Porsche: Most Dependable Cars!

[ZBB]

OK... I'll have to get a 2007 Porsche now:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35926104/ns/business-autos/

[John V]

Direct link to the article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35926104/ns/business-autos/from/ET

[ZBB]

Direct link to the article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35926104/ns/business-autos/from/ET

weird... the link I posted came from the article and takes me there :dunno:

[John V]

Strange... it does for me now as well, but the first time I clicked it, it went to the msnbc main page. Carry on...

[lemming]

OK... I'll have to get a 2007 Porsche now:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35926104/ns/business-autos/


are 07s as reliable?

:dunno:

[ZBB]

are 07s as reliable?

:dunno:

Study was on 2007 model year cars...

[lemming]

Study was on 2007 model year cars...

clearly a TOEFL moment for me.

thanks.

:D

[stuka]

Both the Turbo and the GT2 stranded me.

The Turbo with the fuel line popping off inside the tank.

The GT2 with the exposed clutch hydraulic line being damaged by road debris.

No new Audi or BMW to date has ever stranded me.

[FC]

'07 Porsches rule!

:D

[SCA]

Very nice!

[lupinsea]

What I wonder about the reputation Porsche's have for being dependable cars is. . . . do any of these studies look at milage?

From what I know, most Porsche's (or heck, most fancy sports cars) actually have comparatively low miles vs. "normal cars". Simply because people don't beat up on them as daily drivers as much. Instead they're more like FC's car. Something to take out now and again for fun.

So. . . after 3 years of use how many miles are on a Porsche? And how does that compare to the other cars?

I would expect a 3 year old car to have 36,000 - 45,000 miles on it average.

My friends and I used to joke that a high-milage Ferrari was anything over 4,000 miles on the odo. And it was similar, though a higher milage limit with the Porsches.


Bottom line, I'm guessing the report is perhaps a bit skewed if they only look at the age of a car is years.

[equ]

Yes, but how are those porsches driven? Are they driven like a Flex, dozing at 2,000rpms, or are they ripped around in? My guess is that the low miles that porsches see are much harder than most.

[FC]

Yes, but how are those porsches driven? Are they driven like a Flex, dozing at 2,000rpms, or are they ripped around in? My guess is that the low miles that porsches see are much harder than most.

Bingo. My car will get on average 6k miles a year. Most Ferraris put a whole lot less than that. I see most 10+ yo F-cars with less than 20K miles.

And I average 14.5 mpg out of a mdoern 6 cylinder car ona 3k-lb car. It gets driven hard. I warm it up and cool it down properly, but I enjoy it.

[equ]

14.5? You must be having some good times. I don't think I've seen a tank worse than that since my break-in... Generally 18 to 20 on a tank but I do a fair bit of cruising...

But the mpg's of this 3.4 just don't make any sense, it is a bit wasteful for such a lightweight car.

[lemming]

What I wonder about the reputation Porsche's have for being dependable cars is. . . . do any of these studies look at milage?

From what I know, most Porsche's (or heck, most fancy sports cars) actually have comparatively low miles vs. "normal cars". Simply because people don't beat up on them as daily drivers as much. Instead they're more like FC's car. Something to take out now and again for fun.

So. . . after 3 years of use how many miles are on a Porsche? And how does that compare to the other cars?

I would expect a 3 year old car to have 36,000 - 45,000 miles on it average.

My friends and I used to joke that a high-milage Ferrari was anything over 4,000 miles on the odo. And it was similar, though a higher milage limit with the Porsches.


Bottom line, I'm guessing the report is perhaps a bit skewed if they only look at the age of a car is years.

well, this is good news.

it took Porsche a very, very long time to iron out all of the bugs in the M96 series of engines and it got a lot better with the M97. it's even better, esp. from an engineering point of view, with the all new DI engines.

:dunno:

[FC]

14.5? You must be having some good times. I don't think I've seen a tank worse than that since my break-in... Generally 18 to 20 on a tank but I do a fair bit of cruising...

But the mpg's of this 3.4 just don't make any sense, it is a bit wasteful for such a lightweight car.

I got high 20's on my drive back from detroit (hwy, ~75-80mph). When I drive it on country roads, I get ~17 (while still having fun). I just don't get very long drives or when I do drive it for a while, they are fun drives.

I used to get ~22mpg commutin in the ZHP. These were fun, country road commutes. I moved to my new job and I started averaging 18mpg. The 987S is that much more addictive.

I've since settled into the car and average more like 16.5mpg.

[lemming]

I got high 20's on my drive back from detroit (hwy, ~75-80mph). When I drive it on country roads, I get ~17 (while still having fun). I just don't get very long drives or when I do drive it for a while, they are fun drives.

I used to get ~22mpg commutin in the ZHP. These were fun, country road commutes. I moved to my new job and I started averaging 18mpg. The 987S is that much more addictive.

I've since settled into the car and average more like 16.5mpg.

that's decent considering nothing on the car is warmed up by the time you get to work.

:D

[FC]

that's decent considering nothing on the car is warmed up by the time you get to work.

:D

Well, for the last week that was not the case, as flooded roads meant 30+ minute commutes each way. Also, my morning commutes are mild, but in the middle of the day when I go home I have two trips within an hour so the car is pretty warm for the return trip.

And when I drive it on weekends or at nights, they are always longer fun drives.

[rumatt]

that's decent considering nothing on the car is warmed up by the time you get to work.


That's probably partly why the mileage is so low. in my experience, short commutes produce significantly lower mileage.