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Originally Posted by unpolire
My brother took my 1971 914 to a Sears Auto Center for tires or brakes years ago. He pays the bill and pulls onto the freeway and accelerates into traffic. 3 of the 4 wheels and tires fly off of the car, one bouncing directly into the path of an elderly couple, bouncing over their windshield. The car is on the rotors and one wheel still barely attached at the entrance ramp. They had failed to tighten ANY of the wheel bolts! No one died by sheer luck. They paid out thousands in repairs, rental cars, etc.
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OMG that could have been a lot worse!
Actually 914 was my third car since that incident with my bug, the most memorable incident beside blowing up the engine with a dropped valve was when I snapped the throttle cable 90 miles away from home. I re-routed the cable from engine lid through window into the cabin, with a string attached to the broken end of the cable, and operated throttle with my left hand while shifting gear with my right hand. Using all hands and legs to drive the car back all the way home, it was a great excessive and felt like I was really operating a machine!
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1997 Boxster arctic silver/ red, XNE riveted mahogany/ leather steering wheel & 917-style wood shift knob, Ben’s short shifter, PSE, 996 TB, UDP, stereo/ center console delete, hardtop and speedster humps, daily driver rain or shine or snow!
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