Audis and Iron Man Movie

[Mark R]

At a recent winter driving school, one of our nameless participants had a
"company" Q7.  Disabling the traction control involved pulling about 8
fuses.... but it was successful.

This is clearly a marketing puff-piece... and a good one.  Why not add some
"mystery" on what makes Audi engineering so good?

BTW, last I knew, Bosch still held the patents on yaw-controlled stability.
So no matter who the system is from (GM, Audi, M-B, Porsche, Ford, etc.),
it's all basically the same system- integrated into the ABS computer and
pump.  That said, the tuning of the controlling software IS quite different
amongst the various makes and models.  Porsche (across the lineup) and
select cars like a Corvette get it right (allowing more driver control).
Volvo and Audi (for example) are EXTREMELY conservative.
I'll be sure to rent this movie when it comes out.  If nothing else, for
some good Audi action.  For those who don't know about it, buy the movie
"Ronin."

Mark Rosenkrantz
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:29 AM, <jimbon88 at aol.com> wrote:

> Agreed.? I think using stunt cars in movies only really thrills the people
> without any mechanical knowledge because they don't see through the
> impossiblilities of making equipment do what they do.
> I am a bit skeptical about their claim that they couldn't disable the
> anti-lock brakes.
> Couldn't their "veteran" stunt people just plumb the hydraulic brake lines
> past the anti-lock actuator under the hood or is this too simple?
> Did you also catch how just the rear wheels were burning rubber on the Q7's
> getaway?
> I wonder how they accomplished that on a quattro??? Cut the front
> driveshafts?
> It's all great fun to watch though.
> Regards,
> Jim