quattro generation 6: the torsen is dead...

[Kent McLean]

Dave wrote:
> with this
> technology, the car electronics now has the ability to directly control the
> centre diff i.e.  to make it an active diff.

Given Audi's track record with thing electrical and electronic
(e.g., the Type 44's DOT headlights, instrument cluster copper
tracing breaks, the door jamb wiring, the LED driver info display
in my A4, ...), this doesn't bode well.

When I got my first Audi 10+ years ago, my fear was the reliability
of the quattro system. That was faultless. It was the electrical and
electronics that I've suffered with through the years. I can't see
getting excited about an electronic active diff 'cuz you know its
sensors or ECU will someday start acting up.

-- 
Kent McLean
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"