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Subject: Re: [OM] OT Electronics on roads
From: Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:42:24 +0200
Yes, the Golf chassis is the basis for the TT as well as the new Beetle (my wife has a yellow one and it makes people smile). As for the A-class, I had a A190 for a while and it was amazing to drive. You could feel the computer correcting yours, the roads or the car's mistakes on corners - or so it seemed to me. I now have a ML270 4x4 which seems to have similar systems, although they are not as obvious.

Chris


I am not sure about the Golf, but I know the basic platform is the same as the
'new' VW Beetle.
No one has mentioned that the early TT's had a nasty tendency, at least in
Germany, to go flying off the road.
This was solved by installing electronic suspension control in the newer TT's; I believe that Audi was forced to retrofit the old TT's. The same sort of problem occurred with Mercedes A-series, that failed the famous 'Moose avoidance' test.
I must admit that, as an OM-1 enthusiast, I would not feel happy trusting my
roadholding to electronics......

Regards, Roger Key (ex-Morgan +4 and Porsche owner).
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