WHAT's Haldex was: mixing and matching tires on a Quattro?

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TT's and VW's use this as awd/4 wheel drive.  Roughly said:
Its front wheel drive until slip is detected then the rear wheels get power.
I asked a TT's owner if it was front wheel drive even though the quattro 
badge stared me in the face.
They have a nice little habit of darting right on acceleration on snow & 
ice....just like fwd.
HTH - Scott by BOSTON

> From: Tessie McMillan <tessmc at drizzle.com>
> Subject: Re: mixing and matching tires on a Quattro?
> To: Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
> 
> Sorry I forgot to mention that it is an '88 80 Quattro. I assumed I had 
>