John_914
Mar 24 2016, 01:09 AM
I had to take this shot of my -6 parked next to a Fiat 500. Puts it all in perspective!
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JawjaPorsche
Mar 24 2016, 04:07 AM
But the Fiat has a back seat..........for a pygmy!
falcor75
Mar 24 2016, 05:04 AM
and you parking spaces are huuuge
bretth
Mar 24 2016, 07:40 AM
That is funny. Looks like a toy. I drove one of those damn Fiats as a rental car, hated every thing about it. I was driving home from work the other day (not in my 914) and I was on the highway next to an 18 wheeler. I found myself wondering if the 914 could drive right under the open center of the trailer.
Brett
Mark Henry
Mar 24 2016, 07:56 AM
QUOTE(John_914 @ Mar 24 2016, 03:09 AM)
I had to take this shot of my -6 parked next to a Fiat 500. Puts it all in perspective!
Click to view attachmentNow think about this.... a Porsche Spider the top of the windshield is only about to the top of the door (body) on a 914.
dlkawashima
Mar 24 2016, 10:01 AM
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Mar 24 2016, 06:56 AM)
Now think about this.... a Porsche Spider the top of the windshield is only about to the top of the door (body) on a 914.
The Spyder is small, but not
that small ...
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7TPorsh
Mar 24 2016, 10:38 AM
This is the perspective shot that always amazes me:
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Mark Henry
Mar 24 2016, 10:46 AM
QUOTE(dlkawashima @ Mar 24 2016, 12:01 PM)
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Mar 24 2016, 06:56 AM)
Now think about this.... a Porsche Spider the top of the windshield is only about to the top of the door (body) on a 914.
The Spyder is small, but not
that small ...
Click to view attachmentOK...at the local Porsche concours my 914 was right beside a spider kitcar, maybe it is just my opinion but it was fraking small.
horizontally-opposed
Mar 24 2016, 02:09 PM
Have a 1973 914 and a 2013 Abarth. Always smile when I see that how much taller the Abarth is. It does look like an SUV next to a 914.
However, as smart as the 914 is when it comes to packaging (and that's very smart), it pales in comparison to the Fiat 500's packaging intelligence. The Abarth is 15 inches shorter, and can seat four real adults quite comfortably—for real, nobody believes it until they try it—while still offering a decent trunk (for a small car). It's a bit of a four-wheeled magic trick that way.
The 2,500-pound, 160+hp Abarth also surprises when it comes to real-world pace and fun factor, and utterly shreds the 914 when it comes to utility and usability in the modern world—with great HVAC, great seats, modern safety equipment, little wind noise, reasonably quiet freeway cruising if you swap to Michelins, and all necessary creature comforts plus some you don't expect in a $23,000 car (that can be had for $17-21k new, without haggling). There are some fit-finish issues, the gauges are awful, the Trump Tower seating position takes some getting used to, the turning circle rivals the Exxon Valdez, and the no-muffler exhaust system annoys the neighbors, but these little cars might produce more grins than anything else on the new car market. Did I just say that?
If one had to go, it would be the Abarth, but I didn't expect to like this Italian crap can as much as I do.
TJB/914
Mar 24 2016, 02:45 PM
Our 914's are taller than the 904.
Tom
TJB/914
Mar 24 2016, 02:56 PM
Ford GT-40's about the same height & length as our 914's.
BTW: They are faster cost more.
Tom
Andyrew
Mar 24 2016, 04:15 PM
Thats a ford GT, not a GT40. The GT40 is the 70's racecar that was only 40" tall, the Ford GT is 44.3" tall.
Dave_Darling
Mar 24 2016, 06:11 PM
QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ Mar 24 2016, 01:09 PM)
The 2,500-pound, 160+hp Abarth ... [has a] turning circle rivals the Exxon Valdez...
That's curious, because the non-Abarth 500 that I test drove had a nice tight turning circle! It could easily do a 180 on a ~1.5-lane road. (Regular 2 laner with a car parked on one side.)
--DD
Valy
Mar 24 2016, 06:23 PM
QUOTE(TJB/914 @ Mar 24 2016, 01:56 PM)
Ford GT-40's about the same height & length as our 914's.
BTW: They are faster cost more.
Tom
Faster, more expensive AND has no tits...
rgalla9146
Mar 24 2016, 06:31 PM
QUOTE(7TPorsh @ Mar 24 2016, 12:38 PM)
This is the perspective shot that always amazes me:
Click to view attachment Amazing perspective........ pointed the wrong way at Spa ?
rgalla9146
Mar 24 2016, 06:34 PM
QUOTE(Valy @ Mar 24 2016, 08:23 PM)
QUOTE(TJB/914 @ Mar 24 2016, 01:56 PM)
Ford GT-40's about the same height & length as our 914's.
BTW: They are faster cost more.
Tom
Faster, more expensive AND has no tits...
.....and no barbecue grill
Cuda911
Mar 24 2016, 06:37 PM
Here's mine next to a "real" Abarth.
Bulldog9
Mar 24 2016, 08:18 PM
WOW.............. I've never seen one of those in real life, or next to another car. I always assumed they were BIG cars.
QUOTE(7TPorsh @ Mar 24 2016, 12:38 PM)
This is the perspective shot that always amazes me:
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horizontally-opposed
Mar 25 2016, 09:51 AM
QUOTE(Cuda911 @ Mar 24 2016, 05:37 PM)
Here's mine next to a "real" Abarth.
Would be fun to see a four-car pic—old and new Abarths with a 914 and 981...
larryM
Mar 25 2016, 09:30 PM
perspective -
and - why it is a bitch to drive at night
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Wyvern
Mar 26 2016, 12:05 AM
How about next to a Mini ( my son and I at C & C .... both '73)
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sb914
Mar 26 2016, 06:08 AM
Click to view attachment this guy has a huge,well maybe not!
Big Len
Mar 26 2016, 06:36 AM
The Vette was huge side by side.
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thelogo
Mar 27 2016, 12:38 AM
QUOTE(larryM @ Mar 25 2016, 08:30 PM)
perspective -
and - why it is a bitch to drive at night
Click to view attachmentIf your always faster then all they see is from behind ,
Very low profile and hard to see at a distance
Dave_Darling
Mar 27 2016, 09:55 AM
QUOTE(Big Len @ Mar 26 2016, 05:36 AM)
The Vette was huge side by side.
I still remember going to the movies once and parking my 914 next to a Vette. I looked back and forth, and realized that the rear deck of the Vette was just about level with the roof of my 914. "Wow, and I had thought the Corvette was a small car!"
--DD
Justinp71
Apr 5 2016, 11:26 PM
Wow that 911 (or 912?) looks like a toy car...
maf914
Apr 6 2016, 07:21 AM
QUOTE(Justinp71 @ Apr 5 2016, 09:26 PM)
Wow that 911 (or 912?) looks like a toy car...
Yeah. Something just doesn't look right in this photo.
That Corolla looks huge compared to the Porsche. A guy down the street from me has a Corolla and a Boxter in his driveway and the size difference is not so extreme, but maybe a Boxter is much chunkier than an early 911/912.
Cal, did you take the photo? If so, what type camera, lens, perspective, etc.?
7TPorsh
Apr 6 2016, 09:04 AM
QUOTE(maf914 @ Apr 6 2016, 06:21 AM)
QUOTE(Justinp71 @ Apr 5 2016, 09:26 PM)
Wow that 911 (or 912?) looks like a toy car...
Yeah. Something just doesn't look right in this photo.
That Corolla looks huge compared to the Porsche. A guy down the street from me has a Corolla and a Boxter in his driveway and the size difference is not so extreme, but maybe a Boxter is much chunkier than an early 911/912.
Cal, did you take the photo? If so, what type camera, lens, perspective, etc.?
The stalls are slanted and the 911 is parked further up and away from the camera. Also the 911 is looking straight on where the Toyota you see the side perspective.
Still looks damn small.
QUOTE(maf914 @ Apr 6 2016, 09:21 AM)
QUOTE(Justinp71 @ Apr 5 2016, 09:26 PM)
Wow that 911 (or 912?) looks like a toy car...
Yeah. Something just doesn't look right in this photo.
That Corolla looks huge compared to the Porsche. A guy down the street from me has a Corolla and a Boxter in his driveway and the size difference is not so extreme, but maybe a Boxter is much chunkier than an early 911/912.
Cal, did you take the photo? If so, what type camera, lens, perspective, etc.?
Sorry, I didn't take the photo.....