Wow!
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Wow!
I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I couldn't
believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is with performance
tires too!!!! Very impressed!
yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I couldn't
believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is with performance
tires too!!!! Very impressed!
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Re: Wow!
"JJ" wrote
> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
Cheers,
Pete
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Re: Wow!
"JJ" wrote
> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
Cheers,
Pete
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Re: Wow!
"JJ" wrote
> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
Cheers,
Pete
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Re: Wow!
"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>"JJ" wrote
>> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
>> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
>> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
>> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
snow tires.
It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
every few years
--
Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
>"JJ" wrote
>> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
>> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
>> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
>> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
snow tires.
It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
every few years
--
Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Wow!
"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>"JJ" wrote
>> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
>> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
>> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
>> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
snow tires.
It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
every few years
--
Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
>"JJ" wrote
>> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
>> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
>> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
>> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
snow tires.
It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
every few years
--
Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Wow!
"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>"JJ" wrote
>> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
>> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
>> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
>> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
snow tires.
It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
every few years
--
Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
>"JJ" wrote
>> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
>> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
>> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
>> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
snow tires.
It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
every few years
--
Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Wow!
"Douglas Siebert" <dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
> >"JJ" wrote
> >> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
> >> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
> >> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
> >> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>
> >Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
>
>
> I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
> I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
> drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
> 4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
> to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
> snow tires.
>
> It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
> summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
> some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
> fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
> quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
> here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
> Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
> day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
> like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
> the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
> every few years
>
> --
> Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
I've driven my A4 quattro on summer tires every year and have no problems at
all, it stops fine, and pulls like its on tarmac, if you have real expensive
summer tires then I would imagine it might be different but the amount of
snow we get in the UK is minimal so it's not really an issue.
If you drive it like it nutter in the snow you will crash it, it doesnt
matter if you use summer/allseason/winter.
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Re: Wow!
"Douglas Siebert" <dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
> >"JJ" wrote
> >> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
> >> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
> >> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
> >> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>
> >Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
>
>
> I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
> I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
> drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
> 4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
> to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
> snow tires.
>
> It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
> summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
> some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
> fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
> quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
> here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
> Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
> day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
> like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
> the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
> every few years
>
> --
> Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
I've driven my A4 quattro on summer tires every year and have no problems at
all, it stops fine, and pulls like its on tarmac, if you have real expensive
summer tires then I would imagine it might be different but the amount of
snow we get in the UK is minimal so it's not really an issue.
If you drive it like it nutter in the snow you will crash it, it doesnt
matter if you use summer/allseason/winter.
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Re: Wow!
"Douglas Siebert" <dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
> >"JJ" wrote
> >> I've owned 4 wheel drive SUV's....but we just had a horrible ice storm
> >> yesterday morning. I drove my 03 A4 AWD 21 miles to work......I
> >> couldn't believe how my vehicle didn't slip or slide at all. This is
> >> with performance tires too!!!! Very impressed!
>
> >Please don't tell me you drove on summer tires. That wasn't very smart.
>
>
> I honestly haven't had any problems driving my A4Q on the summer tires.
> I guess since I grew up where it snows every winter I learned how to
> drive with rear wheel drive vehicles with old half bald tires, so having
> 4WD even on summer tires is great. It isn't as if I'd suddenly be able
> to (or want to) drive really fast in the snow if I had all seasons or
> snow tires.
>
> It is kind of annoying that if you get the sport package they force the
> summer tires on you, it would have been nice to have the choice to get
> some all season tires instead. But given that it'd be $1000 for even
> fairly cheap rims and tires for the winter, when there's only real
> quantities of snow on the roads about a dozen days during the winter
> here in SE Iowa, it just wasn't worth it. If I lived in a place like
> Buffalo where it snows all the time, or had a long commute to work each
> day, I'd probably feel differently. Or perhaps if I lived somewhere
> like Atlanta, where I'd want my car to really handle well to avoid all
> the idiots who have no idea how to drive on snow since it only happens
> every few years
>
> --
> Douglas Siebert dsiebert@excisethis.khamsin.net
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Thomas Jefferson
I've driven my A4 quattro on summer tires every year and have no problems at
all, it stops fine, and pulls like its on tarmac, if you have real expensive
summer tires then I would imagine it might be different but the amount of
snow we get in the UK is minimal so it's not really an issue.
If you drive it like it nutter in the snow you will crash it, it doesnt
matter if you use summer/allseason/winter.