I took the 914 to the PCA autocross on Sunday, thinking there won't be another one, so I will win my class. Of course this was my thinking last time, I brought the 356, and another one of those showed up, and beat me. So once again my plans for class dominance were foiled, another 914 showed up, and beat me. Ironically, had I brought the 356 I would have won my class, oh the irony!
Either way, three things in life I have found are pretty good even when they aren't, Pizza, Autocrossing, and the bedroom, never really had a bad example of any of the three, even when it's bad, it's still pretty good, all things considered.
I drove the 914 hard and it did really well on the tight turns, way out performing the 911's and Cayman's, the skinny worked. Had I had more experience I could have probably gave them a run for their money, but I was too busy going off course and eating cones, but having a blast!
Drive em like you stole them!!!!

Awesome. Where was this?

Brett

McCarthy Parking Lot in Albany, right where 787 ends. It was fun.

The 914 looks like a perfect car for such an event.

Yeah, if you look at the bottom right picture, that's the end of the track, I was able to go into that at almost full speed and swing through, all the bigger Porsches had to come to almost a complete stop, and in the slalom's it breezed right through. If I was a better driver and had a 914/6 there would be no stopping me.

So close. I was just out that way 2 weeks ago (still have family in the Albany area). Didn't have mine with me, but still would have been fun to see.

I thought that looked like route 9. I passed by there on the way home from work a year or so ago and saw AX going on there on a week day probably around 5pm which was surprising. How often is there events held there? Damn, wish I had known.

Brett

The Local PCA does it about 4-5 times a year. Next one is in October.

Next Autocross is Saturday October 8th, contact
Matt
autocross@hcp-pca.com

http://hcp.pca.org/autocross.html

Maybe we can get someone in a 914 who knows how to drive better than me and show up all the Cayman's.

This is the place that has the gas pumps at one end of the parking lot right? I will definitely be there in October as a spectator anyway. Unless they would allow my hooptie Hyundai to race

Brett

It would be great to see some photos or video footage of that happening!

As long as you are a PCA member you can race whatever you want, I have seen Mini's, Hondas, and a Ford Fiesta. I thought about bringing the Benzo, but it might be too big for a tight track.

I've done two autocrosses this year, once with the 356 and once with the 914. I have to say the 914 is more fun, the extra power means I can really hammer it. Today I took it out and was doing the same and better times than all the guy's with 6 cylinders, 911's, Boxsters, and Cayman's.
The kids loved coming today and Daddy won his class, I didn't tell them I was the only 914 there, why ruin it?

Your excellent performance underscores the fact that the 914 was ahead of it's time!

Some lady kept calling it a "washing machine". I didn't point out my Maytag was doing better times than her CaymanR....

You should have.

Jeez, everyone knows they are actually sewing machines.

Washing machines?

Sewing machines?


They're Lawnmowers!

914's are ALWAYS the classiest thing out there. They win if they only show up.

Like I was thinking that day, call it what you want, but I was keeping pace with all the pricey newer Porsches, with a Porsche I paid $1500 for, so I got the last laugh.

Got a couple more pics and a video but I don't have a YouTube account to upload to.

I'm sure that the Porsche engineers from the 1960's who designed the 914 would be smiling as well.

Tell her you could have bought 10 914s for less than she spent and she'd be in 11th place.

The real freedom in driving a car you have no money in is you can go balls out. The club gave me the un-official Steve McQueen award because they said I was driving like a car chase in the movies, a squeals and rubber. One guy said I was even drifting, whatever that is. But I bet I had more fun then the guys out there wiping down the tires on their Boxsters!

Interesting brain bucket ..that meets PCA rules ? wegot a bunch of folks here that don't like kids at AX with Dad one f the reasons I stopped going all the time glad you had fun

This group is pretty laid back, people had their kids, their dogs, etc. I enjoy the autocross.

A last shot, I made it in the local paper, showing everyone, the 914 is here to stay!

http://m.timesunion.com/news/article/A-par...#photo-13116383

914's in autocross are addicting. There's always something you can add to humble others, even with a 2.0.

I really need to get more into Autocrossing. I've enjoyed it each time I've done it, though I am HORRIBLE at it. I guess if I showed up more then once every other year....

ZAch

When I finished a number of guys came up to talk about the car. They all said the same thing, "I bet you had the most fun today."
So while they were all talking about their $400 suspension bushings, I was up on two wheels!

Today was great, pushed the car as hard as it would go because I got stuck on the same time the last three runs. But wow, what a day, perfect weather and I was turning some of the same times as the 911's, but I bet I had more fun!

A 95-00 W202 Mercedes C class is hardly a large car. And, if those wheels came on the car when new ( RE the rest of the stuff is there ) , it should have some zip. . . .

One of the local national Porsche clubs will let anything run regardless of membership, you are just lumped in a X class.






But people like this are the ones that pay your bills so I would not be too willing to let it be known you are poking fun at them.



?? I don't build race cars just to circulate around the track. If one isn't willing to accept that the car can be written off in the first corner of the first lap of it's first race, it should stay in the shop.

Show up more and just go play!

Autocrossers make brutal road racers right from the start but the other way round usually isn't true.

Didn't take the 914 yesterday but the 993 was fun, but not really as much fun as the 914. The narrow body really gives you an advantage over the big 911's in some of the cone gates. I took the 993 the last two times, I think it's time to get the 914 back out.

I took my 914 to the autocross yesterday. Had a lot of fun, and gave rides on all my runs. Best part was that I didn't come in last!

I'll post some pics once the photographer puts them up.

Of my porsches I have to say the 914 is best suited for autocross. It has more power than the 356 and is tighter in the corners, but the narrow body is also a distinct advantage over the 993. I think the best suited Porsche for the autocross is probably the Cayman, they tend to always do well. But in my stable the 914 is by far the funnest. My last outing with it one of the old guy's commented that I should get the Steve McQueen award, if nothing else, because the 914 was so dramatic in the driving.