How far would you drive your car?, Lets see how good member's cars really are. Options

[Howard]

I think we should put our money, etc.

Ironbutt Rallye anyone?

[JPB]

Last big trip was Alabama to Hershey, PA. I only blew out one valve cover gasket and fried one alternator in a 10 day period.
The trip before that (to Daytona for Rennsport II) I fried a voltage regulator and blew out a spark plug.

I voted: "Its dependable because I am nuts"

Can't wait to drive it cross country!

WOW! Had that happen to me this summer in my friends VW bug. He got new heads now since they were cracked when we took them off. Thats some serious schmit there brother.

[blabla914]

I did a track event at Watkins Glen. 300 miles each way just to get there, plus 2 days on the track.

Also did a few track events at NHIS. That's a little closer.

It has no radio and no heat. Right now it's the only car I have.

I voted it's reliable because I'm insane.......

Kelly

[Toast]

Oh, like everybody doesn't already know what my answer is!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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[JPB]

I did a track event at Watkins Glen. 300 miles each way just to get there, plus 2 days on the track.

Also did a few track events at NHIS. That's a little closer.

It has no radio and no heat. Right now it's the only car I have.

I voted it's reliable because I'm insane.......

Kelly

Confusious say,"You fall in most honorable Wild Man catagory."

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) I just got stressed reading what you did; you must have de huge cohones!

Not many things get me but reading it a second time just triggered the old gag reflex from just the idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) That is way to much for me to handel and not post some colorful language here. I'm completely overwhelmed and stressed in amazement, non the less, at what you did. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[JPB]

Oh, like everybody doesn't already know what my answer is!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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I would only imagine a perfect 914 babe would have a perfect 914 beast. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[wbergtho]

I would not hestiate to go anywhere, except for winter driving conditions with no heat and no defrost.

I'll second that.... Although I have heat and defrost, I would never risk driving this car in ice or snow. I have enough trouble with traction on dry roads. I have driven my LS6 914 over 7,000 miles this year and have only had a couple of minor issues. I have confidence in my car to go coast to coast...and if it does experience a problem...I have confidence in myself to fix it in short order. Hell, that's the adventure in driving an old car. If you are unwilling to take a chance once in a while, you are truely missing out on the whole experience.

[JPB]

That is one serious porn pic right there bro. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

[DonTraver]

My six is a daily driver and I wouldn't hesitate to just get in her and go, got a thing about keeping the 6 and RS America gassed and ready to go on a moments notice kind of thing. Also Autocross and Time Trial both. I didn't buy either of them to be garage queens, they were built to drive and I sure enjoy it. I've taken off on 2000+ mile trips in both with short notice. It's a nice place to be with them, the hard part was getting them there, easy to keep them there with regular maintenance.

Later, Don

[highways]

When my car was running I made two long trips from Orange County to Mammouth Mountain ski resort (about 600 miles?). One trip was awsome- zero traffic at night (as in not a single other car on the road) and I was doing 90-110mph for about 6 hours straight with snow flakes falling in the desert. The other trip a friend and I went up to a campground at the base of Mt. Whitney (tallest mountain in lower 48 states). The campground was at 10,000 feet. We pulled in at the middle of the night, couldn't find our friends and turned around to go back down the mountain. We had to go slightly uphill again to the apex of the road and as we passed over the highest point the motor died. We coasted down the mountian soap box racer style in the middle of the night for the next 6000 vertical feet with no engine what-so-ever. Luckily there was a VW repair shop in Bishop. Once I complete my current restoration- I'm gonna do it all again, with AAA!!!!

[Toast]

Oh, like everybody doesn't already know what my answer is!!!!

Sorry. Being in the idunno catagory, I guess that you somehow have every desperate 914 guy offering services at your every beging call. I'm strictly talking car repairs her lady unless you have something you desperatly need to get off your chest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Ok. So I was wrong. Not Everybody follows the Classics events whether they attend or not.

Both the Red Rock Classic events I attended, I had to get towed 200 MILES each time.
I've also had to be towed twice this year just trying to make it out of town.

I may have received offers to repair my car. I have yet to take advantage of their offers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)

[VegasRacer]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/tunez.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) . . . . . . . from sea to shining sea! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
*(...and everywhere in between) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
**(...just as often as I can) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)






***(Join me on the next trip) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)
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[JPB]

Oh, like everybody doesn't already know what my answer is!!!!

Sorry. Being in the idunno catagory, I guess that you somehow have every desperate 914 guy offering services at your every beging call. I'm strictly talking car repairs her lady unless you have something you desperatly need to get off your chest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Ok. So I was wrong. Not Everybody follows the Classics events whether they attend or not.

Both the Red Rock Classic events I attended, I had to get towed 200 MILES each time.
I've also had to be towed twice this year just trying to make it out of town.

I may have received offers to repair my car. I have yet to take advantage of their offers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)

Thank you for the correction and never intended to say you would take advantage of anyone; never even crossed my mind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I will correct the last statement for good measure.

Sorry to hear of your cars troubles and hope they will go away soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

In a totaly hetero kinda way I must say:(Way to speak yo mind girl! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )
Toast (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) gave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) finger (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Toast (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) gave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) finger (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[type4org]

Definitely drivable from coast to coast - matter of fact that is exactly what I did with my '76. Bought the car, sight unseen, but with a raft of well-done and trust-inspiring pictures "remotely" over the internet. Flew out to pick it up in Salem/OR on a Tuesday. Didn't even stay, left the same day. Arrived in northern Virginia on Friday.

The crazy part was the fact that the car had not really been driven in years and years, it was stored most of its life (24,500 original miles at that point). I had the PO put on new tires, which turned out to be garbage and not fully round (Nankang) and he took it to a shop that was supposedly able to handle that kind of car for a tune-up (waste of money, those people knew nothing). The clutch was close to being shot, the idle was way too low and it wanted to die at every stop. In Chicago I nearly overheated in stop-and-go traffic, which turned out to be a very low oil level. Only a few weeks later the first fuel line started to crack (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Nuts, I know. But one of these things I always wanted to to. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Sudden sand storm somewhere along the way:

[Joe Ricard]

Last week I drove 311 miles to go to an Autocross. made 41 runs took TTOD and drove it back home.

total milage in 2 years over 26,000. Consisting of 3500 miles is 3 days to bring it home

40 or more Autocrosses
2 lapping days @ NPR

Wanna go for a road trip? I'm in.

[ClayPerrine]

Y'all are a bunch of wussies....

Joe Yoder (with Steve Milo as co-pilot) is the KING of long distance 914 driving. Dallas to San Deigo. San Deigo to Seattle. Seattle to Chicago. Chicago to Dallas.


All in one trip in a 75 914 2.0.


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[mskala]

coast to coast.

Not that I have the time or wish to do that, though.

In my -6, bought in Ohio, drove 700 miles to MA.
Last year road tripped ~500 miles each way, to Maryland
and back. No problems except for starter getting hot.

Daily driver to work when weather is good, and just
put on the R tires for autocross and do 10 of them per
year.

Engine has not been opened since 1983.

[nbscooters]

I noticed I am the only person who voted for "Its all about the tinkering and not the driving" haha I guess thats what a 15 year driveway princess deserves. On the bright side of things, they are being fixed little by little.

[mudfoot76]

My car could go coast to coast, but like others said, I don't think I'd want to without good reason (so maybe i'm not so insane?).

Next summer I plan to go to Mid-Ohio for a DE weekend. Leave Indy friday, track Sat & Sun, and then maybe drive home sunday night. Else get a good rest and head home monday morning. I do have AAA+ just in case of emergency...

[dmenche914]

Used to pack allthe camping, clibing gear in it, and twice a month, either in my 914, or my climbing partners 914 take off to Yosemite to clib the big stuff. jammed pack, front / rear, behind seats, even canned food shoved in aroudn the gas tank. packed to teh max, hit 100 mph on the two lane back roads, catching four wheel air on the step rises on the road, usually 500 mile + round trip. also lots of day trips to Pinnicles for climbing, not as much gear as usually a day shot, but the windy road was a hoot, passing folks ove rthe double yellow like hell on wheels, hell every extra minute ont he road, was one less onthe rock. we were crack addicts to be sure, (hand cracks that is).always with a good bowl full of killer green to make the drive more pleasureable. and some thing to toke at teh summit, what arush. You shold have the seen the looks, passing tour busses ont the blind hair pin turns heading into teh valley like a bat out of hell. Nver stopped by yogi rnger, 'xept for no front plate, while we was reading the riot act on no front plate, every RV we passed inthe last ten minutes was driving by honking,and giving us the bird, yogi ranger asked if we knew them people! what a hoot. we had just lit up ten minutes before he stoped use for no plates in front. he let us go, with no fix it ticket but took ten minutes out of our climbing time. oh well good thing he didn't searchthe 914. Rangers think low life of clibers, guess cuase we was cheap sob's, and would neve spend much mullah in the park cept for a good las tmeal inthe cafeteria, usually tuna fish , gatorade and crackers on the route, oh and creme filling toffee cockies, gawd teh source of lfe for climbing. one time we got stuck in valley for snow cahin resrictiton,got tot eh last pitch on an eight pitch route, when teh snow started, strt of day was hot, took off our shirts so hot, buy the last pitsh, driving snow, high winds,a dn a rush to topout and get the hell of the rock. hella fun

The 914 is an excellent camp vehicle, so darn reliable, and too trunks, not to forget the open roof, great for valley views of the walls, teh handling like on rails ont eh winding roads couldnot be beat, NOTHING could beat us, NOTHING.


beware of crazy stones climbers rushing to seak cracks. climb on, drive on. race, oh well, that was youth.


them was the days, drive them anyware, and commuted to work, rain or shine, 50 mile round trip. best litle car I had, alas it was wrecked by a chick that hit me, after 60,000 miles of pure stick othe road quick is fun. love them memories.

then there was teh time the clutch cable broke on leving he Pinnicals west enterance, did a running push start,adn away we went, good thing the top was off so I could jump in ran every stop signs between there and home. or the off roading trail tot eh camp, and our cars were low, 50 series 195 tires, with dropped suspension, bragging pine cones all the way,

bitching fun