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

[LL - NY]

If the UrQ is anything like my former 4KQ but on steroids, I'd say you'd
have way more
fun with the UrQ than the 5KQ!

LL - NY

On 2/17/07, Pasqualoni, James E <james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
>
> 'Tis why I love my 'ol 86 5kcstq in the winter.  Dual diff lockers with
> stand-alone ABS de-activation.  Still the best of the 13 Audi's I've owned
> in the snow, although I never did thrash the UrQ in the snow, at least with
> snow tires.
> James Pasqualoni
> Boston Global Advisors
> T: 617-204-2406
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com <s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com>
> To: 'Taka Mizutani' <t44tqtro at gmail.com>; calvinlc at earthlink.net <
> calvinlc at earthlink.net>
> Cc: pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com>; s-car-list at audifans.com <
> s-car-list at audifans.com>; wmahoney at disk.com <wmahoney at disk.com>
> Sent: Sat Feb 17 23:32:04 2007
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Quattro.... there is no substitute - just add JNR
>
> Maybe it's an ordF family thing.  The DSC on the Rx8 will practically
> "stop"
> the car (when you least want it) on snow & ice.  Have to turn it off to
> even
> think about trying to carry some speed for the next uphill.  It's worth at
> least an additional 2-5 seconds a lap at the last remaining local track,
> Pueblo.  By contrast, the Porsche systems (at least the in the latest
> cars)
> is pretty unobtrusive except in the (relatively) most egregious of
> situations.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: s-car-list On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
>
> > ...  - the
> >Volvo DSTC is so intrusive that you simply can't turn unless
> >you're going really, really slow in slushy snow, where all 4
> >wheels have traction.
> >
>
>
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