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bkrantz
post Feb 15 2022, 06:47 PM
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I just saw this today, a mildly interesting piece in C&D comparing old and new Porsches, including a 914-6.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a3901...ions/?source=nl
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post Feb 17 2022, 10:46 PM
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Pete @horizontally-opposed ,
Herbert Linge must have been something back in the day to see on track !
Carlo Abarth once said "There's a certain satisfaction in humiliating bigger and more expensive cars with a modest hatchback "
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post Feb 17 2022, 11:28 PM
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QUOTE(Maltese Falcon @ Feb 17 2022, 09:46 PM) *

Herbert Linge must have been something back in the day to see on track !


Wasn't so long ago. Maybe 10 years or so? A closed hillclimb course, an Abarth, and Herbert. Had a followup for 000 a few years ago in V2 on the old Solitude. Still had it.

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QUOTE(Maltese Falcon @ Feb 17 2022, 10:46 PM) *

Carlo Abarth once said "There's a certain satisfaction in humiliating bigger and more expensive cars with a modest hatchback "


thats true.

about....... hatchback things.
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/10-things-...rt-clio-172182/



I learned it a long time ago: Never doubt a properly hot hatch on a back road—which will shame many a full-on supercar, even if only by keeping it in frame.

Or remaining glued to its back bumper…
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bkrantz   Car and Driver and 914   Feb 15 2022, 06:47 PM
Shivers   What a whiner...Real drivers drove them to vict...   Feb 15 2022, 07:15 PM
930cabman   What a whiner...Real drivers drove them to vic...   Feb 16 2022, 05:54 AM
wonkipop   What a whiner...Real drivers drove them to vic...   Feb 17 2022, 04:25 PM
SKL1   Yeah Bob, they're whimps... been handling it ...   Feb 15 2022, 10:10 PM
emerygt350   After reading it, I wonder if the driver didn...   Feb 16 2022, 07:01 AM
Superhawk996   After reading it, I wonder if the driver didn...   Feb 16 2022, 08:21 AM
Lucky9146   After reading it, I wonder if the driver didn...   Feb 16 2022, 10:33 AM
bkrantz   After reading it, I wonder if the driver didn...   Feb 16 2022, 09:11 PM
horizontally-opposed   Automobile is gone. Yep, and the parent compan...   Feb 17 2022, 09:14 AM
VaccaRabite   The author clearly did not know about the shift pa...   Feb 16 2022, 11:17 AM
emerygt350   The author clearly did not know about the shift p...   Feb 16 2022, 03:36 PM
930cabman   The author clearly did not know about the shift ...   Feb 16 2022, 03:52 PM
Maltese Falcon   "VW & Porsche" 1976 article on T4 tu...   Feb 16 2022, 04:55 PM
horizontally-opposed   "VW & Porsche" 1976 article on T4 t...   Feb 17 2022, 09:15 AM
wonkipop   "VW & Porsche" 1976 article on T4 t...   Feb 17 2022, 04:29 PM
Maltese Falcon   At the end of the Irwindale 1/4 mile, in the sandp...   Feb 16 2022, 05:08 PM
Superhawk996   Love the fake knockoffs on the 914 in the photos ...   Feb 17 2022, 10:52 AM
Ansbacher   Comparisons like these in the article are exercise...   Feb 17 2022, 12:28 PM
rgalla9146   Biggest take away is C&D needs new writers   Feb 17 2022, 06:38 PM
Maltese Falcon   Yes Michael @wonkipop the spinners and the funny...   Feb 17 2022, 07:41 PM
Maltese Falcon   Hi Pete @horizontally-opposed lots of good memor...   Feb 17 2022, 08:04 PM
horizontally-opposed   Hi Pete [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/in...   Feb 17 2022, 10:26 PM
Maltese Falcon   Pete @horizontally-opposed , Herbert Linge must ...   Feb 17 2022, 10:46 PM
wonkipop   Pete [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index...   Feb 17 2022, 11:09 PM
horizontally-opposed   Herbert Linge must have been something back in th...   Feb 17 2022, 11:28 PM


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