why 914 over 944? Options

[new914fan]

my co-worker has been nagging me to find a 944 over a 914....
i told him that the 914 is a much better handling car,
but he's saying that the 944, being 'newer' is more reliable and is 'more of a chick magnet'

i think he's wrong.... but i have nothing to back it up....

let's hear the pro's and the con's of each

[Andyrew]

It costs about double in a 944 for performance and upgrades...

I think dad has somewhere near 20k in his 944 turbo race car(including car), full coil overs front and rear, 450lbs front 350 rear, big sway bars, QA1 shocks on the rear, koni yellows front, roll bar, 5 point harnesses, racing seats, f/g hood and nose piece, racing pads, LSD trani, 2.5in adjustable exhaust, larger t3/to4 turbo larger injectors, MAF, alcohol/water injection, Piggy back fuel management system, hoosier road tires... im missing some stuff..

And I have somewhere near 10k into my car (including car), Coil overs on the rear, 275lb springs, koni yellows rear, reds front, 911 front struts, A calipers, Racing pads, vented rotors front and rear, 19mm m/c, Nascar front sway bar, v8 conversion (I wont even go into the engine... lol), HPH flares front and rear, fiberglass front and rear bumpers, harness bar, 5 point harnesses, momo steering wheel, engman long kit, Rennshifter, seam welded rear suspension, couple of tubes for reinforcement, racing seats, and also, hoosier or kumho 710 tires.

All in all, we really have done the same stuff to our cars, but I have spent about half what he has, and our cars would probably be the same on the track, if we had the same power to weight...