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914s drive like go karts. It may have a VW heart but it has a Porsche soul. I would like to always have one in the garage. They drive very differently than my other cars, in a good way.
I do like the time machine reference. About 2 weeks after I got my first 914 I was driving home from work one day. It had been sunny when I left work. The top was in the trunk. One of our freak Colorado localized summer thunderheads opened up on me on the highway. I turned on the crappy old wiper and the sorry excuse for a defroster. And the rain mostly flew over the top of me and didn't drench me. For about 5 miles of road I had this "flashback" moment where I envisioned myself driving this little car in the rain down the Mulsanne. And then the sun came back out and I saw a rainbow off in the distance. It was borderline mystical. It set the hook deep on 914 love.
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1974 914 Bumble Bee
2009 Outback XT
2008 Cayman S shop test Mule
1996 WRX V-limited 450/1000
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