Re: quattro system?

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On Mon, 5 Feb 1996, Reid Philip Meyer wrote:

> My engineer friend (who likes to start arguments)  insists that all 4wheel
> and All-wheel drive systems must suffer poor gas mileage.

he is probably only familiar with f*** truck 4wd, the kind without
a center differential.

> With the numbers to shut
> him up, he quickly changed his arguement to: These cars are severely under
> powered then.

compared to what?  there are some dogs, but then tell that to anyone
with a turbo Q....

if we had good magazines, people would not be buying $40K trucks for
the trip to the grocery store...


eliot