RE: The ULTIMATE cure for those Quattro blues

[Eaton Dave <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

a nervous rear-axle under brakes is one of the features of a rear-baised
vc-based car.  all that braking torque and no traction as weight
transfer kicks in....

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q
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> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:10:56 GMT
> From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
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> They're pretty much 'in your face' type vehicles - the company rep's
> Sierra with a Landrover welded underneath and a two-storey picnic tray
> on the back. Exciting compared to a 90Q but no match for an ur-quattro
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> despite being a fair bit more powerful.  We have one in the village -
> goes very well in a straight line.  In the dry.  He can drag away out
> of the village to the north and get almost 100 yards lead in a mile.
> When we get to the traffic island he just waves me by.  They also
> don't seem to stop very well - I've seen him throw the anchor out in
> earnest a couple of times, and the back end seems to get very lively.