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> What 'obvious' 914 thing did you not know?, I was a 914 owner for X number of years before I found out.....
ClayPerrine
post Nov 25 2020, 08:02 AM
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I just saw this thread http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=350102 about how to open the engine lid. It got me to thinking about things that "everyone knows" about our beloved little cars that was not glaringly obvious to me when I was a new owner.

So.. post your list of items that say "I was a 914 owner for X number of years before I found out....." Think of this as helping to educate new 914 owners.


I will start it off:


I was a 914 owner for 5 years before I found out that the left and right outer door handles are different.
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post Nov 25 2020, 08:10 AM
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I was a 914 owner for 27 years before I found out exactly what "limited edition" meant (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Nov 25 2020, 08:24 AM
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It took me 20 minutes looking through the owners manual to figure out that the flashing red light on the gauge meant the emergency brake was on...
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post Nov 25 2020, 08:36 AM
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I was a 914 owner for 3 years days before I found out.....that the parts for a VW-Porsche are WAY more expensive than for my other Volkswagens ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

With some patience and keeping my eyes open it turned out Ok sofar!
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post Nov 25 2020, 08:43 AM
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After owning these cars since the late 70’s I found out you have to cut the tab on the windshield wiper switch to get the intermittent wipers to work.
I also learned about the reset button on the master cylinder after bleeding the brakes; to stop the emergency light from flashing.
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post Nov 25 2020, 08:46 AM
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post Nov 25 2020, 08:49 AM
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I was the owner of a 914 for 2 years months (in late 80's) before I figured out that a 914 didn't give me as much access to women with big hair as a 944 would have.

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post Nov 25 2020, 10:12 AM
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I grew up with 914s since I was born. It took me almost 32 years though, to learn about 914world.com ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Nov 25 2020, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE(Krieger @ Nov 25 2020, 06:24 AM) *

It took me 20 minutes looking through the owners manual to figure out that the flashing red light on the gauge meant the emergency brake was on...

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post Nov 25 2020, 11:04 AM
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It took me one year of ownership to find out that this car can make me go nuts if I don"t find an immediate solution to a problem (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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It took me about 1 day in my brand new '73 2.0 appearance group car to know these little cars would be in my life until the day I could no longer drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Took me years to realize that you could reset the trip odometer.
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I dont remember how long I had been swapping seats from side to side (all the while knowing about the scallop for the Park brake) before I learned the headrests were canted, Right & Left, as well.
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post Nov 25 2020, 11:23 AM
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Nov 25 2020, 09:49 AM) *

I was the owner of a 914 for 2 years months (in late 80's) before I figured out that a 914 didn't give me as much access to women with big hair as a 944 would have.

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) how true! i had the same problem with my ‘69 Austin Healy i bought in ‘82, so just put the top down right? problem solved... kind of (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) well it was that or my ‘74 bmw motorcycle so either way we had issues, i guess.... boy those were the days!
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Nov 25 2020, 06:02 AM) *

I just saw this thread http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=350102 about how to open the engine lid. It got me to thinking about things that "everyone knows" about our beloved little cars that was not glaringly obvious to me when I was a new owner.

So.. post your list of items that say "I was a 914 owner for X number of years before I found out....." Think of this as helping to educate new 914 owners.


I will start it off:


I was a 914 owner for 5 years before I found out that the left and right outer door handles are different.

They're different? Now I have to go look!
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post Nov 25 2020, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE(914werke @ Nov 25 2020, 12:18 PM) *

I dont remember how long I had been swapping seats from side to side (all the while knowing about the scallop for the Park brake) before I learned the headrests were canted, Right & Left, as well.

You only really notice when you look into the back window.
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post Nov 25 2020, 11:32 AM
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I drove around for years with my front turn signal lenses installed upside down.
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post Nov 25 2020, 11:33 AM
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I was a 914 owner for about a week before I found out a 914 is light enough to push home by yourself.
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post Nov 25 2020, 12:17 PM
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25 years since buying my first teener, I've still not figured out the heater controls without having to put my reading glasses on to figure which lever to move in which direction to defrost the windscreen (sorry, windshield...).
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