Wich actually made me realize how good Quattro is. I think we kinda overlook it in everyday driving because it works to well. It took some work to do it though. I was entering a main road, it was slightly wet, and I got on it just as I was going over the gutter, the right wheel chirped a little, I floored it, smiled and continued on.

Even on a *wet* road, I can't get a single tire to spin (not that there's anything wrong with that)! 8^) Gotta luv that quattro! <p>CraigB

And if all four tires aren't squealing, you're not driving hard enough! <br>

<br>I got more than one to squeal coming OUT of a corner in the dry on the way to work this morning. Go try a drivers school, then you'll see what quattro can really do!<p>I drive a 5KTQ, but I've run TWS with A4s and they are very fast when the tires are squealing!!<p>Todd W

What I really like to do when executing a U-turn is crank the wheel and stomp on it in 2nd gear. I can get all 4 wheels to squack! That is wicked cool, as they say in Boston...<br>

There are a couple intersections by me where you have to take a left turn from a complete stop and cut across speeding traffic. I have squealed tires at these intersects lots of times... It is WAY COOL spinning Both inside tires! The other day after I made the previously mentioned manuver I realized another cool thing about Quattro (and don't try this at home kids) -- But it seems to me that, more than other cars I have driven, my A4 really almost pulls itself into a straight line after such a manuver. Must be because all four wheels are pulling equally. Forgive me for being a master of the obvious but with my previous rear-wheel drive (very powerful) car the same manuver would have sent me fish-tailing down the road. In case I haven't said it already today -- I LOVE THIS CAR!!! Squealing and all...

I had my A4 1.8TQ nearly a year before I attended the Lime Rock QCUSA event this past August, and maybe "squeaked" a tire once or twice during all that time. Taking it out on the track I was hesitant at first to "push" the tires beyond this point (factory Contis 205/55R16), but with a little experience and a little encouragement by my instructor I was taking every turn at full-squeak mode by the end of day one. As Steve Early (coordinator) told us in the classroom--screeching the tires is telling you that they're working. If they didn't screetch, you'd go flying off the road! Out on the track, you really get your confidence up the more you push it and realize that Quattro works better than you had ever imagined. If you oversteer, just ease off the gas a bit. If you understeer, feel free to floor it and you'll be back on track within a second. If you don't know what oversteer and understeer mean, but are intrigued by all of this, DEFINATELY check out the Quattro Club and attend the next event ASAP! I find myself taking a few turns at high speed just so I can experience the screetching effect, now that I know it's a good thing, not a bad thing. Just gotta be sure no other cars are nearby, cuz they don't expect people to do that on the evening commute. =)<p>Steve Olsen<br>'97 A4 1.8TQMS Wett1.0/RamAir<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.quattroclubusa.org/">Audi Quattro Club USA</a></li></ul>

I was reffering to acceleration squeal, not cornering. I have taken my Dunlop's to the edge many times. They tended not to squeel.

I have the Dunlop SP8000s 215/45/17. I've taken them out at the track (Quattro Club) and after 20 minutes of pushing the edge they are tired out (pun, oops!) and screaming loud as a baby.<br>I think I will keep them as rain tires and get some real sticky track tires as the Dunlops are really just a good around-town/rain tire.<br>;)

I don't think I have ever heated mine up considerably. I'm sure you know, the more times you heat them the harder and less sticky they get, so I can see why they may have been squealing (sp?) :)

nt<br>