Porsche Logic, Who made this decision? Options

[Ansbacher]

I am mystified why Porsche made the decision NOT to design the 914 body with a fuel door to make fill-ups more convenient. When the '64 model of the Type 356 debuted, they bragged about the improvement of it having a fuel door. Six years later, when the 914 debuted, no fuel door, and we have been lifting our frunks at the gas station ever since (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) A step backward in my opinion.

Ansbacher

[SirAndy]

I like the fact that the fuel cap is secure behind a lock and one needs access to the inside of the car to get to the fuel inlet.
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[Superhawk996]

I like the fact that the fuel cap is secure behind a lock and one needs access to the inside of the car to get to the fuel inlet.
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It also enables lots of fun and games at gas stations.

I love the odd looks then the hood is up to fuel it. You can just tell most people can't wrap their mind around what they are watching. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

My favorite game used to be:

Question from observer: Where is the engine?
Me: I don't know . . . then a long pause . . . I've never thought about that.

Yeah I'm an (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif)

[bandjoey]

I like the fact that the fuel cap is secure behind a lock and one needs access to the inside of the car to get to the fuel inlet.
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It also enables lots of fun and games at gas stations.

I love the odd looks then the hood is up to fuel it. You can just tell most people can't wrap their mind around what they are watching. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

My favorite game used to be:

Question from observer: Where is the engine?
Me: I don't know . . . then a long pause . . . I've never thought about that.

Yeah I'm an (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif)

And the gas tank is in the front??? YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IN A CRASH UP IN FLAMES!

[bbrock]

And the gas tank is in the front??? YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IN A CRASH UP IN FLAMES!

Said the Pinto owner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

[StarBear]

And the gas tank is in the front??? YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IN A CRASH UP IN FLAMES!

Said the Pinto owner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

OH, I've told my wife many times that if that happens, just have a big loader pick up the wreck with my charred remains in it and drop it all in the 6ft hole.

[bbrock]

And the gas tank is in the front??? YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IN A CRASH UP IN FLAMES!

Said the Pinto owner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

OH, I've told my wife many times that if that happens, just have a big loader pick up the wreck with my charred remains in it and drop it all in the 6ft hole.

Bear in mind that I was nineteen and stupid (even more than now!) when I bought my first 914. In my first week of ownership, I rear ended a pickup truck just being a dumbass. Two years later I got it out of the shop and hit a patch of black ice on bald tires that sent me right into a fire hydrant. Both incidents folded the front of the car quite nicely. I can tell you the crush zones on these cars are remarkable and the spare tire in the front the way it is is not by accident. I don't worry much about the fuel tank in the front.