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You were incorrect due to saying that the high end Audi's and the Audi's that have the engines mounted longitudinally use a Haldex system. Only two lines in the US uses haldex and they are the lower line cars (A3, TT). Also only transversly mounted powertrained cars use Haldex (TT,A3). All other...

Is that in the rear differentail housing or in the transfer case?

Completely incorrect. Being an Audi Master Guild tech I can tell you Audi uses either a Haldex or a torson differential. So far only the TT quattro, and A3 quattro use Haldex (transverly mounted engines). All other Audi's use a torson differential to make them awd.S4's, RS4's, S6's, and S8's...

I've been all over the place car shopping. I've looked at almost every awd car out there (I work at an Audi dealer so I test drive those all the time). I've driven the MS6, spec B, S4's, 330xi's, IS250, C230, CLK320/350, Wrx's and Sti's, Evo's, Srt4's, and S60R's. The MS6 felt faster then the...

I could swear I read somewhere that they said the awd system is a Haldex which is were I got that from. Just to be clear I am not calling it that now. I looked over the sales brouchure again and it calls it an Active Torque distribution with a limited slip rear diff. In the brouchure they state...

All Sti's have that ability. It's the only Subaru model that has that though. On Sti's its called DCCD (driver controlled center differential). Wrx's, Evo's, LGT's, etc don't have this ability. In all reality its kind of a pointless feature. All subie dealers will tell you to keep in in auto...

Not exactly sure when it happened, but I believe they changed how they rate hp on cars. Like 06 Sti's were rated at 300hp, 07 they are rated at 293hp with no engine changes. So they are probably exactly the same amount of hp, just rated differently. 07 dropped two colors, Whitewater pearl...

An alignment only costs as much as the tech performing it. If they have a dedicated guy doing algnments or an apprentice and how much time they pay that tech. So if they put an hourly apprentice on it and he gets $15 an hour and takes 2hrs to do it, the dealer only pays $30 for the alignment and...

I never said they would. You said there was no way to prove it, I just showed you there is. By aggressive driving I mean taking sharp turns at a high rate of speed, hard acceleration, hard deceleration. Not racing per say.

Sure they can. If they take the car with the aftermarket wheels and check the alignment. Do a print out. Take a set of stock MS6 wheels install them on the car, make another print out. If the car is in specs with the stock wheels and not with the aftermarket ones, they just proved that the car...

Again when does warranty cover an alignment without the replacement of a suspension part regardless of aftermarket wheels? Most manufacturers don't cover alignments/adjustments after a certain time period/mileage.

BTW when has an alignment been a covered item without the warranty replacement of a suspension component? I know some manufacturers cover it for 6 months 6000 miles, does Mazda?

Cupping can also be caused by a few different ways. Certain tires are just plain garbage such as Pirelli's tend to cup badly. After time they almost go square. Also aggresive cornering can cause this due to putting more pressure on the tire edges. Rapid acceleration if done enough can also. Low...

Being in a small town I am sure you don't see a lot of cars like that so there is a good reason why that dealership has it. To get people in the door. It can sit there forever as long as people still come in to see it. While you are there they are going to try to sell you a Ford. Believe it or...

You didn't miss anything. I even posted a link to a MS6 window sticker were it even said the car was equiped with high performance summer tires. Sti's, Evo's, 911's, etc are all performance cars that don't come with all season tires. I haven't heard a customer come in with an RS4 complaining...

To me the MS6 was targeting the euro sports sedan market. It was aimed at going againist A4's, 325/330xi's, C230's. Problem is it fell a little short, but made that up with price. Yes it does go up againist some of the american stuff too. If Mazda wanted to make it more of a generic car they...

I don't agree with any of this statement. The name alone states it to be more of an enthusiast car then a luxury car. Mazdaspeed6. It isn't marketed as a luxury car. It is marketed as a sports sedan though. Just because it is awd also doesn't mean it is meant to be the ultimate snow car either...

First off it says directly on the window sticker "Mazdaspeed6 unique 18inch alloy wheels with 215/45/18 High Performance Summer Tires." http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/vlPrintVehicle.action?vtype=NEW under exterior That alone takes all responsiblity off the dealership and Mazda. I am also sure...

I don't understand why everyone automatically went to they should by it back? Did you even ask for some sort of compensation or did they offer it to you? I don't work for Mazda or any Mazda dealership, but its not like the dealer and corperate aren't trying to make things right or denying...

I was refering to this post more then your particular case. In your case the axle should not have broken. Your theory of how the awd system works is incorrect though. Most of the time your car is a basic fwd car. WHen it detects slippage it engages the rear diff. At most you will get a 50% bias...