Re: SNOW DAYS in the Q! :)

[grubster@megsinet.net (Martin Gruby)]

At 12:35 PM 2/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
I agree with you.  Be very careful.  I have an 80 quattro and love to do
donunts and drive crazy in the snow but only when it is safe.  My car still
slides around all the turns or doesn't want to turn. Quattro or not, any car
will slip on the ice.  The major difference I see with the quattro is that I
can waste anybody off the line, even if I would normally have no chance!!!
HAHA.  

>Darin,
>Nice story, and of course as a fellow Quattro owner I know how it feels: 
>Great! These babies really work well in snow-that`1s for sure!
>But there should also be a word of warning: No car -incl. quattros- work 
>well in freezing rain and ice, and I found that out recently when 
>-thinking my car can do ANYTHING - took one corner too fast in freezing 
>rain and of course I ended up sliding against the curb. Damage: about 800 
>dollars worth of suspension parts and wheell alignment, plus damage to my 
>beautiful BBS wheels...
>Nick Deutsch 90 Q. 20 valve
>