JP,
> Not to rub it in, but I'm sure my '87 5ktq (Quattro I) would have made it
> without problems. Of course, I'd have to reach down and switch the locks on
> by hand ;-)
> Which car is this? IIRC, something like this is addressed by ESP (applying
> brakes to the spinning wheels) is it not?
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> > It so happened that as I got to the restaurant of my choice yesterday the
> > car park was full and so I decided I would make full use of Quattro to > park
> > by driving up onto a slope (about 12% steep) with only the two right > wheels
> > onto a grass fringe (wet with hail from a recent storm) while keeping the
> > two left wheels on the road's tarmac. I was pretty confident Quattro would
> > have no problem in driving up along the fringe for about 4 m so that the > car
> > was out of anyone's way. Well, I was totally disappointed to get a bitter
> > taste of the old days when we used to get stuck without Quattro. Still
> > refusing to believe this, I got out to check that there was enough > clearance
> > all the way up and there certainly was. Then I made sure the car did not
> > nosedive into the fringe. Everything was OK but the car still refused to
> > start off uphill. My only resort was to shily reverse onto the tarmac and
> > try to find a more traditional parking space.
> >
> > I was taken aback in such a way that on coming out of the family reunion
> > meal I asked both my father in his A6 2.5TDI Q and my brother-in-law in > his
> > 02 A4 1.8T Q (on winter tyres) to try the experiment, as they were telling
> > me it must have been a case of my EDL not working properly. Well, they got
> > the same identic result: the front right and rear right wheels kept > spinning
> > to no avail while the other two did not move an inch.
> >
> > My conclusion is that while Torsen works flawlessly, EDL (Electronic
> > Differential Lock) is no less than a big fiasco, at least when there is a
> > big difference in terms of surface friction coeficient between the two > sides
> > of the car alongside.
> >
> > I remember reading once that Jeep's Quadradrive and BMWs x systems had > been
> > the only ones to pass a certain traction test on rollers, while Quattro > and
> > the rest had failed, but I refused to believe this. However after this, I
> > think I'll have to warm up to better systems which have evolved with the > > times.
> >
> > A totally disappointed Quattro ex-believer,
> >
> > JP Roberts
> >
> >
>
>
Just press the ESP button, it turns off EDL