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Any one knows this car?, For sale in Houston. |
HansJan |
Sep 6 2019, 09:57 PM
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SirAndy |
Sep 6 2019, 10:02 PM
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Not trying to be a dick, but i don't think any teenager should have a sports car with a roll cage for their first car, even if it's "just" powered by a 1.8L T4.
You are asking for a lot of trouble ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
brcacti |
Sep 12 2019, 03:15 PM
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1974 914 1.8 Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Not trying to be a dick, but i don't think any teenager should have a sports car with a roll cage for their first car, even if it's "just" powered by a 1.8L T4. You are asking for a lot of trouble ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) You have to drive these cars VERY CAREFULLY if you want to live. I'm 66 and my ONLY accident I have ever had was in one of these, went on a ramp fairly fast and hit gravel and I was spinning like a globe. Was VERY LUCKY not to have killed myself as I did not flip. Getting that car for your son could be his first and last car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) |
Superhawk996 |
Sep 13 2019, 05:09 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,819 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
You have to drive these cars VERY CAREFULLY if you want to live. I'm 66 and my ONLY accident I have ever had was in one of these, went on a ramp fairly fast and hit gravel and I was spinning like a globe. Was VERY LUCKY not to have killed myself as I did not flip. Getting that car for your son could be his first and last car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Not sure I agree fully. Need to drive anything with due care. Perhaps the reason you lived to tell the tale is that the 914 has a very low CG and IS NOT prone to rolling over. Try the same thing in a high CG SUV and it WOULD have rolled. I will grant you that modern car with Electronic Stability Control (ESC)would have prevented the spin and potential to roll via Roll Stability Control that is part of ESC in modern cars. However, many of us that are on this site lived and thrived during an era where the electronic nanny's weren't riding shotgun with us. Please teach your kids to drive (rules of the road), but, more importantly, kids need to learn car control skills (i.e. maximize braking, skid control, visualization of the road). Car control skills are not taught by drivers education and can really only be learned by hands on driving. Get your kids out on Go-kart tracks, Auto-X, what used to be called SCCA Solo 1 (i.e. single car track day - one car on track at a time). That will save lives. https://www.drivingskillsforlife.com/abouta...at-is-ford-dsfl |
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