Re: Driving on snow / quattro system

[ets@wrkgrp.com (Edward T Spire)]

>From: Michael Spiers <mikes@specnet.com>
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:06:18 -0500
>Subject: Re: Driving on snow / quattro system
>
>> >I remember a R&T or C&D story a few years ago
>> >when they were testing (or had for long term test) a 200TQ and they were
>> >raving about the wonderfulness of the car.  Story ended when the TQ
>> >crested a hill at obscene speeds hit some black ice and proceeded to
>> >total itself.
>>
>> The car Q not total it's self, the Idiot driver totaled the Q.  Remember
>> guys these cars are not possesed, it's the driver.
>>
>I remember that story!  The driver was passing a line of cars in the left lane,
>then came up to a road crew (the reason everyone was in the right lane to
>begine with) and when he hit the brakes, nothin' happened (ice on d' road), and
>he went into a grader or something.  Moron.  Think he wound up hurting his
>passenger (wife I think) pretty badly.  Quattro's go better than anything else
>on the road, but can't stop any better...

I remember it too, the driver was Csaba Csere, well-known to C&D
readers, a pretty smart guy, certainly no moron.  I was just about to
buy a 200 back then, and I called the guy to ask him what he thought
about the car.  He said it's so good you can easily get
over-confident.

His wife pulled through OK.

Just makes sense that quattro would shine the best in accelleration,
somewhat in corning (which is a lateral accelleration thing) and be of
no help in stopping.

I can't imaging getting stuck in my new S6 wagon, and it's marvelously
stable during acceleration on slippery surfaces.  Once I learn to drive
it properly I'll corner fine too.  But stopping is another story all
together.


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