Trying to break an Audi allroad in half

So I go away for what I thought was a relaxing Easter weekend on a farm in the Cederberg with some friends. Turns out the farmer is a 4x4 buff and has laid out a challenging technical course... He was very keen to see what my allroad could do - and so was I!
Unfortunately I was too busy driving and trying to keep up with him to get much footage, but for this obstacle I asked the farmer's neighbour to video me going into and out of a ditch to test suspension and traction control...
I struggled on some of the slow steep sandy sections (wrong tyres!) but was pleased a couple of days later when he had some visitors from the Cape Town Landrover Club - and they couldn't do those sections either!
Well I did read somewhere that the Audi allroad is the only all-wheel drive "softroader" that has successfully completed the Landrover proving grounds course...

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• audi
• allroad
• 2.7i
• 4x4
• offroad
• offroading
• extreme driving

[nousernamesification]

how is this quattro? :D only one wheel spins, is it broken or what

[bokkeman123]

@nousernamesification The Audi quattro traction control is what they call "destructive traction control" - it sends power to all the wheels all the time, but if the ESP traction control circuitry detects that one (or more) of the wheels are spinning faster than the others (i.e. they have lost traction) then it will apply the ABS brakes on that/those wheels. It's a constant process of searching/adapting which is why you'll see a wheel spin for a bit, then stop spinning.

[bokkeman123]

@nousernamesification Also, this explains why the cameraman was laughing: I was saying from the driver's seat that the traction control is ON and that therefore the rear wheel that was in the air should not be spinning - but clearly it was (slowly). The ESP must keep sending power to a wheel even when it has detected that it has lost traction - otherwise how would it know when that wheel has gained traction again?

[Levibetz]

Look at the shitty old ford that had already made it through there hahaha you don't need 50k to go off roading.

[bokkeman123]

@Levibetz Yes, but does that old Ford have all the modern conveniences? Can it cruise at 200km/h? Can it raise/lower its suspension and, most importantly, does it have cup-holders??

[honeybearlove65]

@bokkeman123 the answer to all those questions are yes and yes, also that's with the v6 that gets 22 mpg on the highway, also they have the raptor, that would have flown over this little drop at 130 mph

[bokkeman123]

@honeybearlove65 OK honeybear, this was never intended to be an "audi is better than ford" discussion. I was replying to Levibetz's specific reference to the farmer's clapped out old Ford pickup. And I half hoped that my reference to the supreme importance of Cup Holders would make it clear that my tongue was firmly in my cheek. Lesson learned: subtlety is wasted in online forums - especially youtube comment threads!

BTW this Audi's twin turbo V6 puts out 184kW and gets 20mpg

[AdventureRider]

Amazing that you can still open de door and close it again, very stiff body. Good work by Audi.

[iamlegend789]

@nousernamesification its called a differential lol look them up :P

[altern8ive]

there are folk on here who could show you far more entertaining ways to break one of these in half...

[GPatuleiaMarques]

@bmwfan4lyfe No it's not.

[RAP1073]

crazy vid but good

russia guys

[ArabicJewHunter]

@authmax i agree entirely

[authmaax]

audi 4x4 is so bad for off-road. its mainly to street driving with snow and ice conditions.

[Lofote]

@USAFadrenalineJunkie Naaah, not as clever as you, don't worry ;)...

[USAFadrenalineJunkie]

@Lofote do you feel clever?

[Lofote]

@USAFadrenalineJunkie Where will your Subaru take it ;)? ... (And who does care, what _you_ take *lol*?)