Now another problem for 914 owners,, or, our real motive for ownership revealed Options

[1970 Neun vierzehn]

This in the local daily:

"Men who drive Porsches or flaunt other flashy possessions are usually not the "marrying kind", a new study suggests.
"Researchers from Rice University, the University of Texas-San Antonio and the University of Minnesota found that men's conspicuous spending is often driven by the desire to have uncommited romantic flings.
"This research suggests that conspicuous products, such as Porsches, can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks," said study author Jill Sundie, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
"The researchers also indicated that the men who pursued this strategy were only interested in short-term sexual relationships.
"In analyzing more than 1,000 men, researchers said being in possession of a Porsche or other flashy luxury product did make a man more deisirable to women than owning a non-luxury item, such as a Honda Civic. However, the attraction ended there.

Maybe that's why wifey wants me to sell the 914, it's a "chick magnet" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Ericv1]

I don't think that statement was meant for a 40 year old car that in stock form can barley keep up with a Toyota Prius. Don't get me wrong, I love the car and wish I saw more than one on the road every two or three years, but most people don't even know it's a Porsche. So, it's magnetism in this case is lost.