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| Eric Taylor |
 Feb 16 2005, 02:47 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 1-June 03 From: Newport, OR/Eugene Oregon- UO Member No.: 770  |
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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| Brando |
Feb 17 2005, 12:59 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
I've been using my 914 as a daily deutschebag for as long as I've had it. Only had two events that left it dead for a day. First was when the lines on my remote oil cooler broke, second was when my ECU came unplugged. As it's been said, if yours has a great engine you can drive the hell out of it. I was lucky enough to get one that has a great engine.
Although it can get costly. I've spent nothing in terms of maintainance. Only things I have bought thus far have been for addons or upgrades. I'll be doing my first 'fix' today, welding in a new console for the trunk hinge. Possibly an ignition switch this weekend. The car has survived on it's original 1.8 engine for 30 years without problems. I guess i got the lucky straw. *knocks on wood* (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) Your experience may differ. If you want a daily driver 914, buy a stock 2.0L, go with the AFM setup from a late model 1.8 and drive the thing under 4k rpms for the rest of your life. It'll last forever -- granted your engine shelves dont rust out (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif) |
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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 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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