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[Lawrence C Leung]

Audi, my Hero!

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:25:17 +0100 Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
writes:
>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.
>> >
>