[urq] TT commercial - '1st AWD passenger car' claim

[Peter Berrevoets]

OK Gotta take a stab at this one;

Four wheel drive - is NOT meant to be driven on pavement/tarmac/high
friction surfaces because it has a transfer case, not a differential,
resulting in a slight front wheel bias (they spin slightly faster than the
rears) for stability blah, blah, blah... Driving on the aforementioned
surfaces with 4WD engaged will damage the drive train.

All Wheel Drive - is a permanently engaged system, with a (some form of)
differential between front and rear, designed for all types of road
surfaces.

HTH / my $.02 CDN

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ
Toronto, Canada
http://frontpage.home.net/pjberr/



> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> >[mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> >Behalf Of Kwattro at aol.com
> >Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 3:12 PM
> >To: rdeis at io.com
> >Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: [urq] TT commercial - '1st AWD passenger car' claim
> >
> >
> >In a message dated 01-04-26 14:11:12 EDT, you write:
> >
> ><< The term has expanded somewhat-- A couple of cars that
> >claim AWD are not
> > permanently engaged, but engage and disengage automaticly based on
> > conditions.  Others are always engaged.
> >
> > 4WD always implies manual engagement. >>
> >
> >
> >Doesn't that explain, basically, the VW halidex (or
> >whatever) system, which
> >is FWD only, unless they lose grip?
> >
> >Later!
> >Carter
> >