I've recently become curious about the Porsche 914. I had always thought they were cool cars, and it sounds like it'd be neat to own one, so I've been lurking around the boards here for the last week or so, and have run into a lot of technical talk about carbs vs fuel injection, rust repair, and any number of other topics, most of which only managed to go slightly to the side of my head, rather than right over it.
I'm wondering if it's possible to buy a 914 (it seems the '73 2.0 is the one that's most highly recommended?) at a reasonable price and *not* have it be a complete rustbucket. Presuming one can find such a car, what kind of ongoing expenses does owning a 914 guarantee you'll incur, and could one be reliable enough to drive daily as my primary transportation (presumably storing for the winter, as I live in Minnesota, and wouldn't want to cause it to rust) ?
Finally, while I've been very curious about them for quite a while, I've never actually gotten to drive one. Everybody here seems to rave about them non-stop (obviously). I wonder if there's any way to test drive one in the Minneapolis area so that I'll have a way to form an opinion of my own rather than simply relying on what others have said it's like to drive the car.
At first glance, 95 HP sounds a little underpowered, even for a car that only weighs in at a little over 2000 pounds - does it feel underpowered with the stock engine, or is it just that the sports cars that I've driven in the past have been closer to 3000-ish pounds/227 horsepower (Nissan 300ZX) that's throwing me off?