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Originally posted by Z-man


That said, here's what scares me:
1. The 1970 models have a trail shifter, which at best has a very vague shift pattern to it. I believe in '73 they converted the shifter to a side shifter, which offered much better shifting.

Just my $0.42
-Z.
Interesting!
Many years ago a friend let me drive a 914 he had and I liked the ride but the transmission absolutely sucked!
In fact it reminded me of driving my brothers '58 beetle.
Gave me a very bad impression of Porsche automobiles, fortunately I got over it.
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