porschefig

lessee if i can make a link....
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...hreadid=101834

Campeck

hmmm
maybe cause no one likes them anymore

Dan87951

I like the 914, I wouldnt mind having a nice example with fuchs on it! To bad majority of them are all rusted out, or at least the ones I have seen.

BeerBurner

I've killed better men for less...

Anywho, I wish I could help you out, but I don't own one and don't have any real experience. Yet.

BB.

porschefig

ouch...i recall them killllling 944/951 autoX times last event i went to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and 911 times
and 928 times
and 986 times
and 930 times
and 993 times
and 996 times
and 356 times
and 964 times
and 912 times
and 924 times
and 968 times
did i miss something?

Campeck

why?
do yall like them that much i mean.
would you pick the '44 or the '14?
i you could have only one

porschefig

only rust is in the battery box...we'll replace that.....i dont know if we want to go street or autoX for sure...but i think it would be too expensive for me to do a restore....so leaning towards a track car
or, parting out?

BeerBurner

Depends on what I was doing with it. Right now, it'd be the 944 because it's a more civilized, all-around car. However, if I wanted an autocrosser and practicality weren't an issue, well, sorry waterpumper...

In the end, it boils down to the love of a two-seater, mid-engined, targa topped roadster. Even if the 944 was still faster, well, it's just not the same thing.

Sometime over the next few years, I'll end up with a third car... it'll either be the 911 that's sitting in my driveway, a 914, or a Miata (which the only reason I'd choose it over the 914 is for reasons of cost).

BB.

porschefig

ONLY ONE PORSCHE!!!!!!!! NO THE AGONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

id have a pristine 944 over a pristine 914...ive never driven a 914 however....if i only had one car i could do lots of mods to it....major hp 914/6
.......for the sake of your ?..ill stick with my 944..or a better one..somebody wanna give me a 951 or 944 s2 ...maybe a Cab. for the summer and a coupe for the track and a truck for the winter.......it was 40 BELOW last night here in MT

Campeck

ok
heres how i see it.

the 914 cant possibly handle as good as the 944.(i think)
it doesnt have a porsche engine.
i think the body style is not that tasteful at all.
and there slower.

Campeck

the 914 has like a 1.8 liter engine doesnt it?

Campeck

today was the first day of school and we had alot of ?...
one was favorite car.

porsche '88 911 turbo....

BeerBurner

Don't underestimate them.

Have you heard of the 914/6?

Styling? That's subjective.

Straight-line, yeah, they aren't that fast. But then, there were a lot of 911 owners back in the 70s that were wondering why they just got smoked by a 914 in the twisties.

Not that I'm going to get into a "which car is better" arguement. All in all, that's kind of lame and it misses the point.

They have their plusses, and one of their big strengths is their ability to out-carve some of the best canyon carvers out there. Is that enough to make one car better than another? Dunno...

In the end, it really boils down to preference. Liking/disliking a 914 is the same thing as liking/disliking chocolate cake.

But hey, I wish they weren't as well liked as they are. I could easily justify the cost of picking up another 944. I can't justify that twice-as-expensive 914s...

BB.

Campeck

"Not that I'm going to get into a "which car is better" arguement. All in all, that's kind of lame and it misses the point."


of course.
and it was not my point.
just wondering.
no i hadnt ever heard of the 914/6
specs anyone?

Z-man

Very, very wrong: the 914 out-handles a 944 hands down!

It even runs circles around a 911.

And a 914 with a 3.2 911 engine and slight suspension mods is almost unbeatable on the track.

I have seen this first hand.
-Zoltan.