2005 A4
#11
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Re: 2005 A4
On 2004-12-16, Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> Rest assured that the Torsen system in an Audi quattro will behave much
> better. I drive an Audi RS6 (450bhp) and I've never been aware of any
> wheel spinning in any circumstances. I can floor the throttle on a wet,
> greasy, road and the car just launches forward with great gusto.
My 1.8t will show excessive wheel spinnig in snow. And that's the way I
like it. The difference between the old Volvo AWD and Audi AWD (torsen)
is that in Audi all the wheels spin contrary to the Volvo. I have heard
that the new Volvo AWD (Haldex) is very good.
Peter, switch the ESP off and DRIVE our car, please.
--
Petri Rehtonen
> Rest assured that the Torsen system in an Audi quattro will behave much
> better. I drive an Audi RS6 (450bhp) and I've never been aware of any
> wheel spinning in any circumstances. I can floor the throttle on a wet,
> greasy, road and the car just launches forward with great gusto.
My 1.8t will show excessive wheel spinnig in snow. And that's the way I
like it. The difference between the old Volvo AWD and Audi AWD (torsen)
is that in Audi all the wheels spin contrary to the Volvo. I have heard
that the new Volvo AWD (Haldex) is very good.
Peter, switch the ESP off and DRIVE our car, please.
--
Petri Rehtonen
#12
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Re: 2005 A4
On 2004-12-16, Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> Rest assured that the Torsen system in an Audi quattro will behave much
> better. I drive an Audi RS6 (450bhp) and I've never been aware of any
> wheel spinning in any circumstances. I can floor the throttle on a wet,
> greasy, road and the car just launches forward with great gusto.
My 1.8t will show excessive wheel spinnig in snow. And that's the way I
like it. The difference between the old Volvo AWD and Audi AWD (torsen)
is that in Audi all the wheels spin contrary to the Volvo. I have heard
that the new Volvo AWD (Haldex) is very good.
Peter, switch the ESP off and DRIVE our car, please.
--
Petri Rehtonen
> Rest assured that the Torsen system in an Audi quattro will behave much
> better. I drive an Audi RS6 (450bhp) and I've never been aware of any
> wheel spinning in any circumstances. I can floor the throttle on a wet,
> greasy, road and the car just launches forward with great gusto.
My 1.8t will show excessive wheel spinnig in snow. And that's the way I
like it. The difference between the old Volvo AWD and Audi AWD (torsen)
is that in Audi all the wheels spin contrary to the Volvo. I have heard
that the new Volvo AWD (Haldex) is very good.
Peter, switch the ESP off and DRIVE our car, please.
--
Petri Rehtonen
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Re: 2005 A4
On 2004-12-16, Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> Rest assured that the Torsen system in an Audi quattro will behave much
> better. I drive an Audi RS6 (450bhp) and I've never been aware of any
> wheel spinning in any circumstances. I can floor the throttle on a wet,
> greasy, road and the car just launches forward with great gusto.
My 1.8t will show excessive wheel spinnig in snow. And that's the way I
like it. The difference between the old Volvo AWD and Audi AWD (torsen)
is that in Audi all the wheels spin contrary to the Volvo. I have heard
that the new Volvo AWD (Haldex) is very good.
Peter, switch the ESP off and DRIVE our car, please.
--
Petri Rehtonen
> Rest assured that the Torsen system in an Audi quattro will behave much
> better. I drive an Audi RS6 (450bhp) and I've never been aware of any
> wheel spinning in any circumstances. I can floor the throttle on a wet,
> greasy, road and the car just launches forward with great gusto.
My 1.8t will show excessive wheel spinnig in snow. And that's the way I
like it. The difference between the old Volvo AWD and Audi AWD (torsen)
is that in Audi all the wheels spin contrary to the Volvo. I have heard
that the new Volvo AWD (Haldex) is very good.
Peter, switch the ESP off and DRIVE our car, please.
--
Petri Rehtonen
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Re: 2005 A4
"Mike M" <mmfmorr@optonline.net> writes:
> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I am
> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better than
> other cars?
This little video snippet should put your doubts aside. It features a
test of a range of AWD cars trying to get up a ski slope. The Audi
Allroad continues all the way to the top.
It is with german speech, but the video speaks for it self. The video is
encoded using DivX.
http://www.supercars.de/html/related....html?link=853
Enjoy,
--
Børge Berg-Olsen
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+47 90 62 71 78 DoD#2101, DoDRT#017, NIC#015, PJ#006, OGM#007
azoth@dod.no, '93 Audi 100 2.3E Ubesudlet: Aldri eid en J&%#PS
> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I am
> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better than
> other cars?
This little video snippet should put your doubts aside. It features a
test of a range of AWD cars trying to get up a ski slope. The Audi
Allroad continues all the way to the top.
It is with german speech, but the video speaks for it self. The video is
encoded using DivX.
http://www.supercars.de/html/related....html?link=853
Enjoy,
--
Børge Berg-Olsen
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+47 90 62 71 78 DoD#2101, DoDRT#017, NIC#015, PJ#006, OGM#007
azoth@dod.no, '93 Audi 100 2.3E Ubesudlet: Aldri eid en J&%#PS
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Re: 2005 A4
"Mike M" <mmfmorr@optonline.net> writes:
> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I am
> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better than
> other cars?
This little video snippet should put your doubts aside. It features a
test of a range of AWD cars trying to get up a ski slope. The Audi
Allroad continues all the way to the top.
It is with german speech, but the video speaks for it self. The video is
encoded using DivX.
http://www.supercars.de/html/related....html?link=853
Enjoy,
--
Børge Berg-Olsen
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+47 90 62 71 78 DoD#2101, DoDRT#017, NIC#015, PJ#006, OGM#007
azoth@dod.no, '93 Audi 100 2.3E Ubesudlet: Aldri eid en J&%#PS
> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I am
> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better than
> other cars?
This little video snippet should put your doubts aside. It features a
test of a range of AWD cars trying to get up a ski slope. The Audi
Allroad continues all the way to the top.
It is with german speech, but the video speaks for it self. The video is
encoded using DivX.
http://www.supercars.de/html/related....html?link=853
Enjoy,
--
Børge Berg-Olsen
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+47 90 62 71 78 DoD#2101, DoDRT#017, NIC#015, PJ#006, OGM#007
azoth@dod.no, '93 Audi 100 2.3E Ubesudlet: Aldri eid en J&%#PS
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Re: 2005 A4
"Mike M" <mmfmorr@optonline.net> writes:
> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I am
> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better than
> other cars?
This little video snippet should put your doubts aside. It features a
test of a range of AWD cars trying to get up a ski slope. The Audi
Allroad continues all the way to the top.
It is with german speech, but the video speaks for it self. The video is
encoded using DivX.
http://www.supercars.de/html/related....html?link=853
Enjoy,
--
Børge Berg-Olsen
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+47 90 62 71 78 DoD#2101, DoDRT#017, NIC#015, PJ#006, OGM#007
azoth@dod.no, '93 Audi 100 2.3E Ubesudlet: Aldri eid en J&%#PS
> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I am
> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better than
> other cars?
This little video snippet should put your doubts aside. It features a
test of a range of AWD cars trying to get up a ski slope. The Audi
Allroad continues all the way to the top.
It is with german speech, but the video speaks for it self. The video is
encoded using DivX.
http://www.supercars.de/html/related....html?link=853
Enjoy,
--
Børge Berg-Olsen
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+47 90 62 71 78 DoD#2101, DoDRT#017, NIC#015, PJ#006, OGM#007
azoth@dod.no, '93 Audi 100 2.3E Ubesudlet: Aldri eid en J&%#PS
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Re: 2005 A4
"BBO"
>
> This little video snippet should put your doubts aside.
If it's the same video I've seen last week, then I'd say it's highly
biased/suspicious. As much as I'm sure Allroad is capable of getting up the
slope, I'm pretty sure the others are as well, if only the drivers knew what
they were doing and had proper tires. I mean, why did the Nissan just hit
the brakes and stop?
There was a test a while back that was put together by BMW to show that
their awd system (on 330xi I believe) is better than Audi's torsen. The
test was set up in such a way, that BMW came out clearly superior. So, I'd
take all these tests with a grain of salt.
Cheers,
Pete
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Re: 2005 A4
"BBO"
>
> This little video snippet should put your doubts aside.
If it's the same video I've seen last week, then I'd say it's highly
biased/suspicious. As much as I'm sure Allroad is capable of getting up the
slope, I'm pretty sure the others are as well, if only the drivers knew what
they were doing and had proper tires. I mean, why did the Nissan just hit
the brakes and stop?
There was a test a while back that was put together by BMW to show that
their awd system (on 330xi I believe) is better than Audi's torsen. The
test was set up in such a way, that BMW came out clearly superior. So, I'd
take all these tests with a grain of salt.
Cheers,
Pete
#19
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Re: 2005 A4
"BBO"
>
> This little video snippet should put your doubts aside.
If it's the same video I've seen last week, then I'd say it's highly
biased/suspicious. As much as I'm sure Allroad is capable of getting up the
slope, I'm pretty sure the others are as well, if only the drivers knew what
they were doing and had proper tires. I mean, why did the Nissan just hit
the brakes and stop?
There was a test a while back that was put together by BMW to show that
their awd system (on 330xi I believe) is better than Audi's torsen. The
test was set up in such a way, that BMW came out clearly superior. So, I'd
take all these tests with a grain of salt.
Cheers,
Pete
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Re: 2005 A4
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:04:07 GMT, "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net>
wrote:
>If you do get the 1.8turbo save yourself some headaches and change the oil
>every 3-4thousand miles.
>Chuck
>
Why?
The manufacturer recommends longer distances. I am taking my '04 1.8q
in for its 8K km check in the new year. I will change the oil as
recommnded by Audi.
>"Mike M" <mmfmorr@optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:7dowd.2493$_I7.1185@fe11.lga...
>> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I
>> am
>> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better
>> than
>> other cars?
>> Thank You
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>
wrote:
>If you do get the 1.8turbo save yourself some headaches and change the oil
>every 3-4thousand miles.
>Chuck
>
Why?
The manufacturer recommends longer distances. I am taking my '04 1.8q
in for its 8K km check in the new year. I will change the oil as
recommnded by Audi.
>"Mike M" <mmfmorr@optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:7dowd.2493$_I7.1185@fe11.lga...
>> My wife is interested in a 1.8 A4 AWD. Having experience with Volvo AWD I
>> am
>> not interested in AWD. How does the Audi AWD system work? Is it better
>> than
>> other cars?
>> Thank You
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>