What made you want to get a 914?, I will start Options

[burton73]

What made you want to get a 914?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I will start.

I had friends with 911 and I got a 911. When I spun a bearing in my 73 911 my car was in the machine shop in Burbank, CA I went there for lunch on a regular basis.
One of the friends of the owner had a factory real 914-6 with a 3.0 in it. This was back in 1978 and this was not the norm for 914s

Well this friend gave me a ride back from the restaurant and I noted not only how his car seemed faster than my 911 but he was going around 50 miles per hour and he made a right turn. I thought we would crash but instead his car in Slot Like form just made the turn. Like on Rails like a fast ride in Disneyland.

After that I always wanted one. And when someone stole my 911, I got my first of many.

Bob B

[Spoke]

Always loved Porsches. I attended the Watkins Glen 6-hour endurance races and CanAm races in '70, '71, and '72. This was at a time when before and after the races anyone could walk through the paddock and pits and I saw the 917's up close.

Then in '73 I started dating a girl who lived about 10 miles from me out towards the country. Being 15 I couldn't drive and was always looking for a ride to her house. Just so happens her older sister's boyfriend bought a 914 and picked me up in it many times.

The one ride to her house that stood out was when there was about 1-2 inches of snow on the road. He took it easy but that car never slid or anything in the snow. I remember falling in love with the front turnsignal look and pop-up lights.

As a cautionary tale, I commented about the squeaking coming from the roof and he said he needed to squirt some lubricant on it to make it stop. So even brand new the 914 was a "flexible flyer".

I got my first 914 when I was in my late 40's.