A4 to the T

Yesterday about noon, in the pouring rain, my friend and I were traveling south on the Garden State Parkway (mile marker 11) deep south NJ. I was cruising in the far right lane about 60mph and a pick-me-up truck in the middle lane, which was stopped b/c of a traffic light, pulls across my lane 100ft in front of me. The truck wasn't changing lanes and start driving, they just pulled across barricading the lane. I slammed on my breaks and was no where near stopping, swerved right to avoid t-boning the truck sending me into the grass narrowly missing a traffic light pole and one of those huge utility boxes. I probably traveled 40 ft. into the grass before completely stopping.

Luckily no one was hurt and my car wasn't damaged. I owe it to Quattro that I never lost control of my car and was able to maneuver to avoid hitting the truck, traffic light and utility box. Needless to say I was extremely shook up. Apparently the lady driving the truck had been rear ended at the light and just pulled across a lane on a major highway to get to the shoulder to assess the damage. She almost caused a serious accident, which would have most likley left the engine block on my friend and my legs. SHE IS AN IDIOT.

All Wheel Driver

Glad you didn´t wreck it, but thank ESP and ABS, not Quattro for that one.

A4 to the T

Very true. I hondesty don't think I would have avoided the accident in any other car.

OLight:TNG

I had a car turn left in front of me during a pouring rain, and missed the offending Camaro by about 4 inches. The car: Geo Prizm. The safety system: ABS.

Not to take away from the capabilities of the beloved A4 - it's saved my butt, too. But more cars should be able to do the same. I wish the same could be said for drivers! Case in point...

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SFV A4

To the rest of the group... Quattro is only felt during acceleration, correct? Braking and swerving rely on the ESP...

OLight:TNG

However, when braking or coasting, quattro's effect is probably only limited to engine braking (as that also occurs on all 4 wheels).

But I'll take it.