Zenmervolt
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With the 914, every area is a trouble spot. If the car is currently clean, you can keep it that way if you wash it religiously in the winter. The 914 dies pretty well in the snow (even the heater does all right, surprising for an air-cooled car), you just have to make sure that the salt isn't left to sit on the car. If you don't get a lot of snow/salt, you should be OK to drive a 914 year-round. Just make sure that you get one that weather-seals better than mine. Mine isn't a rainy day car, the thing leaks like a screen door on a submarine. Also, make sure you test the windshield wipers. They aren't really that great when they work completely right, and they are a common failure point.Originally posted by: Beau6183
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Does the body kit cover the rocker panels? Those are a major rust point. Along with the bottom of the firewall and the rear for the floorpan. Also, the front trunk area around the seal. They are amazing little cars though as long as you don't try speed-shifting the transmission. All that fun and 30 mpg too.
ZV
Doesn't cover those placesgood to know. All I've heard about was the side panels being trouble spots.
Don't let all this dissuade you from a 914. Yes, you will have to work on it a lot. But remember that the newest 914 is almost 27 years old, and even though they are quite reliable for their age one has to remember that "old stuff is old stuff is old stuff". The 914's need lots of love, but they are worth every bit of it.
ZV
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