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Posted by: pgollender Apr 6 2017, 07:51 AM

Don't know if this was ever posted before:
http://barnfinds.com/star-power-carl-sagans-1970-porsche-914/

Posted by: Tom_T Apr 6 2017, 09:10 AM

Back in the 1970's there were a couple of the auto magazines who did look back articles on the 914, & they published that a lot of Architects, Engineers, Scientists, etc. (I'm in the former of those) drove 914s & made up a majority of buyers. I don't recall offhand now if it was R&T, MT or another magazine.

Yes - we smart guys & gals - knew that the 914 was the superior handling machine, over the tail-dragger sibling, which has only been tamed over decades & $10,000s of electronics!

I also considered then late model 60's 911s & 912s too, but felt the 914 was the better platform, & offered at a better price.

So IMHO - anyone who chooses to drive a 914 is a smart guy or gal!

There were/are other "theories" of what the 911, 930, Vette, Ferraris, Maz's, etc. car guys were lacking, that drove them to offset that "shortcoming" with one of those aforementioned cars!


Tom
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Posted by: SirAndy Apr 6 2017, 11:28 AM

Only about 10 times ...

Posted by: Alphaogre Apr 6 2017, 01:24 PM

I was watching a documentary about using carbon nanotubes and their applications and one of the guys was driving around in a 914... not sure how smart he was, but he seemed smarter than me.

Posted by: pgollender Apr 6 2017, 02:07 PM

Boy... Andy sure makes a smart guy seem dumb. jk

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 6 2017, 02:23 PM

Naaa, just trying to get people to use the search ...

Posted by: KELTY360 Apr 6 2017, 03:31 PM

Prolly wouldn't get many hits for "smart guys" on 914World.

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 6 2017, 03:43 PM

Thank you for confirming my suspicion that people around here don't know how to use the search function!