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Eric Taylor |
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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 |
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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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