Guess what I saw while out for a spin today...
 

I hit some curves for a little fun at lunch...nice and warm today. Anywhoo, I was headed back to work and saw this. Flipped a U and got a couple of shots. Don't see many of these on the road lol. This guy is local and owns a bunch of Porsches, including a GT1 and a 550 Spyder. I've never seen one out on the road, though.

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That lucky fuck! :jerkit:

no one cares about you and your warm weather.......... :cry:

Don't worry it'll be cold here again this weekend lol.

I dont get it I just see a picture of a red beetle through and obnoxiously duct taped rollbar.

But it's the AWD turbo model.

Is he lucky, or does he just have the means to write large checks? Are those extremely rare or something? Clearly I am not an aficionado of the P-car world.

Want. That thing is really neat.

Both I'd think. Only 337 produced from '86-89. Original list price $225K.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_959


My mom taped that up for me while I was playing WoW one day, so I can't really complain much. I was originally going to go pink but she said it would look gay :confused:

Is that on highway 24?

Yeah, Hwy 24. You a former Coloradan?

Yup, I used to love driving my RX7 up there at highly illegal rates of speed. :)

Nice! I work in downtown CS, so it's a quick drive over for a lunch break. I like to do laps in the sweet curvy section between Manitou and Cascade. Another favorite quick trip of mine is up/down Cheyenne Canyon. Oh, and the Garden of the Gods Park loop road at about 2am...that's an effing blast. How long were you out here?

I was chased by a park ranger through Garden of the Gods late at night, lol.. I also miss the car culture there in general.. I lived out there for about four years while I was in the Army, but I moved back to NJ to go to college and got stuck here afterward. I was going to move back, enrolled at UCCS for graduate studies and took two online classes while I was waiting to move back, but two classes turned into a distance MBA.

High altitude is tits for turbo cars, no? In my B5 S4 days, I remember sooooooo many of those dudes were from Co. but AWD helps too, I guess.

wasn't there some rumor about those having nuclear powered something?

Those aren't legal for use on the street right? Or does he have one of the few converted ones?

The guy is lucky, and has balls.

The car is fetching an incredible price even before it has reached any sort of an antique status, so, the majority of the 959s are kept in climate controlled garages, an never touch the pavement.

I would love to see one in real life.

Remember, $225k in 1987 is roughly $440k today. That was a kickass car, ahead of it's time. Similar to a 426 Hemi Superbird/69 Dodge Daytona.

I think 0-60 was ~3.7 sec. Back then, a Lamborghini Countach was about 5.0 sec. Even by today's standards, 3.7 seconds is blazingly fast.

Tasty. I've seen some rare shit...and that is on my list of "to see" cars. My GF was at the Porsche museum and saw a few there....but none on the road.

There was one on Bring A Trailer not too long ago actually, might be the same one considering the location:

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A few more pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3721045...th/5216236965/

See, now that is a well designed, simple interior. More designers need to take notes from that interior.

I think it's more to do with AWD than turbo, because if you have a good excuse to go AWD (snow) why not? I think 90% of my friends with turbo'd cars have AWD models of some sort. Cooling isn't as effective up here, and we still have power disadvantages when compared to sea level FI cars, though not quite as bad as NA cars get dinged comparatively. The general consensus seems to be about a 15% power loss up here at 6000'.

They were never crash tested for the US market, according to the Wiki page, so never got any safety certification here. But these days the Show and Display importation rules allow for them to be here and driven occasionally, and I think this was his mechanic running it around. Apparently his cars don’t get driven much and live in a garage that’s nicer than my house. My GF has seen a couple of the others out for the “keeping it running” drives but doesn’t know much about what she saw. A friend of mine saw the owner in the GT1 a couple of years ago, out on the street one night.

From NHTSA: "A vehicle eligible for Show or Display may receive NHTSA approval to be driven on the highway. The odometer must not register more than 2,500 miles in a 12-month period. NHTSA approval of limited on-road use is to allow the vehicle to be driven to and from nearby displays of similar automobiles. Another reason permission is granted is to maintain the vehicle's engine, braking, lighting, and other dynamic systems in good working order. The vehicle is still required to meet EPA requirements. If the original engine in the vehicle will be replaced with a non-original engine to meet EPA requirements, it must be identified in your application since it may impact on the technological or historical significance of the vehicle."


I actually saw that but couldn’t find it again yesterday to have a look. My first thought was there’s no way there are two of these in Colorado. But the license plates don’t match, the one I shot has a rollbar (diagonal to the right of the driver), and the BaT one’s in the Denver area (although it’s not a stretch to guess that he has two residences), so maybe there actually are two locally.

Aaaahh yes, good ole Hwy 24. Lived in Leadville, Co. for 10 yrs. 24 gets really good on the way to Vail from Leadville past Ski Cooper. Guard rails? Don't need stinking guard rails... you will only want to drive faster! Miss that place, and wish I was there with my stable that I have now.

You have to love that interior...NOT.

Actually turbo cars are tits at altitude. Naturally aspirated cars and supercharged cars lose about 3% of their hp per 1000ft of elevation, while turbo cars typically only lose about 1%. Makes raping Vettes, Mustangs, and Camaros even easier.