need to vent a little Options

[i love porsche]

so, i think i need to vent about this to people who might understand..

lately, i just cannot get excited about cars, or my 914 anymore. I dont know....over the past couple months, ive picked up cycling in a big way, i love it, its most of what i think about now..its just alot of fun...and my car..has just sort of taken a permanent seat on the back burner.

heres a little background..

I got my 914 senior year of Highschool. I had intended to restore it myself (i tend to jump into the deep end head first without testing the water alot) so no big suprise...i find that you cant do a full restoration on $6 and hour. so i do some work, and she sits...in a horrible state...i get so pissed about it that i buy a 924S as a daily driver. LOVED that car, autocrossed it, drove it at pocono...awesome awesome car. so i had the 924S through college, and the 914 prettymuch sat while i accumulated some parts and drew up big plans in my head.

so i graduate college, the 924S Waterpump dies on me, and my bank account is empty..great..no money to fix it...maybe its time for a new daily driver. so i get my first loan and get a ford ranger (had one previously, loved it) this is a great truck and i really enjoy it. the 924 is taking up room, and my dad says i cannot keep both the 924 and 914..one has to go. well ive had the 914 for so long, and have been dreaming about it forever..ive become so attached to that little rust bucket. so i end up selling the 924...and take a bath on it obviously..but she goes to a good home.

i start working, and get some money together..time to finally start on the 914! she gets sandblasted and primed, so i can finish the welding that needs to be done on it. comes back from the media blasters and has never looked better..it hasnt been one color for 6 years!

in a conversation with the body guy, i get a realistic quote on what it will take to get the 914 looking good and painted...8k..wow..thats alot...

now i had originally planned to stay at home for a bit, and put most of my money into the 914 to get it done...but the wave of realization hits me for a second time...thats going to be ALOT of money...and i want to do things with my life when i am young...travel (never been out of the country...sorry canada doesnt count) start mountaineering, you know, do stuff and experience things while im still a charming young man...

anyways...i decide to put the 914 back on the back burner...at least shes primed so she wont rust, now i can save some money for other things.

everytime i open the garage to get the bike out, and look at the 914...i just feel disheartened or something..i feel like i went into battle unprepared and lost. maybe i should have kept the 924..i do miss it already, and would have been able to drive it....hindsight is always 20/20

im just so attached to this 914..and it bothers me. I dont think i would be able to let it go, but it haunts me..

I dont know even what im trying to say..im just rambling

if you made it through this, what do you think? am i crazy...should i have kept the 924 and sold the 914...

my head hurts

-Aaron

[i love porsche]

ray, youre right, after that phone call i did feel a little better...some light at the end of the tunnel perhaps.

I really am looking foward to the new movietime place, its going to be a big help.

and i want one of those engines, i just dont have a place to put it, ill get you some money for one soon, just let me know when you need it


having the 914 is like being in a relationship....it has its ups and downs, but im so attached, i couldnt imagine divorcing it, just have to push through

[nycchef]

ray, youre right, after that phone call i did feel a little better...some light at the end of the tunnel perhaps.

I really am looking foward to the new movietime place, its going to be a big help.

and i want one of those engines, i just dont have a place to put it, ill get you some money for one soon, just let me know when you need it


having the 914 is like being in a relationship....it has its ups and downs, but im so attached, i couldnt imagine divorcing it, just have to push through

aaron what happened here is you grew up, when that happens priotities change the 914 is a hobby, treat it as such. i have been trying to finish mine for 3 years now. don,t get obsessed with it. it,s supposed to be fun. you don't need an $8000.00 paint job to drive the car. get it running and drive it with the primer.
but don't equate a 914 with a relationship and a divorce, while the 914 is a major money pit it is nothing compared to a couple of those. you can always sell a 914, i never got a single decent offer for any of my wives.