quattro vs. traction control

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <c=US%a=_%p=CHEVRON%l=CHEVRON/MSSITE01/000DD49F@chvpk-msx02-b.sr.chevron.com> "BRUCE, ERIK D.  -ERDB" writes:

> Actually, I'm sold on Audi anyway, but I'm curious if anybody knows how
> well "traction control" would do in snow, and specifically, does anybody
> have any knowledge of California's tire chain rules:  Does the
> combination of traction control and snow tires allow you to escape
> putting chains on?

It sucks.  My boss (in Germany) has the BMW traction control system and hates 
it - it snatches quite viciously.  We were on the Pforzheim-Strassburg autobahn 
last year when it started to snow in "heavy and wet" mode - our progress was 
slow and punctuated by the traction control suddenly snapping into action and 
basically killing engine torque completely.  There's much more fine control 
with an AWD system.

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 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club