What 'obvious' 914 thing did you not know?, I was a 914 owner for X number of years before I found out..... |
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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 |
Nov 25 2020, 08:02 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,442 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
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. |
DRPHIL914 |
Dec 4 2020, 07:19 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,766 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States |
I've had my 914 for more than 30 years, but didn't realize it had a longer wheelbase than a 996 or 997…and all 911s until the 991 debuted with the same wheelbase as the 914 (2450 mm, or 96.5 inches). Didn't know about the threaded hole in the rear trunk until recently. And didn't know about The Crack® until McMark pointed it out during my last repaint… didnt know about the hole in trunk until 2 years ago at Werks Reunion Amelia island and i saw a nice GT tribute build that had the spare mounted there. I had wondered for 10 years about that, because of the gromet in the stock trunk carpet pad that is located right there too, i figured it had a specific purpose for mounting something, just didnt know what. Also found out about the Crack when getting my body work, long rust repair etc done 2 years ago. lots of stuff that i didnt know, i learn something new seems like every year, which is kind of fun, that after 12 years of ownership i am still learning and figuring stuff out about these cars! How many people knew about the targa bar mount points for the ski racks?? Or the plug in the bumper for the tow hook? I didnt know until i pulled the old 75 bumpers to mount the Early Chrome bumpers that now i dont have that because the late bumpers had that spot in the big steel inner bumper, whereas the early cars have it on the body- If i had known that earlier i could have had that added back while all my body work was being done before paint... |
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