Coming to America in the 959

Cool article on Edmund's InsideLine by John Glynn!

Coming to America in the Porsche 959

Thanks for the link, Curt. Just been paid for this one too :D

As always, great pics by our Jamie.

I wonder how much less the converted cars are worth now that you can bring in a "Pure" non bastardized car ?

This is the question! I think it will have made a marked difference.

Edmunds notably edited the original text to fit their house style, so I dunno how much of my between-the-lines subtext remains. But that rather thorny issue was raised! ;)

I like the Canepa 959S with the power and suspension upgrades. :)

Yep, it's a super car. Plus red is the fastest colour ;)

given a chance, would any of us who cant really afford a 959, sell everything else to have one? or is a 959 a completely collectible above all else that it is(a driving machine)?

obviously it was Porsche's pinnacle at one point. would be cool if somebody somewhere made a 959 their daily driver!

those that have driven one please comment

I have some German friends who run their 959s regularly. You have to run them or they start to seize up, and you don't want to be paying the bill to unseize them! Lots of 959s still come back to the factory to be serviced; the head of Porsche Classic told me the other day that some do quite high mileages between services (5-6,000 kms), but 1,000 kilometres is a lot for others.

Given the choice of lottery money buying me a Carrera GT or a 959 I would take the coupe. Though then there is the GT2 RS...

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Originally Posted by Reza

given a chance, would any of us who cant really afford a 959, sell everything else to have one? or is a 959 a completely collectible above all else that it is(a driving machine)?

obviously it was Porsche's pinnacle at one point. would be cool if somebody somewhere made a 959 their daily driver!

those that have driven one please comment

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Just ask Wayne Dempsey of Pelican Parts

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Originally Posted by Flieger

Just ask Wayne Dempsey of Pelican Parts

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Wayne is in the piece - or at least he was in the original.

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Originally Posted by johndglynn

Yep, it's a super car. Plus red is the fastest colour ;)

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John, Bruce should have led you straight at that intersection. Heading up Felton-Empire Road leads to byways better-suited to the 959 (or any of our Porsches) than taking the left turn onto Highway 9...

Thanks Dave, I'll remember that for next time. Actually we were heading down to the redwoods to do some tracking shots - dunno if Edmunds used them. I pulled us in at the 7eleven on the corner there to do a '959 as a shopping car' shot which worked really well I think, my favourite of the bunch.

It was Llew driving in those shots. Went out with Bruce after that was done; not gonna forget that drive for a while! :D