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Originally Posted by stevej37 View Post
I owned a 914 for about 5 years in the 80's. One summer day, a buddy and I took it to Detroit for a Tiger game. Top off, traveling down the John Lodge Freeway at rush hour....I said 'never again'. When the truck tires are twice the height of your car and they are moving at 70mph on all sides of you....it's scary. Shortest (height) car I've owned.

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I was in my 914, top off, on I-35 and a truck slightly ahead in the right lane shed a tire tread. It flew over my head but what felt like inches. I was shaking for a while after that. Now, I never drive next to a truck, except for a brief time to pass.

Mythbusters showed that a tire tread from a semi can decapitate a human.
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