Audi 100 C3 owners manual page 90

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VEHICLE OPERATION Remember that the ABS deactivates Operating and driving hints automatically every time you lock the Off-Road driv ing Traveling on dry roads differential. The Audi 100 quattro is not an off-road When traveling on dry roads, your Audi vehicle as it does not have enough On wet roads, do not drive your Audi 100 ground clearance. 100 quattro does not drive differently than .other vcles wehiith front wheel quattro too fast as the front wheels may However, on bad roads, sand, gravel or drive. With the permanent all-wheel drive, start hydroplaning without warning which snow, the four wheel drive enables the may cause you to lose control resulting in the engine power is transmitted to the Audi 100 quattro to go where other vehi- road most efficiently. serious personal injury. cles would get stuck. This is made pos- Do not drive too fast on wet roads. Al-sible by the permanent drive to all four The differential lock is not needed and ways adjust your speed according to should not be engaged. road and traffic conditions. wheels and by the self-locking center dif- ferential which distributes the engine po- Traveling on wet and slippery roads WARNING wer between the four wheels for optimum traction even in very bad road conditions. The permanent all-wheel drives transmits Always maintain a sale driving speed, especially when road and wea-Therefore, it is not normally necessary to the engine power efficiently to the road, engage the rear differential lock. The rear even on relatively slippery surfaces. ther conditio ns are poor. differential lock should only be engaged if Excessive driving speed on very The self-locking center differential distri- the vehicle is in danger of getting stuck, wet roads can cause hydroplaning butes the engine power to the axles ac- or to get the vehicle moving again if it is and loss of vehicle control. cording to the grip on each of the four stuck. Although the brakes on the Audi wheels and gives optimum traction even on very bad roads. 100 quattro are very effective, the bra- king ability is limited by the contact If the vehicle should ever get stuck, the between your tires and the road. The rear differential can be locked to help the braking ability also is not better than car get moving again. Once the vehicle is that of a standard two-wheel drive ve- moving, the rear differential lock will auto-hicle. Therefore, do not drive fast on slippery roads and do not be misled matically switch itself off as soon as the by the acceler ation ability of your car. vehicle reaches a speed of 15 mph or 25 km/h. 88

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