Torsens & Ur-Qs...

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>well, before anyone else exclaims about "great handling with the centre
>diff locked", perhaps they should have a spin in my ur-quattro, complete
>with torsen.  you are comparing different machines, different setups,
>not simply open or torsen centre diffs.

I *have* made the comparison between a '87 5ktq (Gen. I, as QSHIP calls it)
and my '89 200q ... these two cars are very nearly identical (save for the
engines) so the comparison is at least of the Granny Smith v. McIntosh
variety...

>much sharper and more nimble, with less understeer than my old '85 (non
>torsen) model.  jeff, if you get your arse down here, the ride is on me!

It's a deal!  (Seriously ... Paula and I are seriously thinking about taking
a vacation later this year and we are trying to decide between the UK and
NZ.  Unfortunately, NZ appears to be quite a bit more costly, at least so
far as airfare is concerned ... of course, that's why they invented plastic,
right?)

>as for handling on the limit,  i've had absolutley no problem with it.
>nor did walter rohrl, and i asked him to take it to the limit (on the
>track).

Congratulations!  Walter Rohrl is one of those "hero" drivers I mentioned
and if you've mastered it even half as well as he has, then my hat's off to
you ... unfortunately, I'm not in that league yet.  :^(

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