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[David_Wagner@dgc.ceo.dg.com]

CEO comments:
Steve, I have the '90 Coupe Quattro as well and the last two winters 
in New England have been quite snowy to say the least.

Factoids i've determined (from experience):

1. Quattro does NOT improve lateral stability in marginal traction 
situations. so, if you enter a corner too fast you're gonna slide. 
Physics. - Don't enter too fast!
2. Quattro all but ensures that you WON'T get stuck by driving at the 
slow speeds you SHOULD drive at to avoid lateral sliding due to 
insufficient traction in that kind of weather.
3. I believe the sliding behaviours are caused by insufficient 
traction - and will be getting snow tires for NEXT winter to try this 
out - let's face it the stock 60-15's aren't exactly narrow!!
4. I can climb almost any hill in almost any reasonable depth of snow, 
but I still drive slowly because you never know when the existing lack 
of lateral traction will bite you.

Now the thought of my Q-Coupe with studded snows.... mmmmmmm might be 
fun!!!

Regards
David

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From: (Steve Keller) skeller@Mailbox.mcs.com:dg-smtp
Date: ## 01/20/95 04:41 ##
I've owned a '90 Coupe Quattro for about two years (winters). I've read all
about how great these cars are supposed to be in the snow, but I've found
that if I give the car a little (really, a very little) gas while I go into
a corner, the backend breaks loose. Now, I would think that snow tires
would help the situation, but is this normal behavior? The Dunlop's that
are on the c