Re: idiots 'n lights

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Which explains the large number of 4WD trucks in the ditches each time it
gets slick around here...

- peter

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 02:00:23 -0400
From: CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay@dinamis.com>
Subject: Re: idiots 'n lights

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Hi Joe,

If Quattros stop faster than BMWs or anything else, it has nothing to do
with being all wheel drive. In other words, all things being equal, an all
wheel drive car will not stop any faster than a two wheel drive car. There
may be some negligible amount of engine braking on the other two extra
driven wheels in a quattro but I would think that would be negated by the
extra weight of the quattro pieces. Force = mass x acceleration squared,
even for quattros.

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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