[s-cars] 1993 Audi S4 for sale

[Taka Mizutani]

Not to nitpick, Lee, but your statement is pretty ironic, considering the
following:

1. Your A6s have IRS, obviously don't suck in the snow.
2. Your Range Rover had solid axles and you said it sucked in the snow.

So which is it? :-)

Taka


On 8/31/07, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>
> Well, cars with IRS SUCK in the snow. I learned to drive in RWD
> Volvos in upstate NY, where a nightly 6" of snow wouldn't even be
> mentioned by the local weathergirl. She'd have to see 8" or more
> before she even peeped, but that's another story.
>
> Anyway, I love driving RWD cars in the snow. I also love driving
> FWD cars in the snow...my second car was a VW Rabbit and the
> handbrake, working on the rear wheels, did more steering in snow
> than the steering wheel. :)
>
> But if I have to get someplace, give me quattro.
>
> Oh, and by the way, the snow performance of my wife's '96 A6 got
> me out of a '99 Range Rover, which was pitiful in
> comparison....and into my first Audi, an S6 avant.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> On Fri Aug 31 09:49:58 PDT 2007, Taka Mizutani
> <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You guys crack me up- here I am driving a freaking Miata in the
> > snow, with
> > all of 4" of ground clearance, short wheelbase, RWD, lightweight-
> > everything
> > bad for driving in snow, and I don't have issues driving in snow.
> > The only
> > time I got sideways was while turning and a little too
> > enthusiastic of a
> > throttle application.
> >
> > You're spoiled driving a quattro- you can't be hamfisted driving
> > a RWD car
> > in low traction conditions. If you're smooth with steering and
> > throttle and
> > brake inputs, it's not that much of a big deal.
> >
> > Spinning in the rain while going straight, Dave? WTF? :-)
> >
> > Not for nothing, you guys would probably spin my STi in the snow.
> > At least
> > Paul would claim he did it on purpose. :-P
> >
> > Taka
> >
>