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Originally posted by CJFusco
.... you had the money for a 911, and I could only afford a 944.
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The really strange thing about 914s is how they get under your skin. (And I don't mean
only the rust flakes trying to give you tetanus, though goodness knows there is enough of that too!) I could, at least until I lost my "day job" have easily afforded a decent 911. But I stick with the 914. I know quite a few other people from the 914 boards who are the same way; the 914 is an end, and not a stepping-stone to a "better car".
Like I keep saying: My 914 is loud, uncomfortable, obnoxious, gets mediocre fuel mileage, is invisible to all the SUVs on the road, is unreliable and finicky, threatens to rust in half at the first hint of rain, and in general a huge pain in the butt to own. And I wouldn't trade it for any other car, except a 914 in better shape....
They're a disease, I tellya--a disease!! But when you get a chance to really flog one in the twisties, or autoX it, you start to understand why we put up with all of it.
--DD