[A4] tires, speaking of tires, anyone have any used 17's lay'n around?

[Roy Wendell]

On Dec 28, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Grant Lenahan wrote:

> Of course it is.
> Its all a matter of "what % torsen movement is too much?"
>
> By the way, what's with teh T*&$#@sen stuff?

Says the innocent person who wasn't around for the Torsen flame wars  
circa 1999......

Let's just say that the word Torsen kind of took on the same aura that  
the word Voldemort has in the Harry Potter series. Only the brave dare  
say it lest they invite divine retribution by the Audi gods. In  
reality it was more of a geek war waged by those who had Torsen  
against those who didn't and those who thought they understood torsen  
better than anyone else. I personally found it quite informative and  
I've since become the resident expert on all things differential and  
AWD. You wouldn't believe how many so called mechanics are completely  
clueless about the various 4WD and AWD systems and their related  
effects on vehicle performance and failure modes. The manufacturers  
(esp. Subaru) confuse things even more with inane ad campaigns, the  
automotive scribes dare not criticize any of them, and only WRC  
drivetrain engineers probably understand it all on a level we would  
appreciate.

Good thing I'm currently working in Antarctica. I don't think the  
flames will reach me here.

Ha ha.

Roy

PS, if you really want to get around in the snow you need a Hagglunds http://www.leavesley-international.com/default.asp?strParentGroup=HAGGLUND