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Ronzi · 07-23-2006, 08:35 AM

If a 5,000 mi. a year Porsche is a "garage queen", then there are one hell of a lot of garage queens out there.
A few numbers from the classified ads in my local newspaper today (Sunday):

There are 13 911s advertised for sale which have the mileage noted. The average yearly mileage is 4,054, with a high average if 9066 miles per year, and a low average of 900 miles per year.
There are six 986/987s advertised for sale, with an average yrly mileage of 5840 miles. Low avg of 1600 miles, high avg of 9500.

This tracks pretty well with other mileage figures I have seen, which indicate the average to be roughly 6000 miles per year.

While there may be some truth to the contention that extremely low yearly mileage may ultimately, after a number of years, have some impact on the condition of rubber components and seals, such contention is typically, in my opinion, a justification on the part of the "daily driver" contingent for piling up mileage on their own cars.
I have news for those folks. They don't have to justifiy their driving habits. It's your car, drive it as much or as little as you like.
What irritates the hell out of me is the self-serving smugness of the high-mileage guys in berating low-mileage owners for somehow mistreating their cars. Purest nonsense. If this were true, low mileage cars would be worth LESS in resale value than average mileage or high mileage cars, which is patently not the case.

07-23-2006, 08:35 AM	#15
Ronzi Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Denver CO Posts: 748	If a 5,000 mi. a year Porsche is a "garage queen", then there are one hell of a lot of garage queens out there. A few numbers from the classified ads in my local newspaper today (Sunday): There are 13 911s advertised for sale which have the mileage noted. The average yearly mileage is 4,054, with a high average if 9066 miles per year, and a low average of 900 miles per year. There are six 986/987s advertised for sale, with an average yrly mileage of 5840 miles. Low avg of 1600 miles, high avg of 9500. This tracks pretty well with other mileage figures I have seen, which indicate the average to be roughly 6000 miles per year. While there may be some truth to the contention that extremely low yearly mileage may ultimately, after a number of years, have some impact on the condition of rubber components and seals, such contention is typically, in my opinion, a justification on the part of the "daily driver" contingent for piling up mileage on their own cars. I have news for those folks. They don't have to justifiy their driving habits. It's your car, drive it as much or as little as you like. What irritates the hell out of me is the self-serving smugness of the high-mileage guys in berating low-mileage owners for somehow mistreating their cars. Purest nonsense. If this were true, low mileage cars would be worth LESS in resale value than average mileage or high mileage cars, which is patently not the case.