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Audi Winter Driving Experience (photos)

A glimpse of what it's like to learn to drive the Audi A8 TDI quattro on ice during Audi's Intensive Training course.

Liane Yvkoff
Liane Yvkoff is a freelance writer who blogs about cars for CNET Car Tech. E-mail Liane.
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The Audi Winter Driving Experience Intensive Training is taught in Seefeld, Austria. Other sessions are held throughout the year in Sweden and Finland.
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The training grounds is a flooded pasture that's been turned into an ice track. Vehicles are equipped with studded tires for extra grip on the slick surfaces.
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The interior of the Audi A8 TDI quattro training vehicle
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Getting ready for a training exercise.
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Audi certified driving instructor Rolf Volland giving the green light to go.
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Learning to slalom on ice.
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Students are taught to induce load balance shifts to pivot around cones.
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Powerslides, 360-degree drifts, and high speed lane change and ABS braking on ice are skills drivers will learn in this two-day course.
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Day 1 winds down with a game of Kesselschiessen, a cross between curling and bowling.
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Dinner at the Kracherlemoos in the village.
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Practicing high speed lane changes. The lights on the dash-mounted device inform the driver into which lane he should change.
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During the high speed ABS braking exercise, this device records the reaction time and and stopping distance. Students reach speeds up to 60 kmh.
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Learning to powerslide in the Audi A8 TDI quattro.
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Instructor Rolf Volland provided feedback after each turn at the wheel.
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At the end of the second day, students test their skills on a small autocross circuit.

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