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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 10:58 AM
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Today I did one of the dumbest things you could do as a driver, drive over a curb. It was a little curb, but still a curb, and now I'm paranoid about damage. I've driven over curbs many times in my old car and it never seemed to hurt it, but there's a lot more stuff on my Audi then there was on my Dodge.

Anyways, I looked under the car and didn't notice any unusual drips. Just the usual A/C condensation. I noticed this green stuff on the back suspension parts and have no idea what it is and if it's normal. Is it? Is there anything else in particular I should look for?

This pictures were taken from the right rear of the car.
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P.S. - In picture #2, the bigger puddle towards the front end of the car is from the A/C, the smaller puddle may be from rain (it just rained and wasn't completely dry out yet). But assuming it wasn't from rain, what is in that general area that may be leaking?
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:03 AM
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Is the green stuff wet? it looks like spray paint. might be something left over from assembly.
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:04 AM
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Default Are you sure that hasn't always been there? It doesn't go straight down, so it doesn't really look

like something dripping out. Sometimes they use yellow colored greasy stuff on car parts
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:06 AM
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forgot to say I don't know if it has been there always (never looked)
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:07 AM
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Just went and looked at 4 A4s and 2 S4s... 4 of the cars have paint there
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:11 AM
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thanks! hopefully everything else is fine
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:12 AM
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I think that's normal.You should check the other side as well-if there are markings in the same area
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:13 AM
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No problem.. just make sure your wheels are okay. =) And watch out for curb..especially granite ones
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:16 AM
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Default lol! wheels are fine since I hit it from almost head on, good thing car is AWD because

I would have been stuck if it was a FWD! I tried to reserve back over but it was no go! I would have felt like a total jackass if I was stuck there
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 11:18 AM
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Try driving over a big concrete chunk at 45mph with a slammed A4 :\
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