 Gates gets his 959 out of hoc and on the road |
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| airsix |
 Sep 16 2003, 10:26 AM
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I have bees in my epiglotis  Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266  |
Here's the scoop at Autoweek. Not just Gates - he was just one customer. This shop has a regular production line running now.
-Ben M. ps - the shop doing the Federalizing has bumped up the power/torque considerably. 215mph, 0-60 in 3.3, suspension upgrades too. To quote: “We’re maintaining a McLaren F1 GTR,” says Canepa. “And after driving both cars, there’s just no comparison. The McLaren skips and jumps all over the place. The 959 just squats and goes.” |
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| Chris H. |
Sep 16 2003, 11:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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"Gates, who was becoming increasingly frustrated at having his 959 eternally tied up in the Port of Oakland’s “free trade zone,” suggested to Canepa that perhaps they could federalize the car by buying a number of sacrificial 959s to “crash and test.” But Canepa felt that wouldn’t solve the problems....."
This passage sure turned my stomach! Chris H. |
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airsix Gates gets his 959 out of hoc and on the road Sep 16 2003, 10:26 AM
morgan If you have alot of money, you can buy anything. H... Sep 16 2003, 10:42 AM airsix larryp I want a McLaren Rocket. Sep 16 2003, 11:11 AM airsix ... Sep 16 2003, 11:14 AM Charles Deutsch Excellent article. Very interesting! Sep 16 2003, 11:34 AM reverie Sightings of Bill Gates "driving on public roads" ... Sep 16 2003, 12:15 PM Hawktel I'm ambivilent about Gates.
I thought it was... Sep 16 2003, 12:29 PM Scott Carlberg <... Sep 16 2003, 12:39 PM Charles Deutsch Speaking of supermodels ... Sep 16 2003, 12:41 PM redshift If I owned a 959, I'd love Gates to crash 5 of... Sep 16 2003, 02:00 PM URY914 At this year's PCA Parade in Tampa, I guy drov... Sep 16 2003, 08:04 PM redshift I want to wreck that car.
M Sep 16 2003, 09:07 PM biosurfer1 well it's nice to see that Gates is finally ge... Sep 16 2003, 09:19 PM mskala This is one of the pics showing both 959's at ... Sep 16 2003, 09:27 PM mskala It shows 17,000 miles on the odometer from January... Sep 16 2003, 09:30 PM McMark There's a shop here in Napa that just does gra... Sep 16 2003, 10:32 PM redshift He was probably trying to find the vacuum leak, or... Sep 17 2003, 12:24 AM URY914 Could be the trigger points in the dizzy. :lol:
... Sep 17 2003, 05:35 AM URY914 Gates was on the Today show this morning. He didn... Sep 17 2003, 05:48 AM fiid Frankly though - this legal shit around imports is... Sep 17 2003, 09:30 AM airsix Charles Deutsch Has anyone driven a Lotus Elan? Lotus has the righ... Sep 17 2003, 12:52 PM Pnambic I've always loved the Lotus Elan. Both for th... Sep 17 2003, 01:07 PM airsix |
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