959 for sale on ebay
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959 service is only available at a few places ( 4 ? ) in the world !! Not sure if Porsche ever had a 959 service point in the USA !
This is a very exclusive automobile !!
Geoff
This is a very exclusive automobile !!
Geoff
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Originally Posted by NinetyOneC2
So these idiots have somehow come to have this $200K+ car and they can't even take it to the nearest dealer to have it checked out or made 100%...assuming a US dealer could help of course.
Be afraid....be very afraid.
Be afraid....be very afraid.
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I would think that if anyone were even thinking about buying this car, they're not going to bid for it on ebay. They're going to jump on a plane and fly out there to see it (probably with their trusted P-car technician accompanying them). Therefore, the feedback is irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by TR6
I would think that if anyone were even thinking about buying this car, they're not going to bid for it on ebay. They're going to jump on a plane and fly out there to see it (probably with their trusted P-car technician accompanying them). Therefore, the feedback is irrelevant.
Pretty slick!!
#20
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Originally Posted by skruggs964
So I guess in reality....they are just using eBay for cheap advertising.....
Pretty slick!!
Pretty slick!!
It amazes me that it has 36,000 miles, if that is correct. Where and how? How did it get here? I'd like to hear its story.
The $2M 'Cuda has even the brokers scratching their heads. They figure the bottom has to drop out of that market at some point, and somebody will be left holding the bag. The guy who bought it insists it's a great investment. But silly baby-boomers are even paying stupid money for clones of those cars - that's the signal to beware. I'd much rather have this car. It's in a completely different class.
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Originally Posted by dfinnegan
The 36k is in km not miles (according to the text).
That's more like 22k mi.
You're comment still holds, of course.
That's more like 22k mi.
You're comment still holds, of course.
I think the “Drive Control System” warning means "time to sell it to the next bidder".
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Originally Posted by jeffnudd
So does anyone know how many were built and if so is there any here in the UK? coz i wouldnt mind having a look at one.
It was designed to compete in the group B rally class. In 1986, three 959's competed in the Paris-Dakar rally and finished in positions 1, 2, and 6. The road racing version was known as the 961 and ran at LeMans in 1986 finishing first in its class (7th overall). In the 1987 LeMans race, the engine blew and the car caught fire and didn't finish.
Interestingly, the 959 sold for about $200K new in 1986 and its production was immediately sold out. Some people paid as high as $300K to get one. Rumor had it that four were imported into the US as gray market. The 959 is generally recognized as more of a brand-building success than a racing success.
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It's funny - when I was a kid in London, a guy around the corner used to have a silver 959. I thought they were really common cars - he used it for years as a daily driver and by god did it look like it. Kerbed alloys, dings all over the place, never washed, but every day rain or shine I'd see him climbing in and driving off. Says more about the car than any museum-piece ever could.
Wonder how many F40s saw even 1/50 of that 959's use...
Wonder how many F40s saw even 1/50 of that 959's use...
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Originally Posted by jeffnudd
So does anyone know how many were built and if so is there any here in the UK? coz i wouldnt mind having a look at one.
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Thats the way to use one . Porsche GB is an official service centre. I used to see them there, in for a service.
Usual sight was on a lift , wheels, suspension off . Boxes of power levelling dampers , maybe a radiator - a nightmare to change , etc , etc. All this because the car was just not used . The bill estimate was seriously horrendous .
Taught me that the 959 like everything else needs to be used to keep in shape .
Cant even begin to justify it but still number one on the wish list for me !!
Geoff
Usual sight was on a lift , wheels, suspension off . Boxes of power levelling dampers , maybe a radiator - a nightmare to change , etc , etc. All this because the car was just not used . The bill estimate was seriously horrendous .
Taught me that the 959 like everything else needs to be used to keep in shape .
Cant even begin to justify it but still number one on the wish list for me !!
Geoff
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http://www.canepa.com/inventory/exotic/silver_959.html
Canepa Design refurbishes and federalizes 959's for California.
Ups their horse power to over 500 and and does more too...
Canepa Design refurbishes and federalizes 959's for California.
Ups their horse power to over 500 and and does more too...