Porsche 959 for £210 ?!

[dan19evans]

Just came across this:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C53807/

advert said:

Price: £210 Or near offer

£210?! i think he means £210,000

[Richard-G]

my god, a rare version of a very rare car!

what is the picture/warning light of the shock absorber in the dashboard for?

i would go without food for month for that cara and i still wouldn only just be able to afford the 210

[Mattygooner]

Lovely, i would expect any serious collector to be on that like Jordan on PR opportunity.

[dan19evans]

Richard-G said:

what is the picture/warning light of the shock absorber in the dashboard for?

i wondered that too

[SystemParanoia]

Pie Alert ?

[Chris_w666]

Wibble.

[CVP]

dan19evans said:

Richard-G said:

what is the picture/warning light of the shock absorber in the dashboard for?

i wondered that too

Isn't it a picture of the total drivetrain? IIRC the 959 had a number of programs which defaulted to shifting power differently between front and rear, e.g. the snow program put more power to the front and the diagram could light up to show you which default you are in. The 959 also came with tyre pressure sensors so those could be lit up too if the system detected a problem and it could show you which tyre.

Chris

[dan19evans]

CVP said:

dan19evans said:

Richard-G said:

what is the picture/warning light of the shock absorber in the dashboard for?

i wondered that too

Isn't it a picture of the total drivetrain? IIRC the 959 had a number of programs which defaulted to shifting power differently between front and rear, e.g. the snow program put more power to the front and the diagram could light up to show you which default you are in. The 959 also came with tyre pressure sensors so those could be lit up too if the system detected a problem and it could show you which tyre.

Chris

i was looking at the one to the left of the rev counter, not the one of the drivetrain

[CVP]

[quote=dan19evans
i was looking at the one to the left of the rev counter, not the one of the drivetrain

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Whoops - didn't spot that

? confirmation of settings for adjustable dampers

[AndyS2]

They had adjustable ride height, perhaps it's a warning to show it's set fully low/high?

[dan19evans]

AndyS2 said:

They had adjustable ride height, perhaps it's a warning to show it's set fully low/high?

hmm seems reasonable, or perhaps a warning light for a fault in the suspension system

[rhinochopig]

IIRC that car has been for sale for quite some time. Or it's up for sale again. Could be wrong though. The 959 was my bedroom wall Athena poster car when I was a kid - in red too. Lovely.

[bob1179]

One of my all time favourite cars.

If only I had the cash...