How long did you have to wait for the right 914?, Tell your story |
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How long did you have to wait for the right 914?, Tell your story |
SavingManuals |
Jan 31 2021, 08:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 5-January 21 From: Metro Detroit Member No.: 25,044 Region Association: None |
Maybe you knew of a specific car or you were just wishing one would hit the market that checked the right boxes for you.
What's your story? I know I'm not the only one who loves a good car story! |
horizontally-opposed |
Jan 31 2021, 04:03 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,443 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
I guess I'm kinda the other way around: The "right" 914 had to wait for me.
By 1988, it was a $3,000 faded, used-up 914 1.7 with 134,000 miles—this before a door and a taillight were kicked in down in Pomona. My brother, in college and newly hooked on motorcycles, left the 914 for dead at my parents' house with a slipping clutch. As I waited to turn 16, I was more interested in GTIs than the oxidized, deeply "uncool" 914 in the garage; my eyes were on our old A1 (diesel!). When the Rabbit blew up, the 914 was the only "spare" set of wheels—my parents said I could use it if I could fix, insure, and fuel it on my own dime. So I started going to junkyards and turning wrenches… More than 30 years later, I'm glad things worked out the way they did. The 914 altered my path in ways I'm not sure the Rabbit would have… Attached thumbnail(s) |
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