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> The average age of 914 owners these days?
930cabman
post Jun 11 2024, 10:50 AM
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I am 75 but i am not average. Bought my first 914 in 1983 on a whim when driving past it and saw it in a used car lot. It was a white, originally yellow, 74 1.8 and paid $1800 for it. Drove it three years until the cam gear stripped out.


Are any of us "average" I don't think we think anything like that

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post Jun 11 2024, 10:59 AM
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Purchased my 914 almost 20 years ago. I'm turning 56 in a couple of weeks. How the F did that happen? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Jun 11 2024, 11:36 AM
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I'm 54 1/2
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post Jun 11 2024, 11:37 AM
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took me 51 years to get my first 914. had it for a year and a half being re-built. Cant wait!!!
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post Jun 11 2024, 01:22 PM
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I'm 55! I remember the first time I saw a 914 back in the early 70s when I was a young lad. It was yellow. I liked the looks so much, I made one for my first pinewood derby car. I took 1st Place Show but, like a most 914s, it wasn't very fast. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yellow914.JPG)
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post Jun 11 2024, 03:41 PM
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63. No, I can’t believe it either but damn, time sure has a way sneaking up on us. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I’ll have it 14 years in August, longest stretch of any car I’ve ever had. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

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post Jun 11 2024, 03:41 PM
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My father purchased our 914 in 1974 new from Ely Porsche Audi in Hayward when he was 25 (He's now 74 will be 75 this year 9/22). I got my father to bring the old girl out from the garage in 2004/2005 after it broke down in 1992. I learned to drive it after it got running again at 17. I am 36 currently but will be 37 on 9/11. This is our first any only 914. I've added a few tasteful modifications to the car over the years. Our 914 turned 50 in April of this year per the production date. My father still owns it but I drive it more than he does now.


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post Jun 11 2024, 05:39 PM
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74 but who's counting?

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post Jun 11 2024, 07:50 PM
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68 going on 19 heh
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post Jun 11 2024, 08:14 PM
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55, bough my long awaited 914 at 40, one month after moving to California.
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post Jun 12 2024, 01:32 PM
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Concrete seems harder at 71.
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post Jun 12 2024, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE(930cabman @ Jun 10 2024, 03:15 PM) *

Everybody needs an extra or two (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)


Or three, maybe four!

At the moment I have 5 914s, 4 are the drivers in the picture and 1 more that I haven't decided if I am going to restore, part, or sell.

and then I probably have at least another 3-4 cars worth of parts. Last I looked I for some reason have 7 spare trannies.

Now that the first car I bought is done I'm planning on thinning out the horde somewhat. though with 4 drivers it pays to keep some spares around. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Jun 12 2024, 03:21 PM
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QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Jun 12 2024, 11:32 AM) *

Concrete seems harder at 71.



I can only imagine.

At 19 I daily drove my 914, drove it from Orange County to Salt lake city non stop, no problem, didn't feel a thing. That was with 180lb springs to boot.

Only 44 now and half a day driving a 914 and I feel it for the next couple days.
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post Jun 12 2024, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE(Porschef @ Jun 11 2024, 03:41 PM) *

63. No, I can’t believe it either but damn, time sure has a way sneaking up on us. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I’ll have it 14 years in August, longest stretch of any car I’ve ever had. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)


bit like you.
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had the 14 for 35 years. longest i have held on to a car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
amazes me, i was 28 when i got it. time flies. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


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89 - the jaffa was 15
believe i was parked out front of the johnson wax factory by frank lloyd wright.

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summer just passed - on the opposite side of the blue marble.
its looking better than me i can tell you that.
a few dings and pings in it but nothing like the creases in my face. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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still wearing its factory paint and dealer check stamps.
you can tell i am lazy and don't clean recesses. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
problem is gonna be where does this go after i go?

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post Jun 12 2024, 05:05 PM
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72. Bought my first 914 in 1975, a ‘71 1.7. Currently own 3 914’s, 4 if you count the ‘72 parts car like my wife does. Picture is of “our” 73 1.7 taken in 2020 (guess where) before it was painted green. Still trying to get it back together.


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post Jun 12 2024, 05:07 PM
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QUOTE(rjames @ Jun 11 2024, 10:59 AM) *

Purchased my 914 almost 20 years ago. I'm turning 56 in a couple of weeks. How the F did that happen? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


It gets better as you get older
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post Jun 12 2024, 05:10 PM
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Physically 58 but mentally still 21.

Had a 914 in my life since I was 22.
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post Jun 12 2024, 06:26 PM
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It’s a young 50.


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post Jun 12 2024, 06:43 PM
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QUOTE(Unpretentious @ Jun 12 2024, 03:05 PM) *

72. Bought my first 914 in 1975, a ‘71 1.7. Currently own 3 914’s, 4 if you count the ‘72 parts car like my wife does. Picture is of “our” 73 1.7 taken in 2020 (guess where) before it was painted green. Still trying to get it back together.

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Sweet, the overlook just thru the tunnel at Yosemite Valley…with snow on the ground no less. I remember driving my new ‘73 1.7 overnight so I could get that view at sunrise in ‘74. The road into the Valley from Oakhurst is one of my all time favs; twisty, perfectly banked, one turn leads you into the next. Traded that one in on a VW camper bus in ’77. Lifestyle change. I’m 75 now and have two ‘74 2.0’s. The appeal never dies.
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post Jun 12 2024, 07:29 PM
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Average people don't own & drive 914's.

I'm 72 now. Bought my 914 when I was 62.
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