Using quattro system in reverse?

[Gio G]

So, reversing the A6 quattro this morning up the drive. Noticed that only the rear wheels were moving, as they were slipping on the snow and ice.. Therefore raises the question whether quattro drive works in reverse? or only available in forward gears.. What am I doing wrong?

Anyone know?

[Seez]

Not sure of the technical reasons for this, but it probably has something to do with the electronic diffs,what year is your A6? The early ones had more simple systems than new ones, maybe the power is being transfered around automatically as the car tries and works out what is going on prefering the rear wheels to lose traction over the fronts?

[Fidgits]

are you sure it wasnt just the rear wheels slipping vs the fronts actually gripping due to the weight being over them?

[Gio G]

Seez said:

Not sure of the technical reasons for this, but it probably has something to do with the electronic diffs,what year is your A6? The early ones had more simple systems than new ones, maybe the power is being transfered around automatically as the car tries and works out what is going on prefering the rear wheels to lose traction over the fronts?

It is a brand new A6. Pretty sure just the rears were driving.. It is quite strange..

[hman]

were both wheels slipping or just one, I saw another quattro doing the same getting ihs car off the drive, one wheel spinning only though.

My quattro is the mutts nuts forwards or backwards in the snow, just been out powersliding and donuting - not something you see an A6 doing daily!

[Seez]

We have no snow here at all and it was icy yesterday so had a bit of fun in my quattro also, you soon realise that quattro doesnt help you stop at all! but will get you going in pretty much most conditions, although the reason I like it is in the wet.

[Gio G]

hman said:

were both wheels slipping or just one, I saw another quattro doing the same getting ihs car off the drive, one wheel spinning only though.

My quattro is the mutts nuts forwards or backwards in the snow, just been out powersliding and donuting - not something you see an A6 doing daily!

Just the one wheel was slipping and the rest of the wheels were not moving and the car had no traction..

[AdrianR]

Unless you have differential locks or a limited slip differential (LSD), one spinning wheel will always rob power from the others. This applies even to 4WD. Some ESP programs counter this by braking the spinning wheel, but don't necessarily work at low speeds or in reverse.

Best tip is usually to keep revs down, be gentle on clutch and try to pull away without any wheelspin. If you are in a dip, rock backwards and forwards building up momemtum until you can move.

AdrianR

[Dilligaf10]

hman said:

My quattro is the mutts nuts forwards or backwards in the snow, just been out powersliding and donuting - not something you see an A6 doing daily!

Psssht!!!

My A8L was playing earlier as well!

[hman]

you'd have got your a8L wedged where I was playing;)