EM -
IMO it's a German thing. Look at the German tanks of WW2 - awesome and
terrible machines but hell to keep running. Very complex systems required a
lot of maintenance.
But of course I'd love to own a 959. And yes they are legal here in some
settings - but they must meet NHTSA safety reqmnts. - but a crash test is
not mandated. The owner of Pelican Porsche Parts bought one last year.
There's a guy in Ca who bought 6 and made the needed mods. His name escapes
me at the moment - it'll probably come to me after I hit send. Start with a
C perhaps. Canepa! That's it! ;-)
IMHO a 996TT or 997TT is the reincarnation of the 959. Twin Turbos, AWD and
great looks without the rarity and ultra high cost - would love to one.
Unfortunately, the 911/997TT doesn't have that great looking 959 rear wing,
Now, a McLaren F1 is another kettle of fish!
LarryT
91 300D
-----Original Message-----
From: relng...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:44 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 959
...What was the saying about the old Porsche 959. The Porsche engineers
see no
reason to make it simple, when they can make it with 3 times the number of
parts, and cost 10 times more, and do the same job...
Well but, that was 1987 and what other cars could do 200mph then? Never
certified here but the rest of the world bought them all.
RLE
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