re: quattro at the limit, reality check

[Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:46:36 +1300
>From: "Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton@clear.net.nz>
>Subject: quattro at the limit, reality check
>
>folks, by definition any car at the limit is probably not somewhere you want
>to visit too often unless you're on a circuit -or going around a wet
>round-about :-).  many cars are nervous at the limit, and manufacturers seek
>to soften the nervousness in various ways.  however,
>
>the 1st generation ur-quattro (locked centre quattro) earned a bad
>reputation for going backwards off the road.  suddenly.  audi responded by
>redesigning elements of the rear suspension for the later wr models.
>
>we have a clearly documentated case where unpredictable handling in a type
>44 was cleared up comprehensively by an alignment of the rear suspension.
>if memory serves phil rose had the same experience with his type 44.

Yikes! I thought perhaps everyone might have managed to forget the fact
that my post (describing a sudden whoop-dee-doo into a ditch in Dec. '97)
precipitated the attack-of-arachnids thread.

BTW, my "off-road" experience happened about a week or two after having a
4-wheel alignment done by a *presumably* reputable, ol'-timer type
alignment specialist. However the guy managed to erase the alignment data
before I could request a copy. I watched him do the alignment, but will
always wonder: just _what_ were the alignment specs he used?


Phil Rose				Rochester, NY
'91 200q				mailto:pjrose@servtech.com
'89 100