Next gen quattro

[Dan DiBiase]

--- Jon Linkov <jon at audiclubna.org> wrote:
> I had a 300 Touring for a while during our testing and couldn't get it
> to
> drive around in about 1" of snow without the traction control kicking in
> or
> the car just sitting, unable to move.
> 
> RWD with electronics is barely better than plain old RWD. Tires make the
> big
> difference, and what the Touring came with were comfort tires, not a
> useful
> all-season. The 300C we had didn't have the best all-seasons either.
> 
> Just like AWD doesn't make a lick of difference in the snow if you're
> running summer tires. AWD, ESC, traction control ... They don't overcome
> physics.
> 
> Jon 

Somehow our parents survived all of those years with RWD only...! I don't
recall my Dad missing many days of work because it was too snowy to drive,
and we lived in Upstate NY and New England for most of my childhood....
And his cars certainly did not have ANYTHING electronic in them, other
than the radio and maybe the ignition... Although I do recall him getting
his big old studded snow tires put on the rear every year....

I guess we are spoiled these days. I would never even consider a RWD car
for daily transportation, even here in NJ where the winters aren't as bad
as in my youth... 

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA