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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?

[Skid]

Ok, I'll play. I was driving my 73 1.7 to my engineering internship early one morning before sunrise. I had just entered a construction area on the freeway where the barriers narrowed and there were no shoulders or pull out opportunities. At exactly this moment and without any warning, my engine sputtered and died. I coasted to a stop hoping there would be an emergency pullout or something but had no luck. I was stopped in my lane on the freeway with nowhere to go and rush hour was just starting to pick up. I tried turning on my hazards but realized that I hadn't gotten them working yet (bad time to figure that out). I watched in my rear view mirror as several cars swerved around my now dead and dark 914. I waited for a break in traffic and hopped out of my car to see if I could figure out what had happened. I popped the engine lid and ran to the side with the battery. In the darkness I fumbled around with the battery cables until I found an ignition wire that had somehow broken off the main battery terminal. I remember having to use my teeth to bite the old connector off the wire and then quickly reattach it to the main cable. Meanwhile more and more cars are flying by and swerving around me... Anyway, I was able to get back in the car and she fired up and got me the rest of the way to work. That was certainly a memorable morning.