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| jeffdon |
 Jul 14 2012, 03:47 PM
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| URY914 |
Jul 14 2012, 03:57 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,725 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
"If such a car were made today, people would be stabbing each other's faces in the streets for the chance to buy one."
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| jeffdon |
Jul 14 2012, 04:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,094 Joined: 24-October 06 From: oakland, ca Member No.: 7,087 Region Association: None |
I rather like this one:
"Many can still be found on the roads today, driven with the top open by a quirky and attentive owner or doing battle with a Fox-body Mustang or a Dodge Neon in some Lemons race." What? Me quirky? |
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| blitZ |
Jul 14 2012, 04:34 PM
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Beer please... Group: Members Posts: 2,223 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Lawrenceville, GA Member No.: 4,719 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE It even had two trunks! How many trunks does your stupid car have? Now, that's just funny. |
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| carr914 |
Jul 14 2012, 05:28 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,721 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States  |
The Problem I have with Historians Write-Ups - they fail to realize how many 914s were sold and that they were successful
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| Rav914 |
Jul 14 2012, 08:21 PM
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All-weather fan Group: Members Posts: 738 Joined: 15-April 07 From: WA Member No.: 7,669 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(carr914 @ Jul 14 2012, 04:28 PM)  The Problem I have with Historians Write-Ups - they fail to realize how many 914s were sold and that they were successful Agreed. It seems no one can write about the 914 without the word "failure" in there some where. 100K+ Porsche's sold in six-seven years is not a failure. Writers need to quit parroting what they read and perpetuating myths. |
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| Bullethead |
Jul 14 2012, 08:53 PM
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Oil Cooled heart Group: Members Posts: 897 Joined: 24-June 10 From: South Florida Member No.: 11,875 Region Association: South East States 
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Most writers are intellectually lazy and usually without real depth in the subject some editor gave 'em a deadline for, which is how misinformation/cliche history is prepetuated. Remember too, Porsche replaced the 914 with the excreable 924 which ultimately sold about as many units... but is there a large and dedicated bunch celebrating them? Modifying them to fit their desires? Using them as God hisownself intended? Uhhh, no. There's no rabid following for the greatly improved 944 in all it's guises, either. The comments regarding poor build quality always amuse me. Compared to the 914's price point competition, they were in most cases superior in fit and finish... as a Porsche, that was expected. X19 anyone? Fiat 124? Neither had as nice an interior, were equally underpowered, and rusted even worse. |
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