What's your cliche' for trying to keep up on 914 maintenance for a daily driver?

Mine: It's like trying to sweep dust during a tornado.

It's like trying to cut the yard with toenail clippers.

It's like trying to get fleas off a cat with tweezers.

It's like trying to put out a wildfire with a squirt gun.

It's like trying to find a rust free 914.

It's like driving a 914 every day?

I have a few constraints between life and living in an apartment, but I don’t have any cliché for “trying to keep up maintenance”. I’m olde enough that I grew up with cars that needed maintenance. I had a very German uncle who lectured me many times before I got my first car. He was very big on maintenance, doing repairs right, and as long as it’s apart what else should be done. I may have spent a little more on car’s running costs over the years, but every English car I’ve owned has been as or more reliable then my friends American cars. Following my uncles mantras, I found I can drive a 41 year old Porsche with confidence…

I don't spend much time working on my car. It's as reliable as any car I've driven. And I do drive my car everyday.

It's like drinking from a fire hose.

Mine's good... except when it's like pushing rope.

That's usually something I did to myself. After you've built the car into various iterations and over many years there's really nothing you can pin on others.

Like trying to nail jello to a tree!

It's like moving from jackstands to wheel ramps and believing the car is 'almost' ready to drive

its easier to keep up than to catch up