Re: Larger wheels screw up quattro?

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Rob Andrews say:

> I was out looking for some car audio stuff today and the guy started talking
> about my a4.  He said he didn't get one because one of the audi techs told
> him he has seen problem with cars with quattro getting screwed up because
> larger wheels were put on them.  I told him that I doubt it.  He said it had
> something to do with the computer control but I told him there was no
> computer control for the quattro to speak of.  Anyone else heard this ever?

In my business, we call this "F.U.D." - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.

It's what the competition plants in the head of potential customers
to make them "wonder" about our product. They don't say it does it,
they just say they've "heard of" it.

There is no such problem. As with any differential, running
different size tires simulatneously would do bad things, but
if it fits, it works.

Oh, but read the posts on wandering suspensions first :-)

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