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ben, lj said:
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69bossnine said:
I've had the opportunity of driving a 360 Modena, and it's an amazing car, but I can only imagine owning one as a weekend toy. With a 911, it seems to fit into everyday life like a good pair of blue jeans.
I'm curious as to why the base 360 isn't a great daily driver? It's way more comfy than a 99X (owing to it being much wider), it has all the leather, etc, it has a way better suspension setup (though Porsche addressed this in "some" 997s) in that you can set it for regular (as compliant if not more so than any 99X) or sport which is still pretty nice. Aside from the attention (a big issue for many understandably), and maybe some add'l maintence which is made up for with substantially less depreciation from MSRP, the 360 is a fine daily driver.
Maybe over at the states but not in Europe:
- No rear seats whatsoever,
- width and visibility is not made for european city driving nor parking,
- maintenance here is not compensated at all by depreciation difference that there is here between Porsche and Ferrari, not to mention insurance costs,
- then there is the dealer and service infrastructure or lack of there of which is important on a daily driver for regular maintence services and also any repairs you may need, and heaven forbit you get into a colision, you are out of a car for 2 months to get it repaired waiting for the stupiest part to arrive,
- then there is the weather, how many F360's are/can be driven in winter/snow, but 996 has no problem
- then there is the safety in a daily driver in a car without even side impact airbags and with a tendency to charcoal its passengers, which maybe OK for a weekend car but not a daily driver in this day and age,
- and lastly and very importantly, the attention you call is unbearable for many even for weekend use not to mention for use as a daily driver.
So maybe its an OK daily driver for the suburbs in the summer of a large city in the US but not in Europe or many other places around the world. Of course it depends on how far are you willing to compromise, since almost any car can be used as a daily driver if you want to. But compared to a 996, its not even close.