OT.. Major 914 haters seem common Options

[buhs914]

Am i the only one who noticed this phenomena? I always see people on forums bashing the 914 with insults like: "it's a slow crappy car" or "it's hideous" or even "my Honda Civic is faster than a 914". Comments like those make me want to bash some skulls (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) or at least show up the Civic dude in a race haha. i think that it's just plain ignorance on their part, but it still aggravates me..

[turnaround89]

I don't care how fast it is he bought a overpriced commuter car in my book.

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Comparing a honda to a Porsche is comparing apples to oranges...to be honest i hope to God that a car that is 37 years NEWER than mine can beat me, bc if it can't then apparently there haven't been any advancements in the automobile industry for 37 years. Go ahead and beat me in a straight line, because thats all a civic will do to a 914...we get the looks(at least it happens to me where i live bc theres only 3 914's where i live), i like that even more than going fast. Having someone say your car is sweet, sick, awesome, looks beautiful, constantly asks questions about it is great and really makes the effort you put into the car worth it...you don't see too many people roll down there windows to ask what motor is in the civic next to them at a stoplight, or what year it is. Happens a lot in a vintage Porsche!!!

I love my car, and won't trade it for anything at this point...i have too much time and effort into it to sell it to get something newer, i don't want a new car bc you can't work on them as easily, or modify them without having a check engine light come on all the time!

Also, how many of those people that bash the 914 have actually driven one or rode in one? The people that haven't rode in one just know what the problems with the car are by reading about it on wikipedia, the shifting sucks, their greatly underpowered

1. to all the people that say the shifting sucks - i say, sorry it takes skill to drive my car, you hate it because you hit fourth instead of second, take some time to LEARN to drive the car, and you'll see that the shifting isn't bad, once you know how to DRIVE the car
2. Underpowerd - not through a corner it isn't...so what i don't run a 10 second quarter mile, what sports car was designed for straight line speed, next to none.