Audi in London

[Dan DiBiase]

Guess what I meant was, the TT and A3 use a part-time AWD system (i.e., FWD until slippage is detected) versus the 'real' quattro
full-time AWD used by the other Audis. I think it's an engine-orientation issue - i.e., the longitudinal cars (which is most Audis) use
the full-time AWD system, while the transverse-engined cars (TT, A3) use the part-time with the Haldex.

But I suspect it is really a tire issue. A FWD car with decent tires ought to be able to conquer normal hills.

London doesn't normally get snow, right? 

 Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6 (with REAL quattro ;-)
Central NJ USA





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From: "Bares, Vittorio" <Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>
To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>; quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 8:15:39 AM
Subject: RE: Audi in London

 
Right, its using haldex – not sure
what other Audi’s have haldex, but I thought I saw something about the A3
or the S3 getting the same system. Audi, to reduce expense seems to be slowly
moving towards this version of 4wd, at the cost of diluting the mark. Plus, the
electronics to reduce wheel spin, when implemented at an extreme, and put in
extreme conditions just about disables a car…
 
Vittorio
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From:Dan DiBiase
[mailto:d_dibiase at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009
7:32 AM
To: Bares, Vittorio;
quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Audi in London
 
 

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From:"Bares,
Vittorio" <Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009
8:03:34 PM
Subject: Audi in London

I'm sitting here in the good ol'USA (NH), watching some BBC news - they
show a clip of the snow in London , UK - and one
particular clip shows an
Audi TT, barely moving up a very shallow incline with someone pushing
it.

I've never seen such a display of technology gone awfully wrong. You
could see the front wheels trying to spin, but being limited by
electronics, the rears occasionally turning, but being limited both by
Haldex as well as more electronics - sure, it didn't have snows, and it
was in very slippery conditions - but jeeze! It's still an Audi isn't
it...my old skewl Audi's pull vehicles twice their weight out of snow
banks, let alone needing to be pushed up a slightly frozen incline...waz
up wit dat?

Clearly new is not always better... 
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Especially if you have something like 19 inch summer tires.....! But the TT
doesn't have 'real' quattro
anyways, right? ;-)

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