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> Drivin' the 914 to work this AM..., ...and people must think I'm crazy!
Dave_Darling
post Jan 12 2005, 11:42 AM
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I came out to the car this morning to find the windshield completely coated with frost--except where the windshield wipers had rested. Ho-boy, and my ice scraper is in my other car, 15 minutes away! Good thing the SSIs work so well; it took about 3 minutes to clear the windshield off completely!

That was fine, because I had some other stuff to deal with. I'll let you see in the photo below what I was doing with the car.

People gave me some very funny looks on my way in to work. I wonder why??? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

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post Jan 12 2005, 11:49 AM
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My driving would never allow for that, unless you strapped it down really good to the roll cage.
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post Jan 12 2005, 11:55 AM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) Funny Dave, yeah, I bet you got a few looks driving around like that. Boy, seeing that picture sure makes me miss the sunshine. The days are starting to get longer, but man, cold, wet and still too short. Dark when I go to work, dark when I get home. Bummer. Another month and things will be much better. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Jan 12 2005, 12:49 PM
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Great pic Dave! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)


Once I drove across town with a 9 foot ficus tree sticking out the top. Didn't even lose that many leaves!
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post Jan 12 2005, 01:07 PM
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Hey Dave is that the "Corporate Ladder"?
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post Jan 12 2005, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE (AZ914 @ Jan 12 2005, 10:49 AM)
I drove across town with a 9 foot ficus tree sticking out the top. Didn't even lose that many leaves!

I did almost the same thing. I bought a 10 foot fruitless mulberry tree and drove home with it in the passenger seat sticking out the roof. The ironic part is, that the smallest car we own was the only one capable of transporting the tree.

I tried to hold it vertical while I drove, but anything over 20mph just about broke my arm off. Luckily, I only had to go less than a mile.

I should'a taken a picture.

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post Jan 12 2005, 01:20 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) When I went tree shopping, I drove the teener, too!
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post Jan 12 2005, 01:23 PM
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Good one Dave! And some people call these cars impractical! (My girlfriend being one of them.) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Jan 12 2005, 01:40 PM
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Take your 914 to the grocery store sometime. It's great fun to watch the stock boy's face as you load 2 carts worth of groceries into this little car. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

Just make sure you separate the frozen stuff and put it in the FRONT trunk. Otherwise it will be thawed before you get home (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif)
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post Jan 12 2005, 02:02 PM
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Nice looking 1974.

What ladder... I bet that they were just jealous.
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post Jan 12 2005, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE (Stutgart46 @ Jan 12 2005, 11:07 AM)
Hey Dave is that the "Corporate Ladder"?
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif)
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post Jan 12 2005, 03:44 PM
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atta boy Dave,

Reminds me of the time my girlfriend and I (now my wife) picked up her grandmother at the airport in the 914 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

The grandmother sat in the center with her beehive hairdo blowin in the wind.

talk about funny looks (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)
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post Jan 12 2005, 05:01 PM
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Heh... The tree stories remind me that my GF and I picked up a ~8 foot (fake) tree a while back in the 914. We put the tree on the passenger floorboard, then she got into the car and worked her way around it.

Actually, the ladder was further down in the car. The center console and the inner longitudinal held it in place quite well!! I was able to take left-hand turns "at speed" quite easily, and the right-hand turns were a little slower and not quite as easy.

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post Jan 12 2005, 05:05 PM
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One time I had to drive with an 8 ft bookshelf in my fiat 124. I put it in the passenger seat and held onto it with my right hand. So I couldnt see out the ride side and shifting was near impossible. I ended up only going about a block though... it was a sight to see though!
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post Jan 12 2005, 05:12 PM
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Its fantastic that someone gets to enjoy their fourteen at this time of year, We had snow and gobs of salt on every road round here. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif)
Next sunny dry day and I am getting permit, may not bring the ladder.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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post Jan 12 2005, 05:23 PM
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well the worst i ever did was a bought my dad a portor cable compressor and nail gun kit for xmas, the box measured about 3 foot by 18 inches by 2 foot. would not have been a big deal but my gf was with me. i put it on the engine lid and put straps around the targa bar, and just closed the doors with the windows open
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post Jan 12 2005, 05:27 PM
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Ladder?? I thought that was a spoiler. Reminds me of driving home from Home Depot with ten foot sections of rain gutter sticking through the sun roof of my 911.
Cheers, Elliot
PS Nice car!!!
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post Jan 12 2005, 07:19 PM
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This reminds me of the time my best buddy won a Super Bowl Lunch from the local Subways sandwich joint. He ended up transporting 70 soft drink containers and 70 foot-long sandwiches in his 914 with no front hood. Only place for the drinks was in the front. Cup lids were flying away and drinks sloshing about as he was driving down Highway 280. Other drivers were visibly pointing out the window and laughing at my friend! It was a hilarious sight to see!
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post Jan 12 2005, 07:23 PM
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Dave...you have a great looking car! My "why did you haul that in that" story....My older brother and I went and got a xmas tree in his 63 corvair. Tree in front trunk and us driving with our heads out the window!
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post Jan 12 2005, 07:52 PM
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I'm still amazed you're actually driving a 914! Nice lookin ride too...
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