My Q5 saved our lives in today's Noreaster
12-27-2010, 06:38 PM
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12-27-2010, 07:41 PM
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I'm still not too sure about that though. It's strange because at one point when i was stuck, my brother said that my fronts were spinning but not my rears. Both sides were spinning. I tried to brake torque it, traction on and off, all that stuff. Who knows. I do know that quattro shines when you're on a snow covered road doing speeds of 50-60.
12-27-2010, 07:50 PM
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It's strange because at one point when i was stuck, my brother said that my fronts were spinning but not my rears. Both sides were spinning. I tried to brake torque it, traction on and off, all that stuff. Who knows. I do know that quattro shines when you're on a snow covered road doing speeds of 50-60.
12-27-2010, 07:53 PM
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Q5...the replacement for Santa's Sleigh!
Hey, to the nut that I passed on the NYS Thruway in the blizzard in the R8, I like your moxie! I got a picture of you I will try to post it here.
12-27-2010, 08:14 PM
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So in addition of my trip out to Seattle https://www.audiworld.com/forums/showthread.php?p=24081267&posted=1#post24081267
which sounded a lot like the things that the NE got. The trip back on Sunday and today was different. Ran into Black Ice outside of Boise. My side assist kept me from hitting someone who was in my blind spot as I entered I-80 from I-84. And the 55mph winds in NE Wyoming were blowing snow so hard you could not see the road.
Got to say the stores about how great the Q5 are true.
which sounded a lot like the things that the NE got. The trip back on Sunday and today was different. Ran into Black Ice outside of Boise. My side assist kept me from hitting someone who was in my blind spot as I entered I-80 from I-84. And the 55mph winds in NE Wyoming were blowing snow so hard you could not see the road.
Got to say the stores about how great the Q5 are true.
12-28-2010, 06:46 AM
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12-28-2010, 07:00 AM
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Yea, this is a little troubling to hear that even when turning ESP on and off and brake torque, still only one set of wheels spun. Maybe there is some truth to those videos of the Q5 getting stuck on those rollers.
I'm still not too sure about that though. It's strange because at one point when i was stuck, my brother said that my fronts were spinning but not my rears. Both sides were spinning. I tried to brake torque it, traction on and off, all that stuff. Who knows. I do know that quattro shines when you're on a snow covered road doing speeds of 50-60.
12-28-2010, 08:57 AM
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I'm still not too sure about that though. It's strange because at one point when i was stuck, my brother said that my fronts were spinning but not my rears. Both sides were spinning. I tried to brake torque it, traction on and off, all that stuff. Who knows. I do know that quattro shines when you're on a snow covered road doing speeds of 50-60.
Regardless, from the news reports, it seems that this is the worst storm in a few years to hit the northeast, so the fact that both you and theperchik got as far as you got - I'm still pretty darn impressed.
12-28-2010, 09:23 AM
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Interesting to see that with traction on, it didn't send power to the rears, when the fronts were spinning. How did you eventually get out, Coolieman?
Regardless, from the news reports, it seems that this is the worst storm in a few years to hit the northeast, so the fact that both you and theperchik got as far as you got - I'm still pretty darn impressed.
Regardless, from the news reports, it seems that this is the worst storm in a few years to hit the northeast, so the fact that both you and theperchik got as far as you got - I'm still pretty darn impressed.
The way I see it is that yes I got stuck, yes the Quattro system did not perform the way I would have liked it to but even if all 4 of my wheels spun I was not going to get out unless I dug. It is weird but today i had to go through a huge snow drift from a plow and i muscled through it, hit it hard, front got through, rear high centered and I was able to rock my way out.
I tried every technique i have read about to get out of my stuck spots but ultimately it came down to decision making of where to go. What impressed me about the Q5's system as I said in another thread is how well it did moving along at speed on the highway. Also no matter how much snow my left or right side was in, as long as one side had traction it went through and felt solid as a rock!
This storm was bad but what made it bad was that it was so much snow in such a short time. Snow fell at 2-3 inches an hour. we got 24" in 18 hours. Plows and such focus on major roads and they have to continually plow them becuase of the accumulation rate. They can't just plow and do some side streets at the same time. Then when it gets to be 24" plows get stuck and can't clean the side streets as easily so thats where the problems are. Not because of budget cuts and people blaming politicians. Ignorance is bliss...
