Re: Questions on AWD, ABS, and locking the rear differentia

["Richard Klein" <rklein@cris.com>]

On 13 Oct 95 at 9:05, Steven Buchholz wrote:

> >    o  Finally, is AWD a full-time thing, or is it something that one
> >       manually turns on and off?
> 
> With a quattro you always have AWD.  The only option that you have on
> some models is whether or not you want to lock the differential(s).
> There are several flavors of AWD which have viscous coupling that is
> only active when tires are slipping.  I don't remember the title of
> the book, but it is something like The AWD Performance Handbook that 
> discusses the different AWD implementations; you might want to read
> a copy of that book.  
> > 
According to a magazine article I read a long time back (I quote 
magazines a lot, don't I?) AWD implies a full-time four wheel drive 
system, while 4WD implies a part-time system (you can shift into and 
out of four wheel drive).

And you can stick that $0.02  in your pipe and smoke it.  I don't 
recommend it though.  :-)
   -Rich
   '85 Audi 5ks
   '85 El Camino
    member Teamsters local 486