My car must hate me.
02-17-2009, 04:01 PM
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My car must hate me.
Between my TT and my Elantra, I have a combined 12 years and 120+K miles of no-incident driving. The only body damage to either car (knock on wood) was caused by a woman backing into the Hyundai while it was parked at work. In 2 years (anniversary was February 9) and less than 20K miles in the RS 4, however, it's gotten a new rear bumper and Milltek exhaust thanks to my not noticing a bollard at a gas station, and this morning I rear-ended an F150 who panic stopped on I-64 due to construction traffic. No airbags, but the hood and front bumper were destroyed, and it was leaking coolant.
As an aside, I was on my way to the Audi dealer in Charleston, WV, for service, but Audi roadside assistance insisted on having it towed to a body shop in Columbus, OH, instead. The Charleston dealer has its own body shop, so I wonder what that says about them. Not that I'm complaining--I have more faith in MAG in Columbus than the local dealer anyway for whatever mechanical damage I caused. The tech the local dealer sent with me to diagnose the suspension click last year couldn't hear it over the "supercharger whine."
tl;dr: I run my RS 4 into stuff quite often.
As an aside, I was on my way to the Audi dealer in Charleston, WV, for service, but Audi roadside assistance insisted on having it towed to a body shop in Columbus, OH, instead. The Charleston dealer has its own body shop, so I wonder what that says about them. Not that I'm complaining--I have more faith in MAG in Columbus than the local dealer anyway for whatever mechanical damage I caused. The tech the local dealer sent with me to diagnose the suspension click last year couldn't hear it over the "supercharger whine."
tl;dr: I run my RS 4 into stuff quite often.
02-17-2009, 04:26 PM
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Thanks, I appreciate it.
Seems like less bad luck and more bad brains. 
While I was waiting off the road for the tow truck today, I did notice what a nice stance the car had with the Stasis suspension, though!
While I was waiting off the road for the tow truck today, I did notice what a nice stance the car had with the Stasis suspension, though!
02-17-2009, 05:04 PM
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Oh ****
I had two Accents while I was in college. The first one was totaled in a wreck similar to today's, except I was rear-ended by a pickup. Quite the coincidence.
Now 'scuse me while I look for some 4-leaf clovers or something...
Now 'scuse me while I look for some 4-leaf clovers or something...
