Audi in London

[Mark J. Besso]

I beg to differ.  The "real" quattro's have individually lockable 
differentials for the center and rear.  They may seem primitive, but 
they sure whoop Torsen's.

Not to mention, the Torsen-equipped cars have electronics that cut out 
the lock-up feature over a certain speed.  Just when they're starting to 
get fun, the lock-up is disabled.  Boo!



Mark R wrote:
>> 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
>>     
>
>
> Dan hit the nail on the head!  I just got back from instructing at yet
> another winter driving school (NAAC) and good tires are of course the number
> one thing to have for the conditions.  But "real" Quattro (with a torsen
> center diff) is head and shoulders above anything else, ESPECIALLY Haldex
> based systems.
>
> Subaru and BMW get is mostly right, but there's something about real Quattro
> that is absoluitely tops.  And the control/fun of the Torsen systems go from
> understeer to subtle oversteer at just the right moment (when the fronts
> hook up)....  gotta love it!
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz (who would take Haldex over FWD or RWD, but any other AWD
> system over Haldex).
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