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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?

[VaccaRabite]

Back in April of 2010.

It was time for the big Hershey PA swap meet. I don't think we had started calling it the MidEngine Invasion yet. But I also had to fly out to Kansas City on Sunday early for work so I could not party much Saturday night.

So Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I'm driving my 914 fairly hard. Sat night I drive home to pack and sleep before my flight Sunday morning.

My daily at the time was a Subaru Outback Sport. Great car, but not nearly as nimble as the 914. I'm racing down to BWI at a speed that felt similar to what I had been doing in the 914 all weekend. Then I hit the cloverleaf where 95S/195 and the Park and Ride is, and I realized I was going WAY to fast to make that turn in my Subaru. Car started sliding off the road and I'm having visions of how I'm going to explain that I missed my flight because I was driving my 914 all weekend and then tried to drive a normal car that way.

I'm not at all sure how I kept the car on the road. That exit ramp is a tight ramp and at the end of it the Subaru was well onto the shoulder with tires squealing. I finished the drive to BWI airport at a much more pedestrian pace.

Made my flight and ended up having a surprisingly great time in Kansas City even though it was a work trip.

Zach

[jaredmcginness]

Then I hit the cloverleaf where 95S/195 and the Park and Ride is, and I realized I was going WAY to fast to make that turn in my Subaru. Car started sliding off the road and

I'm not at all sure how I kept the car on the road.

Zach

That's funny Zach @vaccarabite , I live less than a half mile off that 195 cloverleaf in Catonsville-ish.

A few years ago, I made the same turn (in the rain) in my 86 Trooper II and the rear end came out on me. Up on 2 wheels for a moment, I ended up with the tail in the grass and my tail clenched fairly tight.

Thought I had it!