/ wow or did i get this wrong i'm confused
Run in with Ford Focus SVT
AudiWorld Super User
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 21,851
Likes: 1
Sorry to say, but on a dry road, at high speed, not accelerating, quattro ain't doin' much.
That's all in the tires (and your cajones).
Now you need to thank me because instead of flaming you for street racing, people will flame me for busting the myth that quattro creates a physics-defying suction that holds cars onto the road.
Now you need to thank me because instead of flaming you for street racing, people will flame me for busting the myth that quattro creates a physics-defying suction that holds cars onto the road.
AudiWorld Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,720
Likes: 0
You are correct sir!
First a little flame to the original poster. Your little incident proves nothing, except that you were willing to go around a turn faster than the other guy. Perhaps he values his life more than you. Though it must be cool to believe you can out race a Ford Focus.
Now back to quattro. Contrary to what most people on this forum probably think, quattro offers little to no performance or safety advantage in 95% of the driving most owners do. A few years back, one of the major car magazines did a test where they compared an A4 with quattro to both a FWD A4 and two rear wheel drive cars. The ran them through a battery of standard tests; acceleration, braking, lateral acceleration and grip, etc., in a variety of conditions including dry pavement, wet pavement and snow. The only conditions where there was any measureable advantage to quattro was in the snow. In dry and wet road conditions there was no advantage. In fact, acceleration and braking was slightly worse due to the additional weight.
Now my guess is that in a performance built race car, you may be able to get some additional performance out of an AWD system, but on the street it's more marketing than reality. It feels good to drive an AWD car, but it's a mistake to think it's really any better than a competent 2wd car. Especially at 100+ on a dry road, like this homer was commenting on.
Now back to quattro. Contrary to what most people on this forum probably think, quattro offers little to no performance or safety advantage in 95% of the driving most owners do. A few years back, one of the major car magazines did a test where they compared an A4 with quattro to both a FWD A4 and two rear wheel drive cars. The ran them through a battery of standard tests; acceleration, braking, lateral acceleration and grip, etc., in a variety of conditions including dry pavement, wet pavement and snow. The only conditions where there was any measureable advantage to quattro was in the snow. In dry and wet road conditions there was no advantage. In fact, acceleration and braking was slightly worse due to the additional weight.
Now my guess is that in a performance built race car, you may be able to get some additional performance out of an AWD system, but on the street it's more marketing than reality. It feels good to drive an AWD car, but it's a mistake to think it's really any better than a competent 2wd car. Especially at 100+ on a dry road, like this homer was commenting on.
Trending Topics
AudiWorld Stories
Bringing Audi to Life for Audi Fans
10 Strangest Audi Designs That Actually Made Production
Joe Kucinski
2027 Audi Q7 and SQ7: Audi Upgraded EVERYTHING!
Michael S. Palmer
Audi Unveils Absurdly Cool New Supercar: 10 Things You Need to Know!
Verdad Gallardo
The Highs & Lows of Every Audi C-Class Generation
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Most Expensive Audis Ever Sold on Bring-A-Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Audi Features & Options We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
Audi Recreates Crazy-Looking Speed Record Breaker From 1935
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilder Recreates the 1995 Audi TTS Concept
Verdad Gallardo
Every Audi V10 Car Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
AudiWorld Super User
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 11,128
Likes: 0
...my 2.8 f is 228 whp...dynoed today...it would prob be about 220 if it was q...you would like
<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/performance/msgs/71998.phtml">youd like this post</a></li></ul>