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> What've you carried in your 914?, Picked up a ping pong table yesterday...
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post Jul 24 2006, 09:58 AM
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So I've carried bikes & surfboards via a bike rack but this most recent gig was pushing things...

I did have some hesitations as I turned onto the Bronx River Pkwy... but @ 35mph I made it back from the burbs to my apartment w/everything in one piece. Getting it up 5 flights of stairs to the roof was another story...complete disassembly was needed.

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post Jul 24 2006, 10:21 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Nice wing!
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post Jul 24 2006, 10:24 AM
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Should have mounted it to the rear trunklid. I'm sure someone would have though it was your idea of a spoiler. Maybe even got your picture onto beaterz.com

I once transported a 12 foot tree in my 914. Pot sitting on the pass seat and sticking right out the roof. Wind resistance at about 20mph was incredible.
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post Jul 24 2006, 10:29 AM
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And I thought a wheelbarrel was pushing it. Couldn't you get the pool table on there

also or is that in the trunk.
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post Jul 24 2006, 10:29 AM
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QUOTE(boboli914@att.net @ Jul 24 2006, 09:21 AM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Nice wing!


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Love the sprint car look. I carried a grudge in my 914 once.
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post Jul 24 2006, 11:08 AM
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Hauled some lumber when the rear window was out.


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post Jul 24 2006, 11:09 AM
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I have hauled ass before (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Prelude to following smartass remarks - going fast
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post Jul 24 2006, 11:11 AM
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Looks nice in pictures.........
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i hauled a picnic table once......

and jimmy hoffa, but that's another story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Jul 24 2006, 11:13 AM
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QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ Jul 24 2006, 01:09 PM) *

I have hauled ass before (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)



Must...resist...smartass...comment...must resist... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/gayfight.gif)
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post Jul 24 2006, 11:20 AM
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Widescreen TV that weighed 150-200 pounds...picked up from BestBuy in the city.

Should have seen the guy's face after I asked him to hold onto the TV while I went and got my other car because it wouldn't fit in my daily.

When I showed up with the 914 -- an even smaller car -- he looked at me like I was the world's biggest idiot. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alfred.gif)

Then I opened the rear trunk, put the TV in there with a buddy, tied the trunk down to prevent it from swinging, and drove away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif)

That flat rear floor can haul some seriously large items.

I can see why Troutman turned the 914 into a pickup... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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post Jul 24 2006, 11:43 AM
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Nine-foot tall fake tree. Seven-foot tall climbing ivy (with support poles). Six-foot tall step-ladder. The first two were with my GF; the plant sat on the passenger floorboard and she held onto it. Had to go very slowly with the real plant so we didn't tear all the leaves off it.

The ladder was on multiple occasions. Once I drove in to work (notionally a "secure facility") and the guards didn't say a word... I posted a pic on this BBS about it. I think it was about two years ago?

Only one person reacted each time we drove the plants around, too. We're too damn blase in this area I guess!!

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post Jul 24 2006, 11:46 AM
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I've hauled an almost complete 1.8L 914 engine in the front trunk. I got it from Dayton, OH and it actually fit better than I had thought it would.

Drove fine too.

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post Jul 24 2006, 11:51 AM
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My best was a lawn mower.. wheeled part in the front trunk, handle in the rear. Everything closed fine. You're not REALLY hauling something IN a 914 if it's sticking out all over. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jul 24 2006, 12:01 PM
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My road bike. Frame in the rear trunk and the wheels in the passenger footwell. Oh, and lots of laundry every couple of weeks.
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post Jul 24 2006, 12:12 PM
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QUOTE(bondo @ Jul 24 2006, 10:51 AM) *

My best was a lawn mower.. wheeled part in the front trunk, handle in the rear. Everything closed fine. You're not REALLY hauling something IN a 914 if it's sticking out all over. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)



(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) At least most of the time that's true. Sometimes you have to make an exception.


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post Jul 24 2006, 12:18 PM
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Had four people in mine once.
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post Jul 24 2006, 12:37 PM
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I've never carried anything especially large in a 914, but I once drove from Iowa City to Indicanapolis for the then annual Tweeks swap meet carrying the front clip from a '53 coupe in my '55 Speedster. Top down of course. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Jul 24 2006, 01:01 PM
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OH GREAT! Next thing you know all the ricers are going to be running around with pingpong tables on their cars for downforce!
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post Jul 24 2006, 01:01 PM
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I should have said "with" instead of "in".

I like the kayak - wish I had pics of my 9'6" longboard I had up there last year.

I carried a leather pottery barn style chair and ottoman once from the UPS station to my place - it came in a few boxes so it sorta worked like the TV mentioned above.

I did feel like the Beverly Hillbillies yday. Then I felt a lil unsafe as I took a wrong turn and drove a couple miles down Bruckner Blvd (Bonfire of the Vanities anyone?) on the way back into Manhattan... People just kinda looked and giggled - even in the "unsafe" areas of the Bronx & Harlem.
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post Jul 24 2006, 01:11 PM
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I hauled a 16' rowboat once...I've pics somewhere....
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