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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #1 on: 07 - Feb - 2010, 09:32:48 »
Looks like the perfect 959, although I prefer them in white... but that's just me :)

Being fully US certified, I guess it's gonna sell pretty fast, considering how rare this car is in the States :whistle:

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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #3 on: 07 - Feb - 2010, 14:29:51 »
i seriously not liking the looks of 959, am I the only one? :nutz:

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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #4 on: 07 - Feb - 2010, 17:36:18 »
Looks like the perfect 959, although I prefer them in white... but that's just me :)

Being fully US certified, I guess it's gonna sell pretty fast, considering how rare this car is in the States :whistle:

Same here, my perfect 959 is in white   :drool:

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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #5 on: 07 - Feb - 2010, 19:23:59 »
It, by now means, is a pretty car.  I think I love it because of everything it stood for when it came out.
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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #6 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 10:55:48 »
i seriously not liking the looks of 959, am I the only one? :nutz:

I admit I was more of an F40 fan by the time... and I still am. Only difference is that back then I was against any rival of the F40. But now I can appreciate what is probably the best and most advanced Porsche ever :) I wouldn't mind having both in my garage.

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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #7 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 11:19:55 »
you need also the Carerra GT in the garage  :mrgreen:, seriously i like the 959, it's the first street legal supercar from zuffenhausen i think, but the price is too high imo.

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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #8 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 16:44:41 »
OMG !!! Probably one of my favorite Porsche ever...moreover Red is my favorite color for the 959. In fact it's the same color as Walter Röhrl's 959. I think he's still own this old red 959 even today according to a Porsche magazine that I read couple months ago. He sold multiple Porsches from his personnal collection but he kept this amazing classic Supercar from the 80'.   :good: 


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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #9 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 16:52:31 »
I admit I was more of an F40 fan by the time... and I still am. Only difference is that back then I was against any rival of the F40. But now I can appreciate what is probably the best and most advanced Porsche ever :) I wouldn't mind having both in my garage.
when I first time saw it in Prague's street years and years ago when if you would be lucky you could see 1(one) sportscar (porsche, ferrari etc) in 2 weeks I thought what the hell that 993 did to the owner that he tuned it so badly  :whistle: :mrgreen:

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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #10 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 17:21:38 »
I have always disliked how this car looks (too heavy, especially in the rear!) but I do love the car itself!

 The F-40 is infinitely more desirable in almost every way to me though, despite my serious affliction of Porscheophillia!

 I remember I was working as a mechanic at a motorcycle dealership in Birmingham(Alabama) back when the 959 was out. We had a customer who was a car mechanic and specialized in high end Euro-cars, particularly Ferrari and Maserati. The place he worked at, the one exotic dealer in Birmingham at the time, had a 959 which they were trying to get US DOT legal for a customer. My friend got to ride with the owner one night on a highly illegal, pre-DOT modification, run around the interstates surrounding Birmingham. I remember him saying they hit over 160mph on one stretch which at the time was amazing speed! I got to see the car in person at that shop and I remember being dumbfounded by it! I was 100% a motorcycle guy at the time, but I was beginning to appreciate cars more ( I had just got a Scirocco!), and that thing which I had only seen in magazines was absolutely stunning! Some cars you really have to see in person to fully appreciate and I think this is one of them. I wish i could see one again.

BTW, If I remember correctly that 959 sat in that shop for over a year and eventually the owner took it home, unsuccessful in getting it US DOT legal! That would have sucked!
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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #11 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 19:37:13 »
It's only fairly recently that DOT has allowed them in under a "show or display" exception:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html

These guys do the federalization.  Here's a clip from YouTube:

Porsche 959 startup with Bruce Canepa


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Re: 959 S for Sale
« Reply #12 on: 08 - Feb - 2010, 20:03:38 »
Cool  :good: Thanks Stan.
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