Kris Hansen

My friend 'Bahn Burner and I decided to take the A6 this year, and it was a great decision! The car handled all of our stuff, as well as the incredible mileage without skipping a beat.

We covered over 2500 miles in less than 40 hours, filled it up 7 times.

We left my house in Vermont at around 4pm on Thursday, and arrived in Braselton at around 9:30 am on Friday.

Then after the race (well, half of a race) we left Braselton at around 6:30pm, and arrived at my house at around 12:30.

We had one scare, with about 3 hours left of our trip, something in the left front suspension made an incredible bang. I pulled off to inspect the car, and saw nothing out of the ordinary. The control arms were all fine, everything seemed great, but there was a distinct clanging when the tire fell into a hole, but not if it went over a bump.

Finally, after unloading everyting at home and seeing 'Bahn Burner off, I pulled the car into the garage, and lo and behold, the coil spring broke, about 1/4 coil from the bottom. Amazing.

So, I guess it's time for some new springs for the old girl. =)

4Driver4

Race?

MikeLancaster

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Grapeking

Heck of a trip....what springs are you replacing it with?

Kris Hansen

Yeah, it is just too much time in the car for me. Next year, I'm flying.

I'm just going to replace the one broken spring with an OEM spring.