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[audiSean]

Additionally...

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On 9/6/06, audiSean <audisean at gmail.com> wrote:
> I find this interesting...
>
> http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/2001-August/032008.html
>
> On 9/6/06, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I recall seeing a diagram and reading a description where the
> > > ProConTen system retracted the steering wheel in a frontal collision;
> > > I believe it was a wire and pulley system but I can't find anything on
> > > it at the moment.
> >
> > There isn't, and it doesn't.
> >
> > But, the steering column is different than previous cars, in that
> > instead of a solid rod from the breakaway joint to the wheel, there is a
> > tube with a ribbed section - which is supposed to crumple under impact
> > (of your chest/face on the wheel)
> >
> > So it might be listed in a description of ProConTen as an upadated
> > safety feature, but it isn't part of the automatic system.
>
>
>
> --
> Sean [99 A6 2.8q]
> http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=9728
>


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Sean [99 A6 2.8q]
http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=9728