Don't the A4 Golf and Audi A3 share the same floorpan. No problem their either. EC drove a Euro S4, and were doing 160 in it No problemo.
Dave. '90 GLi On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Clayton wrote: > I find it interesting to note several things: > The same designers did the New Beetle AND the TT > The New Beetle and the TT both have high speed stability problems > The New Beetle and the TT are both Fugly > The Golf 4 is on the same chassis and does not have these problems > Later, > Clayton > > > Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:18:31 -0500 > From: Patrick Austin <> > Subject: Re: Re: Question (my answer) > > Well, if it was icy, it probably wasn't the 130+ mph instability that > caused it. Or, at least, I hope not! > > Apparently they've been having major problems. Several people have been > killed in weird accidents. A professional driver was killed in one this > fall; on a strait road with no wind the car spun and killed him. Audi KNEW > about this beforehand and didn't want to add a spoiler and ruin the shape > of the car. From what I've read in Auto Week and some other industry-esque > pubs, this sounds like a story that could be a PR nightmare. OTOH, if they > really did know about the problem, they deserve whatever bad press they > get. On the other other hand (the third one, I guess), anyone going that > speed does so at his/her own risk. On the fourth hand, in germany, those > are semi-legal speeds and a modern sportscar should be stable at them. > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org >
