RE: quattro-digest V4 #2423

[Matt Rhoten <mattrh@microsoft.com>]

> From: four.rings@mcione.com
> Subject: Re: UFO's and wet weather
> [...]
> My A4 is _scary_ at the first application of brakes in the rain.
> Feels like riding two greasy frying pans instead of the front
> rotors. A lot of people on the A4.org complained about how
> horrible the OEM brakes are in the wet. Well, it's all true.

Yeah. I've also noticed the brakes require more effort the first application
in wet conditions; it almost feels as if it takes a fraction of a second (or
longer at slow speeds) to scrape a scum of water off the rotor. For all I
know, that might be what is actually happening. It's definitely a turnoff
for a car which otherwise seems to love rain.

After a short, scary stab at the pedal, they work fine. Commuting in traffic
in Seattle, I've done many sudden stops in the wet, and have simply gotten
used to pushing a little harder on the brakes when the road is wet. But that
first few feet might make the difference! So it would please me greatly if
any aftermarket pad fixed this. (Heck, I'd even put up with more brake pad
dust, if such a thing were possible.)

 -matt
  98 A4q 30V