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[Ace Le Count]

Does anyone have some crazy 914 stories that they'd like to share? Maybe your son/daughter was born in one? Maybe you drag raced someone that was getting cocky because they thought their riced out civic was faster? Maybe you used a 914 as a getaway car after you robbed a bank? How has your 914 saved the day?

[thomasotten]

I traded in my 74 VW Beetle when I was in high school for my 914. It had a "turbo tail" on it, like this example:

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Whale tails were all the rage back then. Anyway, there were some really trashy neighbors living in the rent house next door to us. They used to drink all hours of the night. The neighbor's 15 year old son was sort of friendly with me when I owned the VW, but got jealous of me having a Porsche. Our relationship also soured because it got back to him that I said something not too flattering about their family. Anyway, one night, I awoke in the middle of the night to a fire engine putting out flames on my 914. The kid (at least I suspect it was him) doused my 914's turbo tail with gasoline and set it on fire. What the? Yeah, just the tail was set ablaze. I went outside in my underwear, and soon learned there were women firefighters.... yeah, it's not bad enough that your car gets set on fire, but you have to be embarrassed in front of women in your fruit of the loom underwear.

Was it a jealous neightbor, or did Wotan strike my car ablaze on account of bad taste? Either way, I tried running a duck tail, then a turbo tail again, but realized, they just don't look good with spoilers on their butts. So I learned a hard lesson that night. 1) Don't piss off your neighbors, and 2) Don't run ugly spoilers on your 914.