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PetrolTed

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34,429 posts

304 months

Thursday 14th August 2003
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Podie

46,630 posts

276 months

Thursday 14th August 2003
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Ted, the advert says...

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Part ex & finance available
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GuyR

2,211 posts

283 months

Thursday 14th August 2003
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Great car.

Is that Nick Faldo's old car, the one that got so publicly bashed-in by his ex-wife,....?

It seems cheap, since 959s start at about £140k in Germany now - I wonder why?

I also read a good report in Excellence magazine recently, where they compared a 959 to a 996TT and said the 996TT is marginally faster. Apparently the 959 actually weighs quite a bit more than Porsche would have you believe..........

I still love the look though.........

Guy

dontlift

9,396 posts

259 months

Friday 15th August 2003
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PetrolTed said:
Can someone lend me £95K please...

www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=12250&sc=YP63&s=79



The cheques in the post ted

Podie

46,630 posts

276 months

Friday 15th August 2003
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dontlift said:

PetrolTed said:
Can someone lend me £95K please...

www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=12250&sc=YP63&s=79




The cheques in the post ted


:boing: rubber one? :boing:

dazren

22,612 posts

262 months

Friday 15th August 2003
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Nick Faldo's 959 was a red one. I believe it is the one that is/was recently for sale with Autoclassica. I think it was previously up for sale at "Garage on the Green" in Richmond, they were also trying to sale the plate "1 NF" as well.

DAZ

>> Edited by dazren (moderator) on Saturday 16th August 18:08

Mr Fix it

466 posts

269 months

Monday 18th August 2003
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Yep, it looks like the one at AutoClassia. They have had two 959s in for a while now- the red one that was Nick Fs and a sliver one. One of them had a power upgrade, but cannot remember which one- I cannot remember what the standard bhp is for a 959, so dont know if this is the more powerful one or not. Great car, but if fast is what you are after they also have a modified 930 turbo which was raced at Le Mans (or what ever spelling), with some riddicular bhp adjustable via a dial.
Dave

gmundster

51 posts

249 months

Wednesday 20th August 2003
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The standard output of all the 959's was 450BHP, you could get an upgrade by the factory (and Reading) up to 550BHP, cost of upgrade was £18,000! The car advertised for £95K is fresh on the market and not been advertised before.

diver944

1,843 posts

277 months

Monday 25th August 2003
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If you look in 911 & Porsche World this month you can see another of Mr Faldos old Porsche Turbos. One of the guys in my local region of the PCGB owns his original 930 Turbo. That's at least 3 Turbos I know Mr Faldo has owned, what an excellent fellow he is