Robert SausageTrousers
Nurburgring
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- 2 Apr 2018
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Just in order to address the balance a bit, as a lot of the negative possibilities crop up a lot on here, I thought it might help perspective owners just give a summery of my ownership as it's just over 12 months since I bought my car and I've used it almost daily throughout that time, covering circa 15k miles, the car is now on 64k.
Maybe 2-3 weeks after buying the car, I hit a bump and it dislodged a PAS hose, pissing the fluid out and causing me to have to call recovery. The next morning the garage I use had fixed it by 10am and it was ready to collect, it cost me £40 to fix.
After about 4 months of ownership I had the car checked over fully and given an oil change as I'd covered 6k miles in it, the oil change was all it needed as everything else checked out AOK.
About 10 months into ownership I managed to hit another bump (I live in Cornwall, the roads aren't the best) and it broke the auto headlamp adjuster, I also started to notice a slight knocking on the NS front end. I left both for the MOT which was a couple of months away.
After 12 months the car was MOT'd, prior to the MOT the garage I use identified that the anti roll bar bushes needed to be replaced (what was causing the slight knocking), they fixed the headlamp adjuster, I had 2 new rear tyres fitted and a full service (all filters/plugs/oil etc) and including the MOT charge my bill was just over £1200.
So after 12 months and 15k, aside from the obvious few quid in Super Unleaded i've had to spend, 911 ownership has cost me roughly £1500, which when you consider the lack of depreciation compared to most other cars I think is pretty damn good!
They are fantastic cars and whilst I might sometimes prefer to be in my wifes Discovery in horrible conditions, all round they are great cars to appreciate daily! I get in it and use it like I would any other car, and it's responded really well to that. I didn't know whether I would regret buying a 911 for the mileage I do and cop out and swap it for an RS4 or something, but 12 months on and it's going nowhere, anything else looks so boring compared to the 911, you can't beat it!
EDIT - just to add, it's not needed the oil topping up once in my ownership, which from reading on here seems fairly uncommon?
Anyone else here use their 911 daily?
Maybe 2-3 weeks after buying the car, I hit a bump and it dislodged a PAS hose, pissing the fluid out and causing me to have to call recovery. The next morning the garage I use had fixed it by 10am and it was ready to collect, it cost me £40 to fix.
After about 4 months of ownership I had the car checked over fully and given an oil change as I'd covered 6k miles in it, the oil change was all it needed as everything else checked out AOK.
About 10 months into ownership I managed to hit another bump (I live in Cornwall, the roads aren't the best) and it broke the auto headlamp adjuster, I also started to notice a slight knocking on the NS front end. I left both for the MOT which was a couple of months away.
After 12 months the car was MOT'd, prior to the MOT the garage I use identified that the anti roll bar bushes needed to be replaced (what was causing the slight knocking), they fixed the headlamp adjuster, I had 2 new rear tyres fitted and a full service (all filters/plugs/oil etc) and including the MOT charge my bill was just over £1200.
So after 12 months and 15k, aside from the obvious few quid in Super Unleaded i've had to spend, 911 ownership has cost me roughly £1500, which when you consider the lack of depreciation compared to most other cars I think is pretty damn good!
They are fantastic cars and whilst I might sometimes prefer to be in my wifes Discovery in horrible conditions, all round they are great cars to appreciate daily! I get in it and use it like I would any other car, and it's responded really well to that. I didn't know whether I would regret buying a 911 for the mileage I do and cop out and swap it for an RS4 or something, but 12 months on and it's going nowhere, anything else looks so boring compared to the 911, you can't beat it!
EDIT - just to add, it's not needed the oil topping up once in my ownership, which from reading on here seems fairly uncommon?
Anyone else here use their 911 daily?
