More Torsen

["Jim Haseltine" <Jim@ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>]

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A DELIBERATE ATTACK APON ANYBODY, THEIR NATION
OR THEIR DRIVING.
ANY RESEMBLANCE TO ACTUAL EVENTS, LOCALES OR PERSONS, LIVING OR DEAD IS
ENTIRELY COINCIDENTAL.

A point has been raised - Why here (USA) and not there (England, NZ,
anywhere else)?
and it has also been reported that members of the UKQOC don't know what the
'bite' is.

Is it possible that the Torsen 'bite' is a phenomenon of the somewhat
over-litigious nature of US society?
IME, in the UK if a driver loses his quattro his opinion is just that, _he_
lost it.
Could it be that in the US the blame is directed at some short coming (real
or imaginary) of the car?

Think about
McDonalds coffee
Hot-air paint strippers that carry warnings that they are not hairdryers
Mirrors that warn you that they make objects appear closer than they
actually are.


Jim Haseltine