Re: AWD v. The Others

[Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

..>From: "Gene R. Rankin" <grankin@itis.com>
..>Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:48:36 -0600
..>
..>On 19 Jan 97 at 9:00, Doug Miller, in part, wrote:
..>
..>> The advantages on the street would go to AWD due to the ability to cope
..>> with a wider variety of situations at a higher throttle setting without
..>> upsetting the vehicle's balance. 
..>
..>And I have my own anecdotal evidence:  Near where I live, there's a 
..>
..>Similarly, when the first big snow falls, I would take the Z-28 to the 
..>nearest large & vacant parking lot & practice doing doughnuts.  Ever try 
..>to do a doughnut with AWD?  VERY hard, requires serious throttle & wheel 
..>brutality, usually not very good doughnuts, either, as control returns too 
..>damned fast.  Nevertheless, I go out each winter & do my duty....

there is a nice gravel parking lot outside the local laundrette and every sunday
when i take my washing down there in the s2 i execute a "j" turn in the parking
lot with a full power drift out in order to finish parked ourside the front door of
the place.  (i starting doing this stunt to impress my partner, and now it's become 
something of a ritual for us, i might even teach her to do it sometime...)

conclusion is that donuts are a piece of cake, if you use the handbrake....

..>
..>The viscous diff on the Galant's AWD takes a noticeable amount of time to 
..>warm up & to lock up.  My ur-Quattro had a better front-to-rear balance.  
..>Anybody got a comparison on this stunt with a Torsen?
..>Gene R. Rankin / Madison, WI / USA

see archives for this discussion....

-dave
'93 s2
'90 ur-q