[s-cars] Quattro.... there is no substitute - just add JNR

[Pasqualoni, James E]

YES!  One more thing to say:  Don't ever attempt an e-brake induced
power slide without remembering to deactivate the ESP!  The results are,
total plowing of the front end, and like Taka said, the inability to
turn.  D'oh!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:41 AM
To: pkrasusky at ups.com
Cc: wmahoney at disk.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Quattro.... there is no substitute - just add JNR

Can any of you nuts that has a late-model Audi w/ ESP tell me how the
ESP does in the snow?

Does it cause the car to terminally understeer to the point of not being
able to turn?

I've experienced this a few times in the Volvo where the DSTC is
interfering so much that I can't turn at a decent speed in the loose
stuff. I can't figure out how to turn it off completely w/o reading the
manual- it was supposed to be hit the button 7 times, but that doesn't
work.

With quattro, ESP is too much of a killjoy, I'd think- being able to go
in a little hot, countersteer and give it a lot of gas is part of the
fun of driving quattro in the snow.
I wouldn't recommend trying
this on public roads, though. :-)

Taka
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