[s-cars] quattro - no substitute

[LL - NY]

Most MT Subaru's have Torsen centers. Auto box has some electronic
clutch pack centers, which have improved over the years, but it still
tends towards freewheeling the rears to "improve" fuel economy.

LL - NY

On 2/15/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah, except the Pilot's AWD sucks as well (Borg Warner Clutchpak System).
> I can't find it at the moment but somewhere I read a very hilarious
> article
> about a guy in a Pathfinder having to pull his sister out near Lake Tahoe
> in
> her Pilot.  Of course the Pathfinder is one of the only vehicles other
> than
> Audi to have a Torsen diff.
> --Calvin
>
>
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>
>
> You guys are right about that.  After 11 years of pestering the wife and
> trying to convince her that the 911 is really a practical everyday driver,
> I
> of course had to get to work at 6 am when there were in 6 inches of snow
> on
> the ground.  Never mind the fact that I busted the budget and have to wait
> until next year for snow tires.  Took me 5 minutes just to get out of the
> driveway.  Fishtailed it 6 miles before I remembered to take the long way
> to
> avoid a hill.  Had to make 3 attempts and get a head start, blew through a
> red light and finally made it up the hill.  Parked the car and called the
> wife to tell her that I made it.  She said - You should have taken my car
> (Honda Pilot).  What, and never hear the end of it?  Naahhhhh.  The 911
> did
> just fine, just no match for the S6 with snows.
>
> Stefan
> 95 S6 Sedan - sold 3 years ago
> 95 S6 Avant - sold 3 months ago
> 00 996 (mit neuem Motor)
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