Subject: Quattro, Lockers, et al (long)

[JanDebL at aol.com]

I have to disagree with you're heavier AWL cars are slower than FWD comment.  
I have built a number of relatively fast FWD cars ( 2L 16v GTIs ) that simply 
burned up the tires because of the lack of traction.  Although I don't 
brutalize my chipped 91 2C, (a much heavier car), it literally jumps off the 
line and accelerates much faster than any non AWD car of the weight / HP rate 
etc.  I believe the most enjoyable aspect of the Quattro is its ability to 
accelerate OUT of a corner.  By entering a corner slow enough to be 
completely safe, you can still leave any Z 28, Trans Am, Ford SHO or 4.6 
Mustang in the dust when coming out of the corner.  I believe John Buffum 
wrote a book about driving the AWD cars in this manner it was entitled "In 
like a lamb, out like a lion" or something like that.  After driving Quattro, 
you simple can't go back to FWD.
Jan Lahtonen  
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