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Date:         Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:31:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject:      Re: AWD
Comments: To: Ryan <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <COL0-DAV10E54C5D57B58AE8E3C3E3DFF60@phx.gbl>
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I had an 87 4kQ until I sold it to a guy making an SCCA car out of it. I liked it al ot, but the sunroof was tough on a tall driver.

BTW, good thing JIm A. is out Christmas shopping today, or we wouldn't be getting away with this subject.

DM&FS

At 03:33 AM 12/13/2008, Ryan wrote: >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 >>> > > >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >>> > > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >>> > > + in the body of the message. >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Casey >>> > '87 300TD >>> > '94 100CSQ Avant >>> > '89 Bluestar >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >>> > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >>> > + in the body of the message. >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > >> >> >> >>-- >>Casey >>'87 300TD >>'94 100CSQ Avant >>'89 Bluestar >> >>------------------------------------------------------------ >>+ To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >>+ listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >>+ in the body of the message. >>------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------------ >+ To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >+ listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >+ in the body of the message. >------------------------------------------------------------

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