quattro-digest V3 #1110

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <961003134123_324022565@emout18.mail.aol.com> Nivi@aol.com writes:

> I *do* realize that everyone does have a point with the independent rear vs.
> the solid rear axles, but from experience, I have a different opinion...ask
> the M3 driver who *freaked* out and almost lost control on a curve where I
> came up on him travelling at least 3 times posted speed, and twice his...

It _does_ annoy them, doesn't it?

I'd like to know where these associations (BMW = quick, Volvo = safe) started 
out.  Something, somewhere needs attention.

And, for the record, an M3 (300bhp) lost out in a _serious_ way to an ur-
quattro (MB - 200bhp) only an hour ago.

(You wouldn't have believed it - he tried to make a move on a traffic island!  
It cost him 200yds - he managed to catch up over the next couple of miles and 
then had another traffic island to deal with.  Floated, just floated.)

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 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club