Squirrelly Winter Handling

Fred Munro munrof at sympatico.ca
Tue Mar 19 21:08:08 EST 2002


Hi Alexander;

The magic Blizzack multicell compound is gone at 50% wear. After that you
have one of the worst winter tires around - the base rubber is too hard and
the tread blocks have too few sipes.

Could be alignment, could be the worn tires, could be a combo of both. My S4
is quite stable in slush at high speed unless it is 4" deep or so. At 20 mph
it is stable in everything.

Fred Munro
'94 S4

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>
To: "Audi" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: Squirrelly Winter Handling


>     My 90q20v always feels disconcertingly slidey on snow and ice.  The
rear
> seems to float a fair amount in slush, was going 20mph in slushy snow
today
> around a corner and it was making me very nervous.  It felt better in
> heavier snow, but still not what I imagined quattro could be like after
> owning a FWD for so long.  The 80 just zipped along in snow, the rear
would
> bump around a bit, but always followed the front end right on target, it
was
> a great car in snow.
>
>     Got the Blizzak WS-15's from the 80 on there.  They are getting a
little
> worn, but not riding on the wear bars or anything like that.  Have we come
> to the conclusion that this sort of loose handling in snow is usually an
> alignment issue?  Possible the toe is off in the back?  Anything else I
> should be sniffing around for?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alexander van Gerbig
> '91 200q20v (Crunched)
> '90 90q20v (Sport)
> '88 80t (R.I.P)
>
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