Subaru vs. Quattro

[Fringe Ryder <fringe@fringeweb.com>]

Not exactly....  three years ago (when my wife's car was built), the
manuals were simply viscous coupling with a normal split.  The autos are a
computer-controlled planetary-gear arrangement tied into the transmission.

I love stickshifts; both my A4Q 2.8 and my soon-to-arrive S4 are sticks.
But the Suby system in my wife's auto-tranny car lacks any of the problems
I've noticed in viscous systems such as the Volvo, Toyota, and stick Subys.
 It's a very good system, and a bit smoother than the Quattro.  I prefer my
Audi, but I have noticed that I can feel it sometimes, which is not the
case with the Suby.  (The Audi handles better, much much better in snow
though.)

>From: Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com>
>
>> the imprezza has different systems depending upon whether it is auto or
>> manual.
>
>As far as I know, the U.S.-bound Subarus also got different systems
>between auto and manual. The manual gets a 50-50 setup, while the auto
>ones gets the regular treatment (mainly FWD, power transfer only during
>slippage).
>