Chains

[Per Lindgren]

Another problem we have here in Norway is that we have had a serious streak
of robbery against armoured money transports, and in almost all cases the
bad guys are driving a stolen Audi S4 or S6. Why? The combination of power
and traction will outrun any copcar that might try to follow them. With
high thefth probablilty the insurance gets another bump upwards.

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3


Lawrence C Leung wrote:

> Not here. Amazing, I think the US has more stupid drivers whom would be
> "fooled" by forward traction than many other places. Witness how many
> SUV's you'll find in the trees after a good snow. And yet, no real
> insurance bump between FWD and AWD. Most of the increase seems more
> related to the cost of the vehicle and the potential damage it can do
> (based on weight).
>
> LL - NY
>
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 01:52:56 +0100 Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
> writes:
> >And that is why the insurance is sooo much higher on a quattro vs.
> >similar
> >2wd Audi.
> >
> >PerL
> >92 Cabrio 2.3
> >
> >
> >Lawrence C Leung wrote:
> >
> >> Quattro doesn't help STOPPING on ice.
> >