Should I Sell Out? Options

[914Pro]

First off I'm 17 and my 914 is my first car that I worked day in and day out at a minimum wage job to pay for. But lately I have been beginning to realize that this is not a daily driver car. So here is the problem. I need a daily driver but I love my car. She is cherry red and turns heads everywhere we go. The question is will I regret getting rid of it when I hit my midlife crisis? This is my baby and tears come to my eyes when I think of getting rid of it but its not cheap and it keeps my wallet constantly empty. So I thought who better to ask than the one group of people that understands what its like. Should I suffer through it and know that in the long run keeping it is best or sell it and buy something a little more practical?

Help Please!!

[DRPHIL914]

What are the "little things" you keep having to fix? The car doesn't have to be perfect. You can make the car perfect in 10 years when you have more money and can take her down for a bare metal restore.

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Its hard and you do what you have to. I wish I had had similar advice when I was 20 and sold my'69 Austin Healy for $2000. Bought a ford escort to get thru college. But Ive always regretted that decision. With the extra job that summer I could easily have bought that d.d. and kept the Healy.
I would say keep looking for a older civic or such as stated above to be a d.d.I was in Minnesota and like you needed a more practical car for winter.(since I had a '74 BMW bike too)
BTW i didn't get a healy but got the 914- 20 years later(and only paid $2k for it) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

So - keep the 914.: find a cheap d.d. 5-10 years from now you will be glad you did. Do you know what my Healy would be worth today?? 914's are going up in$$$ too