[s-cars] NAC - Why is manual and full-time 4wd or AWD mutuallyexclusive ...

[chris chambers]

You couldn's push start your S6 because it has electronic ignition, 
which with a dead battery = no spark which = no start.




--- Edward <audi.ed at gmail.com> wrote:

> So perhaps the end-game take-away here is either its BS marketing, or
> that
> autos are so much better now that there's no reason to buy one?  Call
> me old
> fashioned but I *like* switching gears.  Also like being able to
> push-start
> when I leave lights on in the middle of no where (though my S6 failed
> me on
> this one as I couldn't push start it when said battery is DEAD after
> being
> left for a few days with the lights on).  I do also feel that autos
> are more
> fragile and a wee bit expensive to fix when compared with their
> manual
> counterparts.
> 
> Have things changed that much in the last few years, or is it more an
> issue
> of the average consumer not caring?
> 
> Ed
> 
> On 6/27/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > I was going to mention the fact that the 4-runner does have a
> torsen
> > center
> > differential.  Go here for some data on different types of AWD
> systems:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_wheel_drive
> >
> > --Calvin
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of QSHIPQ at aol.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:49 AM
> > To: t44tqtro at gmail.com; audi.ed at gmail.com
> > Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC - Why is manual and full-time 4wd or AWD
> > mutuallyexclusive ...
> >
> >
> > Even better with the 93-97 FZJ80 Landcruiser chassis Taka, with
> ABS,  you
> > get
> > a VC center *with* an electric locker over the center  diff.  I'll
> also
> > note
> > that the 4 runner and the new FJ both use torsen  center WITH
> locking
> > ability.
> > The 80 sports full floating solid axles, and  it rides better than
> most
> > independent front axle trucks.  Add 4  piston front calipers from
> the
> > factory, and
> > a silky 4.5L DOHC I6, it's a good  ride.  Add the TRD supercharger,
> it's
> > just
> > a hoot
> >
> > You can't get the HDJ80 (FJ 80 with diesel and manual) for the
> states, but
> > the locking front center and rear diff option was available on the
> gas 80
> > as
> > well (I don't have it myself, don't think it needs it).  MLP can
> give you
> > the
> > perspective of the 80 with blizzacks and supercharger
> > at  Steamboat.  Mother
> > of Miss Piggy, it could chase any quattro down  at Steamboat
> without
> > missing
> > the audio portion of the LT1Q chase  video.
> >
> > Manual shifting awd trucks have given way to much beefier
> autoboxes, sport
> > shift mode and 6spd autos.  I know sport mode in my truck will take
> you
> > right
> > to redline and bang the next gear without neck snapping between 
> shifts.
> >
> > Scott Justusson
> > 94 Supercharged FJ80
> > A couple Turbo quattros
> > 1 91 v8 quattro
> >
> > In a message dated 6/26/2007 6:28:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > t44tqtro at gmail.com writes:
> > Not to say that you can't have a proper AWD SUV  with a manual- the
> FJ80
> > Landcruisers had a manual with the turbodiesel  outside of the US
> and
> > they're
> > full-time AWD with lockable center and rear  diffs, some even had
> lockable
> > front diffs.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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