Porsche 916 Options

[steveherman]

Whats the big deal?
So what that there was only 11 produced..
To me that just means Porsche realized it was a flop and did not produce them.
Porsche probably realized that most people would choose a targa over a non-targa.
It is nothing more than a flared 914-6 without a targa top... to me that is a BIG NEGATIVE.

If i had it i would sell it... buy a REAL 914-6 (cuz it has a targa)... a plymouth prowler... and a ford flex... and multiple other toys.

My opinion.
Your opinion may differ... but that is ok.

[scotty b]

I don't get what all the stink is about (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) It's still just a glorified VW

[black73]

I don't get what all the stink is about (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) It's still just a glorified VW

What, you don't like VW??

[Root_Werks]

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I don't get what all the stink is about (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) It's still just a glorified VW
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What, you don't like VW??
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My 914 has a P-hood crest, I can't stand it.

Any time someone asks what kind of car it is, I say it's a VW Type-4.

Never reference Porsche at all.

[naro914]

My 914 has a P-hood crest, I can't stand it.

Any time someone asks what kind of car it is, I say it's a VW Type-4.

Never reference Porsche at all.

and then teener owners bitch when other Porsche owners say it's 'Just a VW' and not a real Porsche. You can't have it both ways... (not saying you particularly, but more in general).

Our 914 was our first Porsche, and what we had when we joined PCA. We went to our first meeting in NNJR and have NEVER been ridiculed or put down as 'only a 914 owner'. The at-the-time region President, membership chair, and AX chairs all had 914's. It never occured to me that there was any bias against 914's until I got onto this forum. And ESPECIALLY when we tried to put together a 914 gathering at Charlotte Porsche Parade. Jeez....

To me, a 914 is just as much a Porsche as a 356 is.

[Cupomeat]

My 914 has a P-hood crest, I can't stand it.

Any time someone asks what kind of car it is, I say it's a VW Type-4.

Never reference Porsche at all.

and then teener owners bitch when other Porsche owners say it's 'Just a VW' and not a real Porsche. You can't have it both ways... (not saying you particularly, but more in general).

Our 914 was our first Porsche, and what we had when we joined PCA. We went to our first meeting in NNJR and have NEVER been ridiculed or put down as 'only a 914 owner'. The at-the-time region President, membership chair, and AX chairs all had 914's. It never occured to me that there was any bias against 914's until I got onto this forum. And ESPECIALLY when we tried to put together a 914 gathering at Charlotte Porsche Parade. Jeez....

To me, a 914 is just as much a Porsche as a 356 is.

Bob, I totally agree. Every PCA club (3) I have been part of treated me, as a 914 owner, as one of them and EVERYONE of the old guys have had 914s in the past. Go to any NNJR track event and there are a handful 35+ yr old 914s still on the track (almost more than 924, 944 or 928s combined). Heck, I get offers to buy the car when I go to club events by guys with GT3s, and every real Porsche club member there loves 914s. (Sure there are some new guys with brand new 997s (as their first Porsche) who don't know what it is, but they are just ignorant.)
The only stigma I ever saw was from the ignorant who thought it was a Fiat when I was a younger guy (the 80s).
I think that many people here define themselves by their "misfit" status and the easiest way to feel close to a group is to unite against a common enemy (either real or imagined). Don't get me wrong, many of my friends are misfits and I love them, but it helps to understand.