When I was learning to drive a stick my old man had this little Toyota truck
w/ 4wd.  The man never had too much to say to me but he occasionally had a
few life lessons.  He told me this, "4wd might go better in the snow but it
won't stop any better".  I of course ignored him, and a few weeks later was
zipping along a backroad covered in snow and ice.  Things were great and
then I went to stop....luckily no damage except some soiled underwear.
Lesson learned, thanks Dad.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: AWD

> Two years ago, I drove a company Ford Taurus across state in the midst of
> a
> major snowstorm.  I counted no less than twenty SUVs in the ditch along
> the
> way.  I've long stated my hypothesis that AWD fills drivers with a false
> sense of security.  As far as AWD systems go, the Quattro/Syncro cars are
> head and shoulders above the rest, but that doesn't mean their drivers can
> proceed with impunity.
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:30 PM, jon <jon@kenneke.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Back "in the day" (early 90's), the large percentage of cars wiped
>> alongside I-5 in Oregon when it snowed were Audis.
>>
>> Not that a Vanagon would do better, but something about snow, Oregon
>> drivers, and Audis don't mix.
>>
>> Drive careful!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Zeitgeist wrote:
>>
>> > I love old-skool Quattros.  I had an '89 90Q that I acquired as a
>> > wreck.
>>  I
>> > never got the chance to drive it, but damn, it sure was a kool kar.  I
>> now
>> > have a '94 100CS Quattro that has me chomping at the bit to get our
>> > first
>> > snow this weekend.  I sure wish I could reverse the final drive and
>> > swap
>> > over the entire driveline into my Vanagon--awesome cars, fo sho!
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Ian Allan <ian.allan@bmts.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi:
>> > >
>> > > Late Friday so I gotta squeeze this in. Last summer I bought an 90
>> > > Audi 90 Quattro from the school teacher lady just down the road. Car
>> > > had a busted strut, the usual number of recently replaced parts and a
>> > > kick ass Apline stereo. Well, after replacing the strut with a
>> > > salvage
>> > > yard unit, installing a rebuilt starter and fixing a gas return line
>> > > leak the Audi was set to go. We have had about 3 or 4 feet of snow
>> > > here so the roads look like bobsled runs. I cannot express how neat
>> > > it
>> > > is to take one of these cars and run it wide open in the first three
>> > > gears down snow packed roads in the dark of night, full moon with the
>> > > Alpine supplying the background. If the Big 3....
>> > >
>> > > Ian Allan
>> > >
>> > > 94 Eurovan Westfalia
>> > > 86 Syncro
>> > > 85 Westfalia/Bostig
>> > > 02 Jetta 1.8t
>> > > 90 Audi 90Q
>> > >
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>> > --
>> > Casey
>> > '87 300TD
>> > '94 100CSQ Avant
>> > '89 Bluestar
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> Casey
> '87 300TD
> '94 100CSQ Avant
> '89 Bluestar
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