RE: Spotted: Porsche 959... delivery miles only

[billzeebub]

so it's definitely not Faldos one!..

[FRA53R]

RobM77 said:

I love seeing these "as new" cars I was thinking about whether it should now be driven or not, and I just couldn't help thinking of all the people who lovingly built it in Stuttgart all those years ago. The guy that balanced the crank surely intended it to be turned at 7000rpm didn't he? Why would he bother otherwise? The same goes for the guy who made the seats well enough to last, or the guy that fixed the bonnet on securely so it wouldn't lift at 190mph. Whilst I can see the appeal of leaving it untouched for another 20 years, I just think it's disrespectful to all those people that made the car to leave it untouched and unused.

As much as I'd love a spin in a 959, I don't envy the guy on the 7 mile test drive though. That's a huge amount of profit for the company he had in his hands there

I totally and absolutely agree.

I always loved the 959, and I would imagine before taking this out on the 7 mile drive they made absolutely sure every component was as intended, and drove it well within both car, driver and speed limits. TBH to do otherwise would be extremely foolish!

If I were in a position to be able to afford to own/run said car, I, would take it on a 20 to 30'000 mile tour of Britain and mainland Europe over one year. Driving the best roads, visiting many specialists (for check-ups, servicing and to let them have a chance to work on one of the greatest porsches ever) and intersting car sights. Then after wards I'd use it regularly but not excessively to maintain it's value and retain it's reliability.

I'd imagine it would be the best year ever!

[Hugo a Gogo]

Charybdis said:

An impressing fact: The 959 won Paris-Dakar and Le Mans (in it's category) in the same year. This shows what a sonic ability this car had at it's time.

technically it was the 961 that won it's Le Mans class

/beard

[k-ink]

FRA53R said:

I totally and absolutely agree.

I always loved the 959, and I would imagine before taking this out on the 7 mile drive they made absolutely sure every component was as intended, and drove it well within both car, driver and speed limits. TBH to do otherwise would be extremely foolish!

If I were in a position to be able to afford to own/run said car, I, would take it on a 20 to 30'000 mile tour of Britain and mainland Europe over one year. Driving the best roads, visiting many specialists (for check-ups, servicing and to let them have a chance to work on one of the greatest porsches ever) and intersting car sights. Then after wards I'd use it regularly but not excessively to maintain it's value and retain it's reliability.

I'd imagine it would be the best year ever!

If you did that you would lose half a million quid. May as well buy a well used one to begin with.

[alexpa]

petrolhead888 said:

How weird is it that as a schoolkid collecting car mags and being a petrolhead, without actually having any driving experience,I prefered the 959 from the F40, now as a 38 year old petrolhead who can drive and likes rawness and pure driving fun I much prefer the F40 as it is now and for some time been my all time favourite car EVER!!! I still dont think anything has bettered this car for driving fun and sense of occasion!

Snap!

[mattyc69]

Um bongo they drink it in the jungle

[alexpa]

Cars are to be driven, however rare or expensive. No one thinks about millage on a 250 GTO

Prime example
http://magazine.ferrari.com/blog/2011/09/freedom-r...

[Blown2CV]

mattyc69 said:

Um bongo they drink it in the jungle people's democratic republic of the congo

[sinbaddio]

Perhaps they should hand the keys to Boris Becker who can thrash it across the autobahns as he did with his first 959, incidentally also his first car - as per his TG Star in a Car interview a few years back

[LukeBird]

It's both sad and impressive that the car has stood for so long...

[Caractacus]

alexpa said:

Cars are to be driven, however rare or expensive. No one thinks about millage on a 250 GTO

Without a shadow of a doubt.

Just look at the grids at the Goodwood Revival meeting! One race alone had £100M value attached to it (St Marys Trophy?).

I hope the new owner drives it at least once a month (bearing in mind said new owner prossibly has a few cars already).

[Jammez]

Awesome car but why does it have the interior from a mid 80's Leyland DAF van?

[British Beef]

k-ink said:

FRA53R said:

I totally and absolutely agree.

I always loved the 959, and I would imagine before taking this out on the 7 mile drive they made absolutely sure every component was as intended, and drove it well within both car, driver and speed limits. TBH to do otherwise would be extremely foolish!

If I were in a position to be able to afford to own/run said car, I, would take it on a 20 to 30'000 mile tour of Britain and mainland Europe over one year. Driving the best roads, visiting many specialists (for check-ups, servicing and to let them have a chance to work on one of the greatest porsches ever) and intersting car sights. Then after wards I'd use it regularly but not excessively to maintain it's value and retain it's reliability.

I'd imagine it would be the best year ever!

If you did that you would lose half a million quid. May as well buy a well used one to begin with.

Yep, I suspect anyone in the position to spend £500-700k on a show car, can stretch to owning a couple more usable 80s supercars.

Driving such machinery would be great. Parking anywhere would be less fun, coming back and finding dents would make me cry. I would have thought this is the problem with owning AND using such machinery.

[keith2.2]

I couldn't bring myself to drive this one. I'd buy this one, and another one to absolutely thrash - that way it averages out, I think?

I'd have a gigantic living room, with this and an F40 parked at jaunty angles.

I'd then have this and an F40 parked in the garage, next to eachother, ticking as they cooled down :LOL:

[TobesH]

Too good to use, it's a relic and should be kept as such - very sad to say it thought but you'd buy an used 959 for driving. T

[72911E]

This one sold @ Bonhams in July 2011 for 166K (incl premiums). Same car that was featured on TG.

http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19286/lot/435/

[clonmult]

alexpa said:

petrolhead888 said:

How weird is it that as a schoolkid collecting car mags and being a petrolhead, without actually having any driving experience,I prefered the 959 from the F40, now as a 38 year old petrolhead who can drive and likes rawness and pure driving fun I much prefer the F40 as it is now and for some time been my all time favourite car EVER!!! I still dont think anything has bettered this car for driving fun and sense of occasion!

Snap!

I'm the opposite.

I've always admired the 959 for its ability, but always felt they looked a little awkward, sitting too high. And after having seen a few around on the roads (including a few in the last couple of years), the feeling stays the same as when I first saw pictures when they were announced.

For me, the F40 looks considerably better, and is the more raw, passionate one, and the one I'd prefer to own of the two.

Reckon that the McLaren F1 would easily better the lot of them for fun and sense of occasion.

[stuttgartmetal]

At a guess that lloks like Daley Thompsons old car.
He used to keep it in the showroom at AFN, and would occasionally turn up to take it round the block.
Anyone who needs educating as to why these were superior to the F40 need look no further than an RAC Rescue account.
Stupendously fast, and only appreciated by the discerning eye, with the un educated stating that the kit looks awful. How funny.

Look out for the fuel tank filler in the centre of the bonnet, the alloys, the adjustable suspension controls in the centre console, and the 959 hornpush.

A machine that eats miles, and will reduce to many mortals to a quivering wreck.

Me, I'd take it to the GP in Barcelona.

[MDubyaB]

Thought it was turbo-overhang ugly when I was a kid and the years haven't changed that opinion.

I do appreciate it but would a lot more if it didn't make me think of an old MR2 wearing a 355 bodykit.

[Dinoboy]

Love a 959.