011
TOTAL km 2011 - 119,581
end of year driving update - Langley968 - 12-31-2011
Wow!
Are the 372,740 Km (968 coupe) on the original engine?
I ask because of the recent 400,000 Km post here from Phil, but he recently changed engines.
end of year driving update - Kim - 01-01-2012
Original engine. Head was replaced. Rings were replaced.
end of year driving update - rxter - 01-01-2012
You babied the cab this year Kim. Too much rain?
end of year driving update - Kim - 01-01-2012
no time to drive it.