Re: Requiem for a quattro (long)

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Mike Zamikhovsky <MikeZ755@sprintmail.com> wrote:

>Once at NY Auto Show I asked MB tech why they dropped 4Matic.
>He replied that with any all wheel drive car one must not rely on
>technology but use good judjment and understand its limitations.
>He said that untrained drivers of all wheel drive cars will still go
>off and hit something. They will just hit it at much higher speed than
>drivers of two wheel drive cars. He felt that fiew MB byers really
>understood it or bothered to learn about it.

In view of their recent A-class debacle, this is certainly a funny comment...

Tom