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Nov 8, 2018 | 04:33 PM

hanick

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When did Porsche start AWD

And what do you make of this "Craigslist find"
https://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/...743125618.html

Nov 8, 2018 | 04:51 PM

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If it is real, buy it quickly. That price is a steal. Feels scammy to me.

Nov 8, 2018 | 05:08 PM

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"Too good to be true" comes to mind.

Nov 8, 2018 | 05:15 PM

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1900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner-Porsche

Nov 8, 2018 | 05:54 PM

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First AWD was the 964 Carrera 4 that came out in 1989 sold for 1 year next to the classic 911.

At least for a "modern" Porsche in light if the link above for the year 1900.

Nov 8, 2018 | 07:50 PM

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That ad has been posted all over the place. You can buy the same exact car in Jacksonville, Florida.
Obvious scam.

https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/cto...740060309.html
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/...744353420.html
https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/...734092427.html

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Nov 9, 2018 | 10:19 AM

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I want to say that IIRC the 959 was the first consumer AWD 911. There may have been earlier race car set-ups though.

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Nov 9, 2018 | 12:43 PM

hanick

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Great work. Thank you. How did you research that so fast?

Nov 9, 2018 | 03:11 PM

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I think the first normal production Porsche 4wd was the 964. IIRC, the 964 was initially released only as a 4wd model, which I think hurt the overall initial perception of the 964 because it weighed so much more than the prior model. I remember thinking Porsche had "lost it" at the time to have only the 4wd version because it was so much heavier even though it performed very well. My complete guess is that wanted to go to 4wd only for safety reasons to tame the rear engine weight bias of all 911's. They came out with the 2wd 964 a year after the 4wd.

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Nov 10, 2018 | 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by hanick

Great work. Thank you. How did you research that so fast?

I keep on eye on CL for deals. Father-in-law lives in JAX, so I watch CL there too. I saw the car in the Hartford and knew it was too good to be true. Then I saw it again in JAX. When you posted I just copied the description and search a few major metro areas. Nothing fancy.

Nov 10, 2018 | 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by craig001

I want to say that IIRC the 959 was the first consumer AWD 911. There may have been earlier race car set-ups though.

The 959 was a test bed for a lot of advanced technology. It was 20 years ahead of it's time. It was available to the general public, but it was very expensive and built in limited numbers.