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> So is it a VW or a Porsche?, little discussion with my brother
turboman808
post Jun 5 2006, 06:08 AM
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So I was doing a bit of work on the car last night. My brother came out and started talking to me about the car. I mentioned it was sold as a VW in Europe. At least I have seen European pictures with VW logos.

Well being the VW guy that he is he had to start saying it's a VW then. I said well pretty much everything on it is porsche at this point. So he said it's still a VW body.

SO Yeah now I was wondering who made the body? Porsche or VW or a bit of both?
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post Jun 5 2006, 06:15 AM
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it Europe, it was sold as a Porsche-VW, not just a VW, huge differance (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

The car title says Porsche, and when your insurance company gives you a bill for it, it's says Porsche as well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Your brother is a tool....leave him out of your Will (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Jun 5 2006, 06:17 AM
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the body was made by Karmann
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post Jun 5 2006, 06:23 AM
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QUOTE(Jeroen @ Jun 5 2006, 08:17 AM) *

the body was made by Karmann

I was going to say that...

In the US it was sold as a Porsche. So, thats what it is.

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post Jun 5 2006, 06:56 AM
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it's, as my neighbor put it, "glorified Volkswagen or an unglorified Porsche, either one".
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:03 AM
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QUOTE(Hammy @ Jun 5 2006, 04:56 AM) *

it's, as my neighbor put it, "glorified Volkswagen or an unglorified Porsche, either one".





I hear it all the time from the guys here at work.

"Souped up Volkwagen"

This always comes from guys whose idea of restoring a good car is a run of the mill chevy that at any car show,gets lost in the same crowd of other chevys that are all the same just diferent color paint.

I'll stick with being different.

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post Jun 5 2006, 07:06 AM
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QUOTE(RON S. @ Jun 5 2006, 06:03 AM) *

QUOTE(Hammy @ Jun 5 2006, 04:56 AM) *

it's, as my neighbor put it, "glorified Volkswagen or an unglorified Porsche, either one".





I hear it all the time from the guys here at work.

"Souped up Volkwagen"

This always comes from guys whose idea of restoring a good car is a run of the mill chevy that at any car show,gets lost in the same crowd of other chevys that are all the same just diferent color paint.

I'll stick with being different.

Ron


I hear ya.
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:24 AM
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I think an important distinction here is what the car feels like, a porsche or a vw?


Does it feel like my ghia? yes. But does it also feel like an early porsche? yes. If I had to lean one way or another, it feels more like an early porsche than a vw.



I agree, keep him out of the will and give him a huge charlie horse and a nuggie.
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:29 AM
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QUOTE(RON S. @ Jun 5 2006, 05:03 AM) *

This always comes from guys whose idea of restoring a good car is a run of the mill chevy that at any car show,gets lost in the same crowd of other chevys that are all the same just diferent color paint.


Only had mine about 3-4 or weeks and I must say I get some pretty rude comments from people. But it always starts with "Wow thats a really cool car" Which is just weird??? I realized it's best not to tell people how much I paid for it. Because they always got some shit to say about it when I do.

But good to hear I drive a porsche (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:34 AM
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I agree, keep him out of the will and give him a huge charlie horse and a nuggie.


yeah my brother would kick my ass. Has a martial arts school and trained one of the guys in the last ultimate fighter series. nuggie would be a bad idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:38 AM
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QUOTE(turboman808 @ Jun 5 2006, 06:34 AM) *

QUOTE(drewvw @ Jun 5 2006, 05:24 AM) *
I agree, keep him out of the will and give him a huge charlie horse and a nuggie.


yeah my brother would kick my ass. Has a martial arts school and trained one of the guys in the last ultimate fighter series. nuggie would be a bad idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

just smoke him in your VW then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:49 AM
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Neither... as my one of my nieghbors said yesterday as I was owrking on the car.

"Hey nice FIAT"
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:51 AM
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Ask the asswipe if he thinks a 356 is a VW? Those were Karmann and Ruetter and a few other coach builders WITH VW drive trains....

How about Ford...Bodies by "Fischer" .....the list goes on....
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post Jun 5 2006, 07:53 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) mikes got a good point there....
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post Jun 5 2006, 08:14 AM
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It's certainly a hybrid, not really 1 or the other. The truth is you gotta have a pretty thick skin cause the people who don't know sh@t are gonna give you the VoPo or NARP stuff. Most of the Boxster people won't give you the time of day and some of the people driving newer waterpumpers would rather not have you around. The people that really know will give you respect and a lot will say "I had one of those and I really loved that car".

My experience with VW people at Bugorama was interesting. There was a lot of interest in my car, but mostly they were curious. Very few that I talked to had much knowledge about 914's and many were surprised by my comment that the car was a joint venture between Porsche and VW.

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post Jun 5 2006, 08:17 AM
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post Jun 5 2006, 08:21 AM
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muscle cars ain't nuttin but a truck frame with a huge freakin engine
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post Jun 5 2006, 08:23 AM
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In Europe its a VW-Porsche, the title say as manufacturer VW
but everybody call the car as Porsche 914.
Outside Europe the manufacturer is Porsche.

The reason for this is that in Europe the 914 was selled by VW-Dealers
in the US by Porsche-Dealers
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post Jun 5 2006, 08:29 AM
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My reaction to those comments has grown into "OK, sure".

Don't give arguement to someone too stupid to overcome ignorance.

It's OK if you don't know the truth, and want to find out the fact; that is ingorance (not knowing) in search of the truth.

Stupidity is not knowing the truth without any desire to find the truth, but professing that you do know the facts.

Sorry guys, but I gave up the argument a long time ago. I feel no need to defend why a 914 is really a Porsche.
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post Jun 5 2006, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE(turboman808 @ Jun 5 2006, 06:34 AM) *

QUOTE(drewvw @ Jun 5 2006, 05:24 AM) *
I agree, keep him out of the will and give him a huge charlie horse and a nuggie.


yeah my brother would kick my ass. Has a martial arts school and trained one of the guys in the last ultimate fighter series. nuggie would be a bad idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Which fighter did he train?
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