Snow
So later this week we are forcast snow. My wife and daughter have a 3 hour drive each wsy to a uni. So my question is should they take my d3 with normal tyres and 4wd or the wifes a3 with Michelin cross climate tyres ?
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My view is that quattro is great at getting you moving when slippy, but on standard tyres it won't help you steer or stop!
So maybe tyre is the deciding factor? In any case, 300miles I suspect will be mainly motorway, so should be clear :rolleyes: |
I have no personal experience with Crossclimate tyres but I would chose 2WD with winter tyres over 4WD with summer tyres.
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Winter tyres every time (or CrossClimate).+++
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Tyres aside, this second spell of snow has allowed the Quattro system to shine yet again!
I am not saying it is a LR Defender but as my household has a rear wheel drive BMW and a front wheel drive C6 Avant to draw comparisons from, Quattro really does help. Out of interest, are the Merc 4-matic and BMW X-Drive systems mechanically the same as Audi Quattro? I'm imagining VW 4Motion is actually Quattro....? (Just reading up on the alternate 4x4 systems now on Wiki, very interesting). |
Yes, a fair few years since the last serious snow here, but yet again the Quattro shone through up some really steep untreated hills and I'm only running 4 newish summer tyres Nexen N'Fera SU1.
Easily got around zig-zagging stationary cars even when setting off from a stop after waiting for them, virtually never broke traction - manual mode 2 or 1 down the hills and the Quattro works in reverse. Sadly not all Quattro monikered Audis have mechanical Torsen™️ (the ones that are based on Golfs etc.. use Haldex™️) I also fear that the new models may have gone for more bogus eco type 4WD - this and the iPad interior of the D5 means no more Audis for me and I will hang on to the D3, maybe a late D4 if it dies. Audi's High-Tech New Quattro Is About To **** Off Its Biggest Fans |
I don't like the sound of this "ultra" quattro. It sounds like a lot more to go wrong over a conventional mechanical Torsen. Plus:
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