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    #81 joe sackey, Nov 9, 2018
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    Executive inspection.

    The men in dark red overalls still don't look particularly impressed.

    Note this is an early 959 prototype, note 911 body-shell with roof rain gutters and door mirror

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    Tennis champion Boris Becker driving his Porsche 959 in Berlin in 1988. Boris purchased this car when he was just 19 years old, by which time he had already won Wimbledon. The car also resulted in quite a few speeding fines for the young sports star, to the delight of the tabloids at the time...

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    Love that pic, luxury cars in vintage west berlin. Unfortunally the boundaries of the city where quite limited for such a road monster... no authobahn. is it 100% sure the pic was taken in Berlin ?
     
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    The photo was posted on the Pelican Parts forum by the gentleman who originally took it, he says Berlin.
     
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    Absolutely, I found it too
     
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    Yes, $350K into a 959 is not out of the question. I don't follow 959s closely any more, but when I did, listings with $150K-$225K of recent service were not uncommon.

    The 959 I owned was the proverbial money pit, even though I drove it (some) and didn't let it just sit. Between the owner I bought the car from, me, and the dealer that bought the car from me, my 959 sucked up about $200,000 for 3,000 miles of use. Parts were very expensive, when you could find them. Finding a competent shop was near impossible. Porsche North America was totally unhelpful, even though they asked me to bring my car to a display of special Porsches at the Simeone Museum. I wound up having to ship my 959 from Maryland to Callas Rennsport in California for service. I did find a shop on the east coast that had experience with 959s, but they couldn't take the car for two years!

    I know a few owners who have had better experiences with their 959s than I did. Maybe the situation has changed now that there are more 959s in the U.S. I don't have a large enough database to know which is the norm, but my gut tells me mine was not the outlier.

    As a final example, I happened to be at a shop when a 959S was coming off the transporter for delivery to a collector who had purchased it from a dealer/shop in California that is very well known for selling and modifying 959s. When this 959 was started, every warning light and buzzer went on signaling problems with the drive system, variable ride height, etc. This is just what my 959 did the last time I drove it--which was the last straw for my decision to get it fixed and gone.
     
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    Exactly why the 959 is my favorite car I will never own unless someone can prove to me otherwise.
     
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    Thank you for your insight, the car is famously complicated and difficulty/costliness with servicing and parts is sure to be a part of that.

    I hope more owners will chime in on this thread, real-world experiences will certainly create a resource for future owners to know what to watch for and how to best care for the cars.
     
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