Re: Audi recall Audi TT

["Pantelis Giamarellos" <pantg@otenet.gr>]

HJ and other listers,

This recall and mainly the "extreme driving situations" reminds of a posting
I read a few months ago in the audi discussion group regarding a member who
had "lost" his TT on a open curve taken at very high speed. If I remeber
well the TT spinned one or two times around its axis, but did not roll.

It has been discussed back then that the TT no rear spoilers design creates
positive lift forces at the rear at high speeds. This is the reason why AUDI
is fitting a 30kg lead weight at the rear of the TT.

MTM has installed an extra wild (and wide) system of spoilers at the front
and rear and side of the TT for its 325bhp version. Main reason for that is
the front and rear lift they had at "extreme driving condition".

I am waiting for further news and comments

Regards
Pantelis Giamarellos
-----Original Message-----
From: Hans-Juergen Schneider <hans@h-js.de>
To: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: &Tgr;&rgr;&iacgr;&tgr;&eegr;, 12 &Ogr;&kgr;&tgr;&ohgr;&bgr;&rgr;&iacgr;&ogr;&ugr; 1999 8:41 &mgr;&mgr;
Subject: Audi recall Audi TT


Germany's Audi AG said on Tuesday it was recalling more than 40,000
of its Audi TT sports coupes worldwide to adjust their steering after
customers complained of "abrupt" handling in high speed turns.
The Volkswagen AG subsidiary said it was contacting all Audi
TT owners and would make the adjustments free of charge at its
dealerships. More than half the Audi TT's sold since its launch
last year belong to German drivers, the company said.
"Customers have signalled that while driving the TT that
its handling was too abrupt in extreme driving situations," an
Audi spokesman said. The majority of TT's sold by the Ingolstadt-
based car maker were bought in Europe, the Audi spokesman added. The
Audi TT has not yet been launched in Japan and only recently went on
sale in the United States.

- Hans-Juergen Schneider
'93 S2 Avant
'89 CQ 20V