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!!

[ben*james]

Can you afford the storage cost of two cars? The insurance of 2 cars? I know how cheap that is at a young age (not currently). If it's not practical, don't force it. Write down what you really love about your car. Besides the fact that you have done so much work on it. Write down what you don't like or is beyond your ability to fix ( perhaps rust issues ). Take a ton of pictures of the good and bad.

If you have to sell, make your daily driver cheap and a bandaid until you can afford to either have the best Running 914 around or two cars.

You've got the bug. There is no cure. You will be back if you leave 914 ownership! I sold my first 914 I bought when I was 18. I spent years digging parts out of junk yards 'fixing' the car. When I sold it, I was sad but I'm on my 3rd one now and every one I have bought has been a better car than the last and brought a bigger smile to my face.

A 914 is not that rare of a commodity. There is still lots around and in the next five years I can't imagine they are going to dry up.

Regardless, welcome to the world and glad you are mutually in love with one of the best cars on the planet. Damn things...bring tears to my eyes!