Re: More to lock or......

[Josh Pinkert <flush@us.net>]

At 08:33 AM 2/19/98 -0500, Neil Swanson wrote:
>
>But Quattro does not mean you won't hydro-plane.  It is in BOLD type in the
>owners manual. WARNING  blah, blah......
>
> 80mph in the rain is perfect hydro-planing conditions even with quattro. 
>I've felt it and it ain't tough to do.
>

This brings up something I've noticed throughout the years.  I firmly
believe that quattro's/Audis are less likely to hydroplane than other cars.
 I have no idea why, but I think there's something in the design of the
cars that keeps them planted to the pavement when there's standing water.
I *think* its an Audi thing...not necessarily quattro doing anything
special.  But like I said, I can't really explain it.  The quattros I've
been in don't seem to hydroplane very easily.

I've also taken people out for heavy rain handling demonstrations and they
were extremely impressed.  Comments such as "It's almost like the road
isn't even wet!"


- Josh Pinkert
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- ISO '70-'73 or '78-'83 Porsche 911