-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
- 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
Not sure what your laws are in the US, but as the car is now older,
it
qualifies for entry into Canada, unaltered. If the same holds true for
the
US, buy a lotto ticket, I do see them come up for sale from time to time.
Would be a nice addition to your garage, to keep your 944
...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
Few if anything could do it back then, and I'm sure even today, 25 years on,
few do it with as much stability and safety.
When Porsche put out their C4 Carrera, it too was much more complicated than
other offerings. They simplified it quite a bit when they offered it in
their 993 based cars, as
The 959 is real. As I understand the import rules were changed for low
production cars or they were granted an exemption or somesuch a few
years ago.
Bruce Canepa in California has been federalizing 959s for some years now.
http://www.canepa.com/
RLE
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