Why a 914?, and not some other sporty car Options

[J P Stein]

I dunno....shit happens?

[Joe Bob]

Let's see....914s according to "Z"

It pisses off the 911 weenies....the 356 weenies, the wasser pumper weenies etc etc.....


They are fun.....

You don't see another one like yours and worry about putting the key in someone else's when drunk.....

Ya piss of the 911 weenies on the track when ya crowd them in the turns and they barely pull ya in the straights.....

The 356 weenies will nod at ya.....

The wasser pumpers will ask if you have any parts.....

You can be obnoxious online and go to a meet and be friends.....

ya go home and some ricer throws you a rev.....

You are just cruising and you run up the ass of a Ferrari where some dickhead is trying to get laid and he can't lose you in the twisties....

The F-car throws you the bird when HE turns off....

You hang here and we like YOU for whatever warts the car has....but we still get to screw with ya.....and you don't mind..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif)

[MarkV]

Two words: Chick Magnet

[redshift]

Yeah, I'm with Mark..


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[MoveQik]

You gotta drive one. When I was 18(I'm 34 now) I went with some buddies to California. I rode with a guy that had a 71 1.7 liter. He let me drive it for about an hour. I came home and bought one two days later. It's tough to explain. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)

[SirAndy]

QUOTE (MarkV @ May 20 2005, 04:04 PM)

Two words: Chick Magnet

you mean, like this?

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[/L.]

I love my little 914(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif) It was what I could afford as far as Posche goes. I wanted something that was different, unique. There aren't that many around anymore. It'll last me another 30 yrs. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif) It's also a great car to drive. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) With top on or off (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tongue.gif) The biggest plus is the other folks that drive them! Mental, (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) crazy, sick, f'd up, geeky, freaky, funny and smart ass but all OK people.

[redshift]

See? Linda like 'em..


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[Aaron Cox]

QUOTE (/L. @ May 20 2005, 04:51 PM)

Mental, (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) crazy, sick, f'd up, geeky, freaky, funny and smart ass but all OK people.

linda-

you just described me (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)

[SLITS]

QUOTE (/L. @ May 20 2005, 04:51 PM)

I love my little 914(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif) It was what I could afford as far as Posche goes. I wanted something that was different, unique. There aren't that many around anymore. It'll last me another 30 yrs. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif) It's also a great car to drive. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) With top on or off (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tongue.gif) The biggest plus is the other folks that drive them! Mental, (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) crazy, sick, f'd up, geeky, freaky, funny and smart ass but all OK people.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tunez.gif) You're Nobody till Somebody loves you baa daa dee ooooo (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tunez.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/drunk.gif)

And Tokillya helps (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

Wanna lick some salt (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

[Howard]

QUOTE (kwales @ May 20 2005, 11:58 AM)

Because there is nothing out there like it..... Roof comes off, built in rollbar, not one but two HUGE trunks, lotsa interior room (try a Miata on for size), Mid engine (best place), great fuel economy, great fun to drive, great handling, light weight, balance, low cost (except for parts), it's the Mr. Potatohead of cars... add a 911 front end, a 911 engine, or almost any other engine of your choice, And, oh yeah, show me another 30 year old car you can bring to the track and make other drivers nervous.....

That pretty well says it all. Except the number 1 reason:
Z and Slits have them, so no matter how weird you get... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

[smooth_eddy]

My first experience in a 914 was in high school. I got to drive a friends 914 back in 1978 on Lopez Island. Very twisty and turny, without cops. I got to see what they really do. 26 years later I finally bought one. Not sure why it took me so long as I have owned other sports cars over the years. One of the things I remember is how bad the tail shifter worked. The shifting improved a lot in the later years. Eddy

[iamchappy]

Why? Because there cool, and they keep getting cooler and cooler as time goes on.(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif)
There is nothing like them and there never will be.

[iamchappy]

Why?
There the kind.(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif)
Way cool. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif)
Fun to modify. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif)
Excuse to party. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/givemebeer.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer3.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer3.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)

[joeav8tor]

I bought my 73 2.0 without ever have driven one...I also bought it sight unseen with a a PPI from a member, and some photos. I have always loved the 914 when I was a kid, and I still love the car today. I drove the car 40 miles then ripped the motor out to tune it up and clean up, por 15 and paint the battery tray...this site is great for technical articles, and the people are great...very helpful when some information is needed...I have found the 914 to be relatively easy to work on...and no auto parts are inexpensive...if you want a car that is great looking, great handling...and just cool, get a 914...which will only increase in value....the other rice burners that you mentioned will only depreciate from the minute you take posession of the them... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flag.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flag.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flag.gif)
Joe

[LukeD]

My fever for a sports car came at a young age. My dad had an MG convert when I was about 7-8 and I remeber riding in it. One day I remeber comming home from school and I walked around the corner by my house and there was the orange MG recked inthe driveway. A few years later he bought what I know now was a 912. It was red and had factory bug eyes on the hood in line with the headlights(eurpean?). I was about 10 at the time. He didn't have the car very long but one day I come home from school and there is a 1958 356 convertable. Tan top and interior, the car was the coolest in my eyes at now 13-14. My dad took me everywhere in that car, I remeber him driving that car more than anything he had prevously. I look back now and know that the car wasn't perfect and things I didn't think i noticed I do now even though he sold it. I used to take the car out when my mom and him would go out of town. I learned to drive stick in that car!! Fortunately it came natural and the car didn't blow up but one day I came home and the car was gone. My dad got an offer he couldn't refuse from some guy he knew or something. Skip 6 months down the road, I am 15 1/2 have my permit, still steaming about not being able to legitimatly take the 356 out and we go for a ride in his Camry to some city outside of Fresno, seemed like about an hour drive at the time. Pull up to a house and there in the drive way is a type of car I had never seen before but instantly I thought it was bad a$$ looking. I remeber getting in the passenger seat and my dad starting the car. It didn't sound like the 356 did this thing had a 2 liter WOW! We pull out of the drive way and get on the freeway on ramp. It's about 9 at night and my dad opens it up and swings onto the freeway. I remeber the smell and the sound of teh car and I couldn't stop smiling and telling my dad to slow down. About a week later I come home from school and there in the drivway is the same 75 white 2.0 clean as hell, just looks awsome now that it's sunny out. It had painted wheels like the LE cars but white, perfect interior, Bursch exhaust, sway bars, lowered. I didn't kniow any of this at the time but I do now! I run in side and my dad is home and he hands me the keys. Tells me I bought it for $3500 and it's mine if I pass by Highschool profiecency test. 6 months later I am a high school graduate and off to college (in town) in my bad A 914. First thing I do is ditch class and head for Bass Lake, driving up the hills was at the time , the most awsome experience of my life, that is until I made my way back down the hill at 90 MPH. That was the moment that it was injected into my veins. I drove my car for about 4 years and I got married. I was of course still in college but now I was marries, had a 6 daya week job, school 5 nights a week, broke as hell so I did what was best for me and my pregannat wife(no shotgun People LOL). I have done some really stupid shite in my life but the only sigle decision I ever made that I regreted was selling my 914. After I graduated and was divorced, my sone(who I have custody over) move in with my parents. I buy a pair of 914 up above sacramento on runner one roller. I paint the runner Ford Chrome Yellow, since I have also been into mustanges for a while (another long, fun story), but it just wasn't the same. Had I lost the one and only car that could bring that rush back? Keep in mind I have had 6 cars inbetween the first and the one I have now.

About 2-3 months ago I see an ad in the local paper for (2) 914's. I call the guy and he explains cars that sound very similar to my 2 liter and a 1.7 parts car I sold 7-8 years ago to some guys in Valencia. I drive over and what do I see.....my 75 2 liter looking at me!! As I get closer I realize that there is something seriously wrong with her. I park and walk up and the engine is out, the car is trashed, dented sratched broken glass, ripped seats, open the front hood and there is the 2 liter block with no heads laying in there. Boxes of parts everywhere and the damn 1.7 is running and driving. I walked around the car for what apeared to be an hour sort of talking with the guy but not much. I see all the little things I did to the car, like a cig burn in the carpet, wires for the stereo that are gone, Ernie Ball sticker in the back window. I almost bought the car onthe spot. It took every last bit of will power I had to not buy the car. I am married again and almost at the 2 year mark. My wife is not as receptive as I had hoped but there is no way in hell she is going to let me rebuild this car. $500 plus about $15k to make it right again is not in her budget LOL. Needless to say I walked away and was depressed for about 2 days. I finally got another 1.7 liter ( always get those), pull the enngine, clean, scrap, replace, lines, etc, car runs great. Then a guy named Bob has his beautiful 71 for sale on the Club about a month ago. I drive up and buy it. On the way home from San Jose every single feeling I had with my first car comes back like a tital wave. It had Corbeau seats that I didn't fit into, had to fold a blanket up and my head was sticking about 2 inches above the windshield. It didn't matter, I didn't notice. It had the smell that all 914 have, and the sound only a 2 liter can make. I have owned and driven some very fast and expensive cars, for me it's like an indian spirit calling to me, I have never had any emmotional experince when driving a car like a 914. I might have to rebuild this engine in the car I have now but I don't care, it sucks but I will do everything in my power to keep and drive a 914 even if it ends up killing me LOL.

Should you buy one? Yes, it's only money that can be replaced. You'll know farely quickly if it's for you or not.

Don't like it sell it and get a miata or what ever those other craps are.

Thanks for listening. My wife just walked in to me typing and I've been alittle emmotional about talking about my first car. Gota go get a grip on my self LOL


Luke D

[Gradskater]

I just got my first 914 a couple weeks ago. I had never driven one, much less sat in one before I got it, but I knew about the cars and wanted one for years. I think I just liked the way they looked, there is nothing else like it on the road. It really is a handsome car. I knew about their handling ability, but you never know until you get a chance to let the car stretch its legs on some twisty roads. I am more than happy with my purchase, I dont ever want to sell the car, and I am looking forward to upgrading the suspension and engine.

I think the bottom line is that if you get a good one, there is no way you will regret it.

Oh, I drove my girlfriends camry today after not driving anything but the teener for the last two weeks. The camry was so quiet!! I couldnt believe how high I sat, how light the steering and pedals were, and how quiet the car was! It was weird, its like I wasnt even driving the car. I could have fallen asleep. I much prefer my topless, loud engined, rough riding 914!

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[Joe Bob]

The smell of hot oil.....mmmmmmm (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif)

[Mrs. K]

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Even though I don't own a 914 now, my first experience with one was......30 years ago! Yes I was barely legal to drive (hehehe) but my older sister had a new '74-'75 914 and she and her hubby used to let me drive it all the time! What a blast...handled so well, and it was just so much fun!
Too bad I was so young and poor that I didn't buy it from them when they sold it to buy a 924!

Lisa (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif)

[redshift]

My school mate's dad owned the Porsche dealership, and we used to sit in the cars on the lot, and pretend we were racing.

At the time, my favorite Hot Wheels car was the Jack Rabbit Special... and I hated the view from a 911 seat.. as a munchkin.


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