Having a weak moment, Looking into the possibility of selling... Options

['73-914kid]

Well, lately the 914 and I have not been getting along so well.......

When I was driving my car to and from high school on a daily basis, if something broke, it was no issue to have it fixed before the next morning to get me to school in time. It only left me stranded twice, both of which required waiting until I could get home, grab the trailer, and get the car home. I was never busy enough to highschool to ever have the car interfere with studies or school work. Now that I'm in college however, things have gotten to be a little different.

I've been stranded a total of 3 times now, always about an hour from home. I've done valve adjustments in the school parking lot, resynched carbs in the parking lot, changed tires, and fixed electrical problems. Lately, these problems have been occurring with more frequency. two weeks ago, I was stranded in Irvine with an electrical fault. Before that, I melted a distributor Rotor right outside of school. The recent problem was a failed fuel pump. All of these little things have been getting to me, and significantly taking time away from my studies. I'm getting sick of driving this car every day, and taking so much of my time to fix it.

So the question must arise... Is the car worth keeping anymore? What say you fellow world members? I love my car to death, and couldn't ever imagine seeing someone else drive down the road in it, but I just am ready to drive something that is more reliable, and it's not at all in my plan economically to purchase a second car. After 3 years, this car has become a part of me, so a sell would be unbearable... It's hard enough paying for college as it is, much less throw money at another car.


So help me out guys, what would you do? I'm hoping that the problems subside, but recently it feels like the car has been trying to tell me it doesn't want to be a daily driver anymore. I'm stuck..

Any advice appreciated.
-Ethan

[gil914]

All of my friends and I went thru college with aircooled cars. The joy of installing a replacement GEX engine in a bus, with your friends, in the street, downhill. Covered in gas after crawling underneath to replace the fuel pump outside the impound lot of the Jersey Turnpike. Good times! We still occasioanlly reminisce about the 'glory days'.

OTOH we didn't commute so down time could be worked around or someone would give you a ride when needed.

The last daily driver aircooled was retired when my friend's Squareback broke down on the way to a job interview. He showed up an hour late and greasy after stopping to change the points which had cracked. Yes, he had spares and tools and yes, he got the job.

We all sold our air cooled cars and bought "better" transportation. We all regret selling our cars, 1 Bus, 1 411, 1 bug vert, 1 hot rod 59 ragtop.

I can't tell you what to do, only you can know that. I can promise: You will regret it, You will always want it back.

Good luck...