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[Mike Mulholland <meyeke@netinc.ca>]

zsolt, where do you live?
        without the centre diff locked, my experience when the traction
limitations of the car were exceeded, was that the front and rear of the car
_really_ wanted to swap places....and did. it actually felt as though the
rear wheels were turning in opposite directions. the resultant spin happened
within a second or less...turning into the spin just directed me towards a
cliff edge so i just sat back and enjoyed the spin...then changed my
underwear :>( . i was advised that if i had kept the centre diff locked and
applied full power i could have probably driven out of the situation. i am
not a novice driver. in more than 40 years of driving vehicles as varied as
an mci motor coach, a lada and jag xk 140s and lotus super 7...i have never
before spun a car. when i lived in northern quebec the seven months of snow,
and wide open spaces gave lots of room to play and practice...non of the
learning applied to the audi quattro's handling characteristics in a skid or
slide...so do as you are advised. btw, many of the listers felt that abs was
of no benefit in ice snow or loose gravel.there are also many rallying
experts here who don't even have a centre diff.....those who do, lock them
when driving under extreme conditions. learn from the list experience so you
don't have re-invent your own experience with a new car needed or worse.

hth
mike
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