Re: Dyno test inspection

["Mr. Daniel P. Grady" <dgrady@mail2.nai.net>]

The exact scene I would have expected if I had let those fools in my car. If
anyone is asked to relinquish control of their ship TELL THEM IT IS QUATTRO!
Imagine what could happen! I must go have nightmares now. Goodnight all.
BTW: How many of those fools do you think know what IROC means?
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Wilson <pwilson@pop.ma.ultranet.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: Dyno test inspection


>At 08:20 PM 4/27/98 -0400, Mr. Daniel P. Grady wrote:
>>I live in Connecticut and had the emission test done on my 5Kq last
august.
>>There is a different line for 4-wheel and all-wheel and the two guys in
>>charge of testing asked "This is rear drive right?" When I explained that
it
>>was all-wheel they walked to the back of the car and seemed to point at
the
>>quattro written in the defrost and told me to hold on. After a quick
>>discussion with who appeared to be in charge, they came back and perfomed
>>the old idle with the sniffer in the pipe. I don't know if they were not
>>equipped to do the test or just didn't know how. Noting that there is a
line
>>for all-wheel and the TWO sets of dyno wheels looked to be adjustable, I
>>assume they just didn't know what they were doing. It was the Bloomfield
>>sniffer station for anyone familiar with the area. Anyone in CT had the
>>privilage of the full rev'em up test? I'll be seeing them again in '99.
>
>This is the scenario I see taking place some day:
>
>Young, male, IROC driving attendent: "This things FWD right?"
>Old, female, Camry All-Trac(or other obscure AWD car) driver: "I think so.
>I only drive to the supermarket and church."
>Young, male, IROC driving attendent: "All right.  Drive it in."
>
>Young, mal,e IROC driving attendent gets in, sticks it in D and learns what
>unintended acceleration is all about.
>
>Paul Wilson
>http://www.ultranet.com/~pwilson
>