Sold the SC Hotrod but the 914 is a keeper Options

[RickS]

This will sound super strange to many of you, but even though the SC was a more refined, comfortable car all around, with great body lines, I outgrew it. As I hit 65 I felt like more of an entitled dick driving it, especially with rampant unemployment and soon to be record evictions and foreclosures. I know this is my take and not reflective of the majority of owners of exoticy foreign cars.



The good news is I never get that entitled rich dick feeling driving the 914. Many don’t know what it is, other than a it’s cool little car. Those that do know ( pre-COVID) rush over and want to talk about it. They had one, still have one, or Know someone who had one. 914s are cars people love and are super approachable. They are quirky, fun little boxes on wheels which either sound like VW bugs, 911s, or roaring V8s. And that’s the beauty, you never know.

So now the 914 is my one and only other than my DD. So long SC, it’s off to NY tomorrow.

[Amphicar770]

I am with you 100%. I've owned many faster, "better" vehicles yet none provides more enjoyment or man to machine connection than the 914. I've bought and sold more cars than I can count over the years but the 914 is one of two "keepers".

I also get the image thing. When we are younger we tend to believe that high priced cars, etc. make us look cool or successful. As we get older we realize that often they make us look like an entitled, self-indulgent tool. When you drive a 911 people will often give you the finger, in the 914 they are more likely to give a thumbs up.

Spend your money as you wish. If you have been fortunate be thankful and realize that no matter what you think, that luck played a role and you almost certainly did not get there on your own. Same for the less fortunate, who some herecall POSs because they rely on social welfare instead of corporate and tax code welfare (like all the those who register their exoticars in Montana because they think only POS's should have to pay taxes).

[horizontally-opposed]

I am with you 100%. I've owned many faster, "better" vehicles yet none provides more enjoyment or man to machine connection than the 914. I've bought and sold more cars than I can count over the years but the 914 is one of two "keepers".

So what's the other one—or is it a car/boat? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)