My first S2, question around snow today!

[ian4455]

Ok this is my first S2 and drove today in the snow.

My question is i set off from the traffic lights slight covering of snow on the road.:
Lighty accelerated to find that the front wheels started to spin, not much traction????

Is this correct ?

[macspring]

Of no help whatsoever,

Did you in fact buy a quattro ?

[Ian Simmonds]

Yep, lock the diff or get enough power going to lock up the Torsen.

[ian4455]

Yes its a S2 Quattro, didn't put my foot down as my partner was going balistic !! Take it that i need to give it some throttle when this happens to get the wheels to transfer the drive?

So not knowing anything about these cars is it ok to lock the diff and hit the throttle ??know the diff lock automatically unlocks at a low speed.

[andy10v]

You can disable the automatic disengage of the rear diff lock by cutting the speed sensor wire to the diff lock controller unit under the rear seat.



You are unlikely to brake the rear diff locking it and nailing it, the high power drag cars manage to give them some abuse.

[Barber]

you should be getting it sideways everywhere like me last year when I had my old one! thats what they're made for man!
here, this is how you do it hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QcGYT0MNB0

[Fat Audi 80]

You can disable the automatic disengage of the rear diff lock by cutting the speed sensor wire to the diff lock controller unit under the rear seat.



You are unlikely to brake the rear diff locking it and nailing it, the high power drag cars manage to give them some abuse.

You don't really want to make a habit of driving around with the diff lock engaged, this wil destroy tyres and the diff eventually. Hence the automatic cut off at 20mph...

[andy10v]

You don't really want to make a habit of driving around with the diff lock engaged, this wil destroy tyres and the diff eventually. Hence the automatic cut off at 20mph...

Sorry, I was relying on a bit of common sense being applied.

*Snow fun only.

It can actually be useful to have the ability to lock it at higher speeds when driving in snow though.

[EspenW]

Summer tyres and snow is a bad combination. Get proper snow tyres for winter use (if you have at least semi regular snow/ice cover on your local roads)

[s2_wot]

Summer tyres and snow is a bad combination. Get proper snow tyres for winter use (if you have at least semi regular snow/ice cover on your local roads)

Snow tyres or at a minimum winter tyres. Is the car on wide tyres?

[quattrostyle]

indeed winter tyres are worth it, my S2 with 225 Conti summer tyres was rubbish in the snow where my 80 type 81 FWD had no problems.

We had a tiny bit of snow last night, can't wait for next week when there will be more snow and having a go in my brothers type 44 quattro avant

I should of had my cq finished by now

[Rusty]

If you boot it then you should realise that the rear wheels are driven

The torsen is designed to stay open initally and then start to lock up with an imbalance of grip front and rear and the torsen can't solve that situation, if both front wheels lose grip then it can. If you spin up one wheel then it will spin, no LSDs front or rear but that does have its advantages. The diff lock trick does work for the rear but it'll not solve a front wheel spinning up. Old skool 4wd has its limitations but it works well 90% of the time. If you really want to scare you partner then get a BMW E30 snow car like I used last year. I had the most intense 1.5 mile drive I've ever had. It required more concentration than a fast lap of the 'ring in my S2 Power = sideways, brakes = sideways, sideways = sideways, sneezing = sideways, holding breath = sideways... you get the idea.

[Si Blythe]

That's why my E30 is staying firmly locked up in the garage!!!!

[Rusty]

I didn't have any choice, only time I took the S2 out I crashed into a kerb and damaged a wheel and knocked the tracking for 6... E30 snow car it was When I had the space to play, it was epic, when I didn't it was pretty terrifying but certainly focussed the mind and was a solid hit of adrenaline for sure!