[V8] 4.2 V8Q at Winter Driving School

[Kneale Brownson]

I thought someone said the center diffy control on the V8 relies on the ABS
system to indicate where slippage is occuring??????  Wouldn't lack of a
working ABS play a part in your traction?

At 06:53 AM 2/7/2005 -0800, Carter Johnson wrote:
>Well, I have to say, the old lady surprised me.  I
>took the 93 up to the Tim O'Niel winter driving school
>this past weekend.  Conditions were less than ideal -
>not much snow at all, but the weather was beautiful -
>mid 30's both days, plenty of sunshine.  The V8 ran
>like a champ, and felt right at home drifting through
>corners.  Locking the tranny in 1st gear provided all
>of the torquey throttle response I needed along with
>lift-throttle oversteer engine braking.  Quite nice! 
>There were only three problems with the V8 - Steering
>is still suffering, likely from a buildup of air in
>the lines?  It is very difficult to steer quickly lock
>- lock.  Made the slalom interesting.  The ABS doesn't
>work, nor does the handbrake, so if I got into a big
>understeer situation, I was going for a ride.  And,
>like all good V8's, she smoked like a crack house in
>Harlem.  Aside from that, the V8 surprised a lot of
>people by being both nimble and quick - something you
>wouldn't expect out of a 4,000 lb. automatic.  I
>managed to catch other instructors in 1) 1994 S4, 2)
>2004 S4, and 3) 2003 A6 4.2 Quattro - all running on
>snow tires.  I also took a very nice student's B6 S4
>(the same one) out through the slalom - what a ride! 
>The electronic throttle, though, takes a lot of
>getting used to.  I have some in-car video, and should
>have some nice out-of-car video of some major
>powerslides soon.  If anyone wants to see the other
>videos, drop me an off-list email and I'll send some
>pics and video.  Wowza!  Torsen is coooooooool.
>
>Thanks,
>Carter 
>
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>University of Rhode Island
>401-874-4947 office
>401-699-3994 cell
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