Watch, and prepare to be angry!

You don't even have to watch the whole thing. Just the first segment on the 70s.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_CmDK5m8yc


Please make your comments known in this alleged car expert's video channel.

Well, this guy is an idiot! That's just my opinion!

I don’t see a link ?

Watch the embedded video.

doesn't really seem right to criticize something you actually have zero experience and have never driven......

an informed opinion would mean that he actually knew the vehicle he was talking about.

This guy was conceived in the back seat of a Pinto.

His Mom still drives their Sunday car, a Pacer

Dad is the coolest, he drives a Gremlin

That says it all…..

Car expert? My ass! Oops, l mean his(fat) ass, and the price has never gone thru the roof! LMAO!

As with another thread, can't see the embedded video for some reason.

Thought it was a fluke with Hoyland's video, now thinking it might be something with some computers/browsers.

Uninformed propaganda like this continues to be good news for our cars because it diverts attention away from them and keeps them affordable. One of the really great things about the 914 is that it flies under the radar of the masses who would be more into beating on them, flipping them and expecting them to be something they are not. I say keep these uninformed opinion pieces coming.

This guy only seems to value HP and 0-60 times. Not what our cars are about.

Here's his email -
david@omegaautoclinic.com

Welcome to 2022 and Social Media “influencers”

Actually … it’s just same sort of thing as the 911 NARP crowd criticizing that which they had never driven back in pre internet days.

In general, "The Wizard" is a good guy and means well. He's the kind of guy that would respond positively if a member in the Wichita, KS area contacted him and educated him about the current state of the 914.

This may be the dumbest most ignorant thing i have seen in a long time.

Buy a million dollar 73 RS instead of a 914 because he has never seen one that ran so they must not exist...

what a tool sack.

iPad doesn’t show the embed… because Steve Jobs was an asshole.

Just watched this video about a week ago, I didn’t hate it. With that said, the 914 comment did not bother me. Some what on point with the everyone knows where one is in a barn that doesn’t run and hasn’t in years.
I love our cars, even the quirky things that really define them! The one thing I can do without is all the rust issues.
Let’s not read into this video to much, all opinion based overall. He said he and his wife had bought a Maserati. Talk about maintenance fees!

Meh... ugly guy, with marginal knowledge about the car, throwing stones from his glass house, that has to be pushed around on a chair by a woman to make his video interesting?!

Kind of sums it up right there. But, keep it coming, no need to make the 914 any more popular than it is...


If it is NARP then it is NARVW too.

Who cares what this idiot has to say?

Not me for sure, and also who can count the number of idiots around these days??

Doesn't know his fat ass from a hole in the ground!

some folks have taste.
and some..............don't have much of anything to offer the world at all.
lets keep it that way.

Presumably he makes money every time one of us clicks on his video and eats his baloney...

if you check out before watching the whole thing it goes on his permanent record.
affects his advertising potential. probably only marginally. i figure he just got 30 partial views on his negatroid meter.

Sounds like we need to do a meet & greet in Kansas.

He shows up in a car show on Motortrend called car problems or something like that.

You know what they say opinions are like a-holes, but since I don't give a crap about his opinion, I dont care what he says.

The latest update on the iPad now no longer shows embedded content, but my iPhone does. —both fully updated.

... this is music to my ears!

I say we forward this to everyone we know...... I am tired of the rising prices and scarcity of parts for our little 914.

We need a downturn in the 914 market..... or else I won't be able to afford to buy a third.

I wonder if he knows of #40?

I think the Wizard has a point. All other things being equal, everyone should buy a 1970's Carrera RS instead of a 914. Oh yeah I forgot the RS costs a bit more than the 914 guess I better settle for that "kit car Volkswagen" 914.

Well, as someone that took a 914 from no run to reliable daily, I guess this should make me feel proud?

Just put a Camaro motor in a 914. Lighter and faster..

Brant....isn't this the definition of common sense.


And why should anybody be angry?

Meh......move on.

I think he is the mechanic for some guy on the internet that has a lot of expensive cars. Hoovies garage on youtube.

Buck

I don’t see anything either, was it pulled?

Nothing on my comp either??? Just as well from the responses I'm reading.

I think that he actually meant a 924

Am curious to see the link, but not sure I care if someone has insulted my car.

As if that's something new for a 914 owner.

If you know, you know—and you don't need everyone else to know. That's one of the best things about 914s and those who love them.

I cannot count the number of times I’ve been insulted because of my 914, from 1979 onward.
First time, “hey who owns the Fiat out front?” I answered it’s a Porsche he said well somebody just hit it.

The last time a week or so ago, PCA member I emailed about an event, to say I got the cold shoulder would be an understatement.

Insults don’t bother me, I’ve owned a Porsche 914 for a long time and really really really enjoy it. (mic drop)

I don't understand what you are all complaining about. Now that I know my car is a piece of , I can get rid of it to save myself the agony of owning and driving it. I might as well give it away since it isn't worth anything. Anyone want to do me a solid and take this piece of crap off my hands?

Thank you Car Wizard guy

For those who can't see the embedded video, here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_CmDK5m8yc

I will be at your home first thing tomorrow to pick it up, thanks in advance

Sorry guys, I tried to watch it but couldn’t get past the first 2 minutes. He lost me with all the caveats about knowing next to nothing about Porsche yet having strong opinions

He is Hoovie's garage mechanic. I also remember watching an episode that he totally messed up one of the cars by putting the wrong fluid someplace. I appreciate how he is able to work on a variety of Hoovie's cars but never felt he was an expert after that error.

I'd take that 911 over either of my 914s. The funny thing is whenever I drive around, people come up to me and compliment the car and a few "I/friend/dad used to have one" stories. Not that I like to be bugged/approached by folks but the uniqueness of our cars is the reason I don't ditch it for a Miata RF.

This guy is a complete dumbass my 914 runs fantastic , handles fantastic, turns heads everywhere especially women, went up in value A LOT and still rising. He compares the 914 to a Ford escort and plastic "kit"cars!

dunno what kind of ford escorts usa got.
whatever they were they must not have been the real escorts.

........... those things were legendary.
1970 London to Mexico rally winner.
i had the matchbox model when i was a little kid.

u-tube d-head was paying the 914 a very high compliment with his geography myopia slapdown.

Click to view attachment

The Ford escort sold in the US was a POS econobox with no horsepower and really crappy reliability. The only people that bought them were forced to due to economic reasons.

well FMD as we say in australia.
that looks like a rebadged mazda 323.
we got those. hairdresser car.
ford did a badge version called the laser.
known at the time as the Ford Loser.

ford australia had the decency not to let the escort name slip into degeneracy.

We are all a little dumber for having wacthed that. I bet he doesn't like them because he couldn't get his fat ass in the seat.

We are all a little dumber for having wacthed that. I bet he doesn't like them because he couldn't get his fat ass in the seat.

What a bonehead. Opinions are like a certain body part, everybody has one, and they are all stinky!

@930cabman It's been a week now and you never showed up. Meanwhile, I'm having to drive this turd around with a -eating grin of shame on my face.