Possible new 914 owner + 700 mile drive home tips Options

[Ian Stott]

Seems Rick and I are the only two on this thread with balls. Don't listen to the wankers, drive that baby home. I did 814 miles in the middle of the night nonstop to Kansas in a car that I had only run a few miles after an engine install. Prior to that the car sat in storage 2 years. Made it there for the Buttercup build and made it back. Here's to you Rick! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Check Ian Stott's post!

[hot_shoe914]

Seems Rick and I are the only two on this thread with balls. Don't listen to the wankers, drive that baby home. I did 814 miles in the middle of the night nonstop to Kansas in a car that I had only run a few miles after an engine install. Prior to that the car sat in storage 2 years. Made it there for the Buttercup build and made it back. Here's to you Rick! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Check Ian Stott's post!

My bad Ian, post updated to include you and your cahones! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

[Ian Stott]

I will sleep better now! I don't advocate being reckless, checking it out properly is all that is needed, these are actually quite reliable cars. I would have driven down to Conn. to Chris Foley's (Tangerine Racing) for the BBQ this weekend if I wasn't already busy, that is a 12 hour drive for me plus waiting to get thru the border! I was talking to Chris and I was going to get a prize for travelling the farthest (of course I shamelessly begged for it in advance) We just finished the Atlantic Nationals here in Moncton last weekend which is Canada's largest car show and I couldn't help noticing how many cars are trailered to this event and pulled out and put on display, I would prefer to have a car I can enjoy driving around. I go back to my original statement of having your 914 checked over by someone qualified to do so and then enjoy the drive, breakdowns do happen, parts can fail, but again these are quite reliable cars, regardless of the age.

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

[detoxcowboy]

"Strongly Considering?" I assume by your handle you have enjoyed a 1973 BMW 2002 tii? If so and as a previous 1974 2002 tii owner I also stongly reccomend the 914 either as a complimentary vehicle or even as a replacement for your vintage "Driving Machine". I loved the 2002 tii an d they still turn my head but for pure driving memoiries the 914 is much more of a drivers vehicle and you will find driving these 2 seaters exhilerating and much more of a pure sports car than the 2002 tii. Just by coincedence and like your situation I went from 74 2002 tii to a 73 914 1.7 and my thought of fun driving experiences all go to the 914 even though my BMW was in high quality condition and the 1.7 a cheap paint job on a daily driver that rarely heds the top on because no one was going to want or take anything,.., \

Go for it! I recomend basic tools , AAA for the first year and the ph# of a 914 specific knowledge and experienced mechanic.

Can't stress specific 914 knowledge enough.. I was younger and dumber when I had the 1.7 and took the thing to 3 different shps all 3 said they knew and could repair and none could and each time I paid for repairs and 10 miles down fwy it would die in white smoke could..

Oh if you feel extreme sleepines after pulling the red lever that is carbon monoxide. Rool down the window and close the red lever.. The heat exchanger are rutsed out internally, This also happend to me in Los Angeles though tit was thew smog.