Subject	The car was imported alright,
Posted by	inferno on February 09, 2011 at 6:31 AM
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In Reply To	Bill Gates had a 959 back in the day here in the US posted by Ahmed (Chicago) on February 08, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Message	but it was impounded for close to 13 years by the Customs Service. ======================================================== Billionaire Bill Gates was one of the first Americans to put up his hand for a Porsche 959, so news that the car would not be allowed in the USA did not go down well in the Microsoft camp. Nevertheless, Bill and his associate Paul Allen shipped their cars to the West Coast, where their contraband was soon impounded and reportedly confined to a California warehouse for more than 10 years. source: [ http://www.insideline.com/porsche/959/coming-to-america-in-the-porsche-959.html?mktcat=nl-internal_promotional&kw=may2010+insideline+article+3&mktid=nl57380214&msite=w&om_u=EBrzw9&om_i=_BL4u3rB8HTrCYX& ] ========================================================
Follow Ups	Question? Im just curious but was the 300zx - 300zxttZMan 08:23:54 02/08/11 Negative. Ferrari F40 was before the Z32 - BigTDogg (MA) 09:11:25 02/08/11 Ferarri GTO was before the F40 (n/m) - John90zxtt(OH) 14:27:08 02/08/11 1981 maserati biturbo aka italian turd (n/m) - shaggee 09:25:07 02/08/11 Yup, saw one on the Cash for Clunkers list :-/ (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 09:47:57 02/08/11 correct, it was the first production biturbo engine.. - Cap927(Boston) 10:01:55 02/08/11 and IIRC biturbo is not TT - nemo1080 (Iowa) 21:01:37 02/08/11 Says the guy who wants pics of "flushness"... - PCVI 09:44:42 02/08/11 Re: Says the guy who wants pics of "flushness"... - 300zxttZMan 09:48:09 02/08/11 No. Some things are just too dumb to forget. (n/m) - PCVI 13:12:02 02/08/11 From the internets: - zfreak(Dallas) 09:55:17 02/08/11 one small internets correction there, it wasn't the 911 - Cap927(Boston) 10:05:00 02/08/11 Change it on Wikipedia. :) - zfreak(Dallas) 10:08:17 02/08/11 Not chronologically, but the 911 had twins. Plus the 959 - BigTDogg (MA) 10:09:39 02/08/11 Bill Gates had a 959 back in the day here in the US - Ahmed (Chicago) 10:18:25 02/08/11 "the aristocracy of pull" (n/m) - LJZTT 10:28:58 02/08/11 IIRC, built his own track for it as well. (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 10:54:40 02/08/11 Re: Bill Gates had a 959 back in the day here in the US - JC_NS 13:22:21 02/08/11 The car was imported alright, - inferno 06:31:41 02/09/11 911turbo (AKA 930) had a single turbo and air cool ... - Cap927(Boston) 10:24:33 02/08/11 i thought the 959 was a bi turbo, not a twinturbo - Dane (Houston) 15:20:44 02/08/11 I thought VTECH made phones. - Agent X 10:26:51 02/08/11 I *think* it's electronically controlled. Could be oil - BigTDogg (MA) 10:55:43 02/08/11 Vtec works from an electronic signal to actuate a oil - new2boost 11:03:53 02/08/11 Honda did it(vtec) better than any company IMO (n/m) - Z32TT-R 16:42:35 02/08/11 It doesn't. OP is just being stupid. (n/m) - PCVI 13:14:02 02/08/11 It doesn't. Honda sales guys use to advertise it as a turbo - MixManMash 13:21:08 02/09/11 Your prayer is stupid. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 14:03:28 02/08/11 lulz (n/m) - blackomega 14:22:25 02/08/11 don't put that evil on me Ricky Bobby! (n/m) - dpjax 14:36:43 02/08/11
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