Intro - 914 coming soon, Bought a 2.0, just not the one I thought I was going to buy Options

[arne]

Hey, all. Thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Arne and I'm addicted to cars. (Audience replies, "Hi, Arne.")

While I'm new here, and don't yet have a 914, I'm not new to fun cars, nor am I new to online car forums. Prior (and current) fun rides include '81 Scirocco S, Jetta GLI 16v, Corrado G60, MGB, BMW e21 323i, multiple Datsun 240Zs, a 944 and an '84 911 Carrera 3.2. All but the 911 are gone.

Online, I'm somewhat active in the 911 tech board on Pelican, am a moderator at myaudia3etron.com, and am a retired admin on classiczcars.com.

In real life, I retired last summer, and so I now entertain myself by buying, repairing and selling fun cars. The last one was the 944 listed above. I live in Western Oregon where rust is not as prevalent as in other parts of the country due to lack of road salt use.

I'm here now because I have a tentative deal pending on a '73 2.0. Might be a few weeks before I take possession as we are waiting on clear papers from Oregon DMV. But once past that hurdle, I'm sure I'll be needing some advice as I learn my way through getting the car back on the road.

Since intro threads always need pictures, but I don't yet have my 914, here's a few of some of the other cars.

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[arne]

I can vouch for Arne. He's a retired admin on ClassicZCars.com. He had a discussion over there about jumping to Porsche.

Hi, Rob. And thanks to all for the welcome.

Yeah, hard to believe that my jump from 240Z to Porsche was that long ago. Like Rob's bumblebee, my 240Z has been in Norway for 5 years now. I'm definitely looking forward to the 914, I like learning new things as I move into cars I've never had before.