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

[Mark Strangways]

Well, I have found something that DC did right, or at least close to it.
My 4wd liberty has a convenient button on the steering column to allow me to 
shut off the ESP to a point where the EDL still will function and the rest 
of it's bad behavior goes away.

This is nice, the liberty is such a short WB, you can get into a corner set 
the PB for a nice little 4 wheel powerslide that is very easy to control. 
With out having that button, it would be a boring drive.
The simply fact it can cut back the throttle sucks the big one, nothing more 
annoying.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: <pkrasusky at ups.com>
Cc: <wmahoney at disk.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:40 AM
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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