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My wife and I live in South Florida so driving in snow is not a factor but the roads can get very slick with rain in the summertime. Does Quattro offer performance and safety advantages over front-wheel drive? The added weight may slow the car down somewhat and the horsepower on the 3.2 model probably is not sufficient to cause torque steer problems with FWD, right? The price is significantly higher for Quattro so we don't want to pay extra for something that will not be useful.
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I got my car 2 weeks ago and noticed that the cargo net wasn't in the trunk. Dealer told me discontinued item. In addition, I just noticed that the storage drawers underneath front seats don't seem to be the there. The front flips down but I can't locate a drawer? Any one else aware of this? J |
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Replying to: aveghte (Mar 12, 2007 10:29 am) What you will get out of the quattro, is much better acceleration on wet slippery roads. I recently rented a newer Volvo S80 which had front wheel drive. What I noticed most versus driving our audi A6Q, was torque and a tendency towards wheel spin when accelerating from a stop while making hard right turns at intersections. With quattro, you will get none of this on dry or wet roads. Newer cars are getting engines with more torque and this is becoming a bigger problem with front wheel drive cars in my opinion. As far as handling on open roads, I don't think the AVERAGE driver would notice any difference.
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Replying to: brian124 (Mar 13, 2007 6:33 am) You may be able to soldier on without it. If you go that route, NEVER, drive a quattro, you'll hate yourself in the morning. Take it from a guy who got a non quattro in 1993, big mistake.
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Mar 13, 2007 8:35 am) Also, it might be a stretch to say that quattro improves safety over a fwd vehicle used in Florida. The FWD is lighter and would stop faster (negligible). Driven to its limits, a car equipped with quattro would definitely handle better and be safer for that type of driver. But how many of us drive a car to its limits? That's why I prefaced my statement with "average" driver. |
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Replying to: aveghte (Mar 12, 2007 10:29 am) I personally feel it is very useful and a great safety feature. Could you live without it? Yes, but it wouldn't be very fun...
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