Audi vs. Subaru

[edkellock at juno.com]

I believe that's the new system which will only be available on the new
6-cyl car.
At least according to AutoWeek.

Ed
Woodland Park, CO

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:31:14 -0700 (PDT) Todd Phenneger
<tquattroguy at yahoo.com> writes:
Your talking about the OLD Subaru system.  The new system biases 55% rear
and 45% front.  Makes a much more balanced car.  And even with the old
system, I can NOT perceptibly feel Any slip in my mom's Legacy in the
snow.  And we spend 4 months in the white stuff.  IT seems to work great
but the new system is Much better and probably one of the best systems
out there.  Right along with Audi.   IMHO.
l8r
  Todd (opinionated as usual)



  larry leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote: 

Add to that the Q's immediate traction reaction due to the 50/50 torque
split vs. the Subaru AWD system that allows some slip before sending the
torque towards the rear wheels (BTDT) and the quattro advantage in all
"true" quattros (don't know how well the Haldex system in the TT works)
really shines. THis is most noticable when taking off trying to enter
traffic in slick situations. I find I can depend on a Q, not the Sube
which slips for a second instead of taking off.

LL - NY

------Original Message------
From: THEEARTHGUY at cs.com
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: September 12, 2000 5:23:16 AM GMT
Subject: Audi vs. Subaru


I just have to say, that after driving my 'new' 87 Subaru turbowagon now
for 
3 months, I really have come to appreciate the quality of my 1300 dollar
86 
4kq. The car is solid, shifts nicely, and is much quieter than I re!
alized. 
Ya, the electricals are somewhat foul and the engine idles like a pack of

nervous rats, but that sweet 5 cyl. sound and the good torque band really

redeems itself in a hurry. My dream car? 5ktqw, jacked up about 3 inches 
for ground clearance. I can only imagine a turbo coupled to the 5
cylinder. 
Good low-end torque with high-end passing power. Oh, and no cooling
problems 
like my Subaru, either...:)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/attachments/20000912/36ddb036/attachment.htm