This will sound super strange to many of you, but even though the SC was a more refined, comfortable car all around, with great body lines, I outgrew it. As I hit 65 I felt like more of an entitled dick driving it, especially with rampant unemployment and soon to be record evictions and foreclosures. I know this is my take and not reflective of the majority of owners of exoticy foreign cars.
The good news is I never get that entitled rich dick feeling driving the 914. Many don’t know what it is, other than a it’s cool little car. Those that do know ( pre-COVID) rush over and want to talk about it. They had one, still have one, or Know someone who had one. 914s are cars people love and are super approachable. They are quirky, fun little boxes on wheels which either sound like VW bugs, 911s, or roaring V8s. And that’s the beauty, you never know.
So now the 914 is my one and only other than my DD. So long SC, it’s off to NY tomorrow.
Think you are right... Pity the 911 was a nice car. But 914's are great and drive very well...
Good Choice would have been even easier if the 911 was a Targa.. I have a 911 I should part with..
99.9% of my driving is in my $600 truck.
pretty comfortable driving around in a 13 yo Pt Cruiser loser car. With 235hp...
Great! So now you are telling me when I get my Six home I can't drive it because people may think I am an entitled dick?
Only if you tell them how much you have in to it.
Well said!
16 years ago, I owned an 1983 Cabriolet and 1974 2.0 at the same time. I could only drive one at time. I sold the taildragger just as you did cuz of the handling experience of the teener. Glad to know someone made a similar decision.
Didn’t quite know what to expect for responses and have to say I am very pleasantly surprised. Robert summed it up very well. Thank you
I have zero issue with people having and driving as many nice as they want. I was there and completely understand. Yeah owning three Porsches at one time sums it up and I am small-time compared to people with collections. But i’m Just not there any more.
Cairo, no worries. My 914 was bastardized into a 6 and puts a big smile on my face every time I hammer it through the twisties.
Great responses. Thanks guys
I get what Rick was saying, I think? Which is less about whether what others think is right or wrong and more about the fact that you're along for whatever ride that looks like as you can't control it—and you either care or don't care. That's up to each of us, and I echo those who say if you worked for it, you don't owe anyone an explanation. And yet, the thing I like least about my 911 is probably its message to others…which is also funny because plenty of people out there spend more each year on dining out, vacations, home improvement, boats, planes, etc etc. Or sales tax as they hop from one car to the next.
Share Rick's sentiments on the 914 by comparison, and made a similar decision with my 911 SC years ago—though for different reasons, alluded to here at around 34:00 (914 discussion starts a bit earlier, around 25:00 or 30:00, for those interested).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smaV2JIhwdE
That 911 is my favorite car especially with the little duck tail on the back. As far entitled DICK Those that usually matter don't mind and those that mind don't matter.
When you drive a 914, people don’t think your entitled because they think it’s a Fiat.
NARP is good.
Well said guys. Greg especially. Yeah, my car was at Aase for the mechanicals to be completed and it is now in the incredibly capable hands of Jim and crew to get it across the finish line. We are in the last 100 yards of the marathon.
Bernie and I think you have your priorities about right, Rick.
But you could’ve at least called me to say you were selling.
I am with you 100%. I've owned many faster, "better" vehicles yet none provides more enjoyment or man to machine connection than the 914. I've bought and sold more cars than I can count over the years but the 914 is one of two "keepers".
I also get the image thing. When we are younger we tend to believe that high priced cars, etc. make us look cool or successful. As we get older we realize that often they make us look like an entitled, self-indulgent tool. When you drive a 911 people will often give you the finger, in the 914 they are more likely to give a thumbs up.
Spend your money as you wish. If you have been fortunate be thankful and realize that no matter what you think, that luck played a role and you almost certainly did not get there on your own. Same for the less fortunate, who some herecall POSs because they rely on social welfare instead of corporate and tax code welfare (like all the those who register their exoticars in Montana because they think only POS's should have to pay taxes).
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