I took a 13 year vacation in the upper mid-west (IL, MI, MN) and I
feel I can give an honest opinion about this. I had a an '86 Vanagon
syncro, a '79 Dodge Ramcharger (4x4 like the full sized Blazer), a
Toyota 4x4 van and a Dodge Dakota 4x4 during this time. Plus numerous
2wd vehicles...
Ice sucks and AWD/4WD is great for getting out of the ditch.

Rob
becida@comcast.net
Western WA

At  12/12/2008 10:46 PM, Zeitgeist wrote:
>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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