alkemyst
No Lifer
- Feb 13, 2001
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They are a great car, but I wouldn't say timeless...easy to peg that car as a new Beamer. Some of the elite MB's and Rolls are pretty timeless. The old style MB (boxey one) is still made under some other marquees overseas and the Rolls/Bentley's have only recently gotten major facelifts.
I always love the M3's. There isn't one from the original to now I didn't look good.
zerocool84
Lifer
- Nov 11, 2004
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Zenmervolt
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- Oct 22, 2000
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
There are very few 100hp cars that offer as much fun as the 914.
ZV
There is a 190hp one though.
*cough* Lotus Elise *cough*
What does a 914 weigh? I suspect it is similar to the Elise in the fun to drive category. How easy is it to get in and out of?
BTW-Your 944 is very clean. :thumbsup:
My 914 weighs in at just about 1,900 pounds, wet. Stock they weighed 2,000-2,100 pounds depending on options. Mine has no options and the sound-deadening was removed before I bought it.
It was easier to get in and out of before I put in the aftermarket seats, but it's very, very low (think eye-level to a Camry's rear bumper) and you do kind of "curl" into and out of it. The aftermarket seats were a very bad idea in retrospect, and when I get around to it, I want to replace them with original seats again.
I love the Lotus too though. Just too expensive for me at the moment. That and the 944 is already more electronics and emissions controls than I like dealing with. We do need more cars like the Elise though. It's definitely an under-represented type of vehicle.
The 944 looks a lot cleaner in those photos than she is. She's full of stone chips in the front and is about due to have the seats re-covered (21 year old straw-colored leather is showing a lot of wear). Mechanically she's perfect though. Just what one would want from a car that's a driver.
ZV
HannibalX
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- May 12, 2000
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My Lincoln LS8 before some idiot ran a red light and creamed it.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/seedsgroup/2002lincoln.jpg
My Explorer XLT 4X4
http://home.cfl.rr.com/seedsgroup/exp5.jpg
http://home.cfl.rr.com/seedsgroup/2002lincoln.jpg
My Explorer XLT 4X4
http://home.cfl.rr.com/seedsgroup/exp5.jpg
All stock and it's going to stay that way. So hopefully I won't be struck down by the anti-rice brigade, still.
[edit]This replaced the old Pontiac Vibe.
[edit]This replaced the old Pontiac Vibe.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
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JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
- 74,580
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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
There are very few 100hp cars that offer as much fun as the 914.
ZV
There is a 190hp one though.
*cough* Lotus Elise *cough*
What does a 914 weigh? I suspect it is similar to the Elise in the fun to drive category. How easy is it to get in and out of?
BTW-Your 944 is very clean. :thumbsup:
My 914 weighs in at just about 1,900 pounds, wet. Stock they weighed 2,000-2,100 pounds depending on options. Mine has no options and the sound-deadening was removed before I bought it.
It was easier to get in and out of before I put in the aftermarket seats, but it's very, very low (think eye-level to a Camry's rear bumper) and you do kind of "curl" into and out of it. The aftermarket seats were a very bad idea in retrospect, and when I get around to it, I want to replace them with original seats again.
I love the Lotus too though. Just too expensive for me at the moment. That and the 944 is already more electronics and emissions controls than I like dealing with. We do need more cars like the Elise though. It's definitely an under-represented type of vehicle.
The 944 looks a lot cleaner in those photos than she is. She's full of stone chips in the front and is about due to have the seats re-covered (21 year old straw-colored leather is showing a lot of wear). Mechanically she's perfect though. Just what one would want from a car that's a driver.
ZV
Kind of like this?
Once I get my Exige, which will be my aim and I'll want no other car after that, I'm going to make sure people keep hearing about it too.
atybimf
Platinum Member
- Sep 17, 2005
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So no love for the Viggen?
This is shot in the palisades with the set of Borbets just prior to the Primes.
Palisades Viggen
Rogo
This is shot in the palisades with the set of Borbets just prior to the Primes.
Palisades Viggen
Rogo
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