Audi RS6 Crash, lucky driver

Blayde · March 3rd, 2007, 03:22 PM

From Jalopnik

Quote:

No, it wasn't a two-car crash. That's a single, formerly pristine ABT-tuned Audi RS6 that was catastrophically bent by one of nature's stoutest. It was likely traveling at about eleventy miles an hour when it left the road. Apparently, the driver says wheels got light and he lost control. Here's part of the account from RS6.com:

What you see is what you get, i.e. there was no cutting of the vehicle prior to the pictures being taken. It is my brother-in-law that you see holding the mobile phone, he honestly doesn't know the speed that he was going at but wasn't near as fast as he has done in the past on that particular part of the road.

Damn, that's some good karma. He must have saved like a million plague victims in a former life.

http://www.jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2007/03/medium_407982128_9b96d0547b_o.jpg

http://www.jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2007/03/medium_407982184_666e7f5ba6_o.jpg

http://www.jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2007/03/medium_407982056_cd08e631a3_o.jpg

http://www.jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2007/03/medium_407982090_a7ea1e9480_o.jpg

CRUD!

Bigger pics here

jayhawk · March 3rd, 2007, 03:29 PM

Wow, all that damage from a weeny, 20 year old tree.

D-Fence · March 3rd, 2007, 03:36 PM

We own such a non-Rs A6...damn....won´t tell my passengers images/smilies/wink.gif

evans · March 3rd, 2007, 04:13 PM

That is absolutely madness!

Poor Audi as well - RIP.

YF19pilot · March 3rd, 2007, 04:22 PM

Truely a driver's car...as a passenger would've been creamed in that....

Lucky bastard...

Cobol74 · March 3rd, 2007, 04:39 PM

Well the air bags deployed then, proof if it were needed of the efficacy of air bags!

GraemeH · March 3rd, 2007, 04:39 PM

The driver what, walked away? Or was he still badly injured?

Pretty conclusively destroyed car.

Blayde · March 3rd, 2007, 04:41 PM

Barely scratched he was.

GraemeH · March 3rd, 2007, 04:45 PM

I just noticed in the second picture, the underfloor wiring is still connecting the front and back of the car.

By Audi for well built electronics.

NAIDANAC A · March 3rd, 2007, 04:57 PM

What is "eleventy miles an hour"

And wow he is lucky. The entire driver area is fine.

Blayde · March 3rd, 2007, 05:02 PM

Eleventy - Term used to define a great speed usually more so than the limit of surrounding road, ie, damn fast

Donington · March 3rd, 2007, 05:46 PM

That'll beat right out. Shit!

bartboy9891 · March 3rd, 2007, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blayde

Barely scratched he was.

But it looks like the tree is bandaged up. images/smilies/tongue.gif

Imagine crashing and then wondering where in the hell the rest of your car went.

justvisiting · March 3rd, 2007, 06:25 PM

imagine sitting in that drivers seat.. watching your entire car rip to shreds around you, while you sit there with an airbag in your face.. this guy must have had some kind of crazy invisible forcefield to survive that. good for him though.

Donington · March 3rd, 2007, 06:47 PM

And to think I thought crashing like that and surviving was impossible. The Audi driver even went one further and split the front in half too!

countvlad · March 3rd, 2007, 07:19 PM

Well they do mean it when they say its a drivers car.
The tree is'nt even damaged to speak off.

watto · March 3rd, 2007, 08:35 PM

Wow. That is absolutely insane and just sheer bloody luck!!

Can't believe how well the driver's side of it held up.

Derek · March 3rd, 2007, 08:38 PM

Can I have the rims and brake discs?

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anTo · March 3rd, 2007, 08:39 PM

the audi's in a better place now images/smilies/blink.gif

Salar · March 3rd, 2007, 09:08 PM

Holy crap.

That's a miracle he came out alive. Hell, you can even take out that driver's seat and use it again. lol

March 3rd, 2007, 03:29 PM	#2
jayhawk Cigar Smoking Man Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 02:04 AM Location: A-Town, Illinois. Age: 33 Posts: 5,121 Car: MY07 G11 WRX-TR WRB. Rep Power: 92	Wow, all that damage from a weeny, 20 year old tree. __________________ It is nice to have friends like you on this forum. dawn patrol on hungry hate...the mouse police never sleeps.

March 3rd, 2007, 04:13 PM	#4
evans Joined: Jun 30th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 273 Rep Power: 15	That is absolutely madness! Poor Audi as well - RIP. __________________ "But no car I’ve ever driven has a cockometer, a dial that shows how much of a penis you look as you drive from place to place." - Jeremy Clarkson

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YF19pilot Joined: Apr 15th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Navarre, FL Age: 24 Posts: 1,947 Car: 1990 Volvo 740 GL LFS Status: Rep Power: 19	Truely a driver's car...as a passenger would've been creamed in that.... Lucky bastard... __________________

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Cobol74 Joined: Mar 21st, 2006 Last Online: 07:45 AM Location: Southampton Posts: 6,221 Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58	Well the air bags deployed then, proof if it were needed of the efficacy of air bags! __________________

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GraemeH Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: 12:17 PM Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 1,898 Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 22	The driver what, walked away? Or was he still badly injured? Pretty conclusively destroyed car. __________________

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D-Fence Ibiza-Proll Joined: Apr 2nd, 2006 Last Online: 01:57 PM Location: Germany Posts: 2,404 Car: SEAT Ibiza LPG ;) Rep Power: 69	We own such a non-Rs A6...damn....won´t tell my passengers

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Blayde Joined: Dec 20th, 2004 Last Online: 01:23 PM Location: Bahrain Posts: 2,008 Car: '02 Nissan X-Trail, '06 Honda Civic EXi Rep Power: 58	Barely scratched he was. __________________ Some say he migrated when fuel hit 4 pounds per gallon and that he can make 'special price' for you. All we know is, he's the Stig's Arab cousin; Al-Stig!

March 3rd, 2007, 04:45 PM	#9
GraemeH Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: 12:17 PM Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 1,898 Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 22	I just noticed in the second picture, the underfloor wiring is still connecting the front and back of the car. By Audi for well built electronics. __________________

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NAIDANAC A Joined: May 30th, 2006 Last Online: 05:58 PM Location: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Age: 18 Posts: 2,365 Car: 94 Caravan (Dad - 07 Saturn Sky) Rep Power: 17	What is "eleventy miles an hour" And wow he is lucky. The entire driver area is fine. __________________

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Blayde Joined: Dec 20th, 2004 Last Online: 01:23 PM Location: Bahrain Posts: 2,008 Car: '02 Nissan X-Trail, '06 Honda Civic EXi Rep Power: 58	Eleventy - Term used to define a great speed usually more so than the limit of surrounding road, ie, damn fast __________________ Some say he migrated when fuel hit 4 pounds per gallon and that he can make 'special price' for you. All we know is, he's the Stig's Arab cousin; Al-Stig!

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Donington Joined: Jan 26th, 2007 Last Online: 01:29 PM Location: Straight outta London, Englandshire Posts: 2,932 Car: "Napoleon" Rep Power: 50	That'll beat right out. Shit!

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justvisiting Joined: Jun 1st, 2005 Last Online: 03:44 PM Location: california and boston Age: 22 Posts: 272 Car: e46 bmw Rep Power: 15	imagine sitting in that drivers seat.. watching your entire car rip to shreds around you, while you sit there with an airbag in your face.. this guy must have had some kind of crazy invisible forcefield to survive that. good for him though.

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Donington Joined: Jan 26th, 2007 Last Online: 01:29 PM Location: Straight outta London, Englandshire Posts: 2,932 Car: "Napoleon" Rep Power: 50	And to think I thought crashing like that and surviving was impossible. The Audi driver even went one further and split the front in half too!

March 3rd, 2007, 07:19 PM	#16
countvlad Thread bumper from hell Joined: Feb 3rd, 2007 Last Online: April 17th, 2007 Location: A magical place Posts: 20 Car: Magic Carpet Rep Power: 0	Well they do mean it when they say its a drivers car. The tree is'nt even damaged to speak off. __________________

March 3rd, 2007, 08:35 PM	#17
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: January 7th, 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,412 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Wow. That is absolutely insane and just sheer bloody luck!! Can't believe how well the driver's side of it held up.

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