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.
> 
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