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> 914 Daily Driver?, What do you think?
Eric Taylor
post Feb 16 2005, 02:47 PM
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I'm looking for a car that's a good daily driver, that I can get in and drive every day back and forth from campus to my apartment. I've got an audi right now, but it get's horriable gas milage, and is just like every other audi really expensive to repair and not something that I can work on. So my thinking is that If I could find a nice rust free car for around $5000, with reciepts and maybe new paint that it would make a good daily driver. The pluses are that I already know a lot about how to work on them, and i'm deffinatly not afraid to do thing's on it. I've already got a good solid mostly rust free restoration canidate that I will continue to work on, however it's gona take a lot of years, and money to make it what I want to to be. So what do you guys think? Is this fesiable or am I off my rocker?
Eric

Oh yeah, I should mention that I'll probably be making a couple 100 mile drives a month in it, that might cause a problem, but let me know what you guys think
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post Feb 16 2005, 10:18 PM
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The question is how much hassle do you want to introduce into your life. A 914 might be fine as a daily driver if you want to spend at least 1 weekend a month working on a car.

I bought my first new car because after 8 years of ownership with a '77 BMW 320i I was tired of having an old car. It was reliable and only left me stranded once in 8 years but it was a pain in the ass. I was always doing something to that car to keep it going.

The other issue is that buying a nice, clean, rust free 914 and then turning it into a daily driver is doing a disservice to the car. A car like that should be reserved for weekend drives on twisty roads. Letting it get beat by the sun all day and dinged up in the schools parking lot and driving it in the rain is just killing the car earlier than necessary. Buy a beater with a good engine if that's what you want to do.


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Eric Taylor   914 Daily Driver?   Feb 16 2005, 02:47 PM
vortrex   I did 70 miles per day 5x a week for 1.5 years in ...   Feb 16 2005, 02:50 PM
James Adams   I daily drive mine. But I do keep it in a garage ...   Feb 16 2005, 02:50 PM
Aaron Cox   i daily drive my car..... ~ 200 - 300 miles a wee...   Feb 16 2005, 03:27 PM
mattillac   buy a roller then spend the rest of your money on ...   Feb 16 2005, 03:39 PM
TonyAKAVW   I drive my 914 daily. I only have to commute abou...   Feb 16 2005, 04:03 PM
mike_the_man   It can be done. I plan to use mine as a daily dri...   Feb 16 2005, 04:13 PM
Dave_Darling   For $5000, I would suggest getting a $20...   Feb 16 2005, 04:21 PM
jr91472   definitly possible. But just know that it will ta...   Feb 16 2005, 04:21 PM
Andyrew   for 5k, buy a crx, strip it, take a mustang chassi...   Feb 16 2005, 04:29 PM
Aaron Cox   5k? if i were you id get a datsun 510..... with a ...   Feb 16 2005, 04:41 PM
Andyrew   Get yourself a perfect 944.. 86 or later. You...   Feb 16 2005, 04:46 PM
Dave_Darling   Only get a 944 if you want to set aside a $10...   Feb 16 2005, 07:35 PM
Eric Taylor   The h word. I've thought long and hard about...   Feb 16 2005, 08:53 PM
redshift   How many miles are you getting per gallon? Carbs ...   Feb 16 2005, 09:04 PM
anthony   The question is how much hassle do you want to int...   Feb 16 2005, 10:18 PM
redshift   Anthony, are you trying to tell me something?   Feb 16 2005, 10:33 PM
campbellcj   I drove a 73 2.0 "almost daily" for a couple of ye...   Feb 16 2005, 10:45 PM
xsboost90   "Only get a 944 if you want to set aside a $1...   Feb 16 2005, 10:51 PM
nebreitling   i've done the daily driver thing with my 914. ...   Feb 17 2005, 12:09 AM
martinef1963   Wow - I feel like I've grown up in this forum ...   Feb 17 2005, 12:28 PM
AlexO   I've tried the "reliable daily driver" thing w...   Feb 17 2005, 12:29 PM
Brando   I've been using my 914 as a daily deutschebag ...   Feb 17 2005, 12:59 PM
Mueller   Once legally registered, a radio is installed and ...   Feb 17 2005, 01:03 PM
Brett W   I drove my car for 2 years ona daily basis. It w...   Feb 17 2005, 03:40 PM


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