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> anyone been to Germany, are 914s plentiful still, over there?
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post Mar 14 2004, 02:32 PM
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curious...after my deployment in Iraq my unit will be staying in Germany permanently....so that means I will be there for about a year and change...thinking of buying a teener over there...whats the market like for them down there....if it sucks will just buy a bimmer to blow up...Also...one cool thing is that I can have the teener shipped back to cali when I get out of the army... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Mar 14 2004, 02:46 PM
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post Mar 14 2004, 02:49 PM
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Nope, all rusted away....they import them from the US....can't be modified....the TUV won't let them....they have been banned in some countries as too loud.
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post Mar 14 2004, 03:11 PM
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so I couldnt import mine since its modified?
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post Mar 14 2004, 03:25 PM
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Heej,

I'm almost from Germany (the Netherlands actually, like Jeroen)
and I can tell you that 914's are in short supply here.
80% of all 914's were exported to the USA, so that leaves only 20% in europe....
Given the lousy climate overhere... you do the math (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
for example:
In our country (population 16 million) there are approx 100 driveable 914's and a total of 250 but those are only estimations.
Don't really know the figures for Germany but I recall something of 1500 914's on the road... but please don't pin me down on that.....
In Germany you are close to where the 914 was born, but that doesn't mean parts or service is cheap. (For me it was cheaper to have parts shipped from the States than to buy them from a Germany parts supplier (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) )

Hope this info didn't disappointed you to much..

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post Mar 14 2004, 03:26 PM
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QUOTE(DrifterJay @ Mar 14 2004, 01:11 PM)
so I couldnt import mine since its modified?

that's most likely correct ...

i grew up in germany and teeners were not part of the automotive landscape.
i have seen more 914s here in CA in a month than in 35+ years in germany.

last time i checked (88) there were 3771 914s registered in germany.
that doesn't mean they were actually driven. by now, it's probably half that number.

your car won't be street legal in it's current setup over there.
it could be modified to pass the TÜV check, i'm sure, but that might not be cheap.

US soldiers used to have TÜV excemption in germany, meaning they could bring over and drive their cars without TÜV approval, but that has been changed a long time ago.

on the other hand, once you get on the autobahn for the first time, you will KILL for the chance to drive a 914 over there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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Back again,

just checked on the link provided above... and there were 1215 registered 914's in 2003 in Germany
The number has been declining rapidly: according to Andy 1988: 3771 registered according to the German 914 club in 1998 there were still 1430 registerd 914's


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post Mar 14 2004, 03:44 PM
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arg I wish I could speak german was trying to decipher the MARKT section....need a translator....can u believe this...look at these photos from that site...


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like those mirrors (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


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post Mar 14 2004, 04:02 PM
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QUOTE(DrifterJay @ Mar 14 2004, 01:44 PM)
arg I wish I could speak german was trying to decipher the MARKT section....need a translator....

there's

- a real /6 for 24800 Euro
- a '74 2.0L for 8490 Euro
- a '71 1.7L for 4000 Euro


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post Mar 14 2004, 04:07 PM
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what is the dollar value to euro?? anyone know off the top of their head before I go look it up
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post Mar 14 2004, 04:09 PM
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1 euro = about 1.2 dollars

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ouch...
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post Mar 14 2004, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE(DrifterJay @ Mar 14 2004, 02:11 PM)
ouch...

you could probably make some money selling your car over there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

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QUOTE(DrifterJay @ Mar 14 2004, 02:15 PM)
Jared's 914 Imports Inc.

aehm, i belive that would be "Jared's 914 Exports Inc." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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not id he's IMPORTING them to germany! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Mar 14 2004, 04:23 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 14 2004, 02:13 PM)
you could probably make some money selling your car over there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


truth is that most 914's that come up for sale over here are some sort of US import, and if their not they are in a sorry state of terminal rust bucketness.... (well most of em anyways.. not ours of course..... don't look at the pic....)


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