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Old 08-29-10, 04:43 PM
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Beautiful!
This is the ultimate Porsche. I've only seen 1 and it was white one in Hawaii. If I recall Bill Gates also owns a one in silver.
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Old 08-30-10, 04:13 PM
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U would never think that this car is that old.. Very nice.. Great pics
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Old 08-30-10, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Fizzboy7
Bleh, I think this was one of Porsche's worst designs. Looks like a pregnant bee or a bloated Revell 1/25 scale model.
It does, IMO, have a rather awkward-looking rear-end, but, in this case, it's what's under the skin that counts.
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Old 08-30-10, 06:11 PM
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Always loved the 959. Even by today's standards, it's still a very fast car. Bill Gates helped make them "legal-ish."

Check out Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_959
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Old 08-30-10, 10:15 PM
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Amazing. The best I've seen at my local dealership service department was a CGT. They fired it up in the shop and I ran back to see it.
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Old 08-31-10, 05:17 PM
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Cool and rare car. But when it was new, I was too busy drooling over the F40 to notice much.
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Old 08-31-10, 07:27 PM
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awesome car. This porscge was the most advanced car on the road in its day.In fact its still pretty modern in terms of design (porsches never change), features, and performance
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Old 09-01-10, 01:58 PM
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Imagine putting some modern touches to a 959. That would be awesome!!
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Old 09-01-10, 06:11 PM
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Imagine putting some modern touches to a 959. That would be awesome!!
I might be the minority here, but the fact that it doesn't have the modern touches in it, is what makes it desirable.
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Old 09-01-10, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by LexJaq
Cool and rare car. But when it was new, I was too busy drooling over the F40 to notice much.
The F40 was certainly better-looking, especially in its traditional Ferrari bright-red. But there's no question that the 959 was a Porsche icon.
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
Amazing. The best I've seen at my local dealership service department was a CGT. They fired it up in the shop and I ran back to see it.
So.....How long did they let you keep it on the test-drive? I'm sure you made short work of those pylons....and the long straightaway
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
So.....How long did they let you keep it on the test-drive? I'm sure you made short work of those pylons....and the long straightaway
Unfortunately (the CGT) it was already sold and owner had it in the dealer for service. So nobody was driving it except for the mechanic.
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