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Old 04-12-2012, 12:57 AM
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Default What happened to all the "Turbo S"s?

Aside from the silver one that Sloan has.... there are none around. Did they all go back to the "fatherland?"
Old 04-12-2012, 03:43 AM
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From what I heard. Most heading the way of the rare classics....964t/ts, etc. To Asia (HK-CHINA) in particular !
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There weren't that many made, remember?
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The USA market got about 182 of them back in 1997. I'd bet there are less than 150 of them now. Some wrecked, some sold back to Europe and Asia. I've NEVER seen one in the wild. Only pictures.
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Spoke to a dealer and he says what ever comes up is bought immediately by over seas buyer and sent back to the mother land.
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Someone down the street from me has two- one silver, one red- I believe the red one may have been previously owned by Michael Jordan (see plate on red one). They NEVER get driven.




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Wow! 2!!!! I thought Michael Jordan had a black "euro model." Although I don't know why somebody would get the "MCLJRDN" plates on if it wasn't his. BTW: are those the cars owned by the guy who owns a Porsche dismantling yard? I heard that guy has a couple TTs. I've only seen a red one in the wild with grey interior and grey sport seats.
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And every so often, on perfect days, you might see me driving around Mulholand up around Beverly Glen.
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Originally Posted by doublecabmel
And every so often, on perfect days, you might see me driving around Mulholand up around Beverly Glen.
Is it the lighting, or are those not Turbo S wheels?
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Originally Posted by doublecabmel
Wow! 2!!!! I thought Michael Jordan had a black "euro model." Although I don't know why somebody would get the "MCLJRDN" plates on if it wasn't his. BTW: are those the cars owned by the guy who owns a Porsche dismantling yard? I heard that guy has a couple TTs. I've only seen a red one in the wild with grey interior and grey sport seats.
I don't know who owns those 2, but I'd love to become friends with him/her!

Whoever the guy is, also had/has a Gulf livery Ford GT.

At the bottom of this thread, there's a pic of Jordan's red Turbo S. Pretty sure it has black interior.
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Originally Posted by doublecabmel
And every so often, on perfect days, you might see me driving around Mulholand up around Beverly Glen.
Beautiful! I'm on that stretch of road on a daily basis. Let me know if you need some water cooled company.
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They are the Turbo S wheels with the center caps. the light was pretty bright and I hate how the reflection of the blue stripes shows up in the picts. Time for some new picts.

Paul, we should meet up. I know Porsche is the featured marque for Super Car Sunday in May
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Originally Posted by PAULUNM
Someone down the street from me has two- one silver, one red- I believe the red one may have been previously owned by Michael Jordan (see plate on red one). They NEVER get driven.
Actually, I saw the red one driving down Olympic Blvd. near La Cienega just last week
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Why is there such a high demand for that specific model in germany?
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Originally Posted by doublecabmel
They are the Turbo S wheels with the center caps. the light was pretty bright and I hate how the reflection of the blue stripes shows up in the picts. Time for some new picts.

Paul, we should meet up. I know Porsche is the featured marque for Super Car Sunday in May
Definitely. Although last time I made it to super car sunday, I was waay too late to park in the Porsche area.

Plus, I'd rather see the CGT or S in action in the curves, not in a parking lot!


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