My reckless driving = costly repairs?
Long story short, I spun out at a fairly high rate of speed and slammed my left rear wheel into a large curb causing severe gouging and slight warping of the wheel. Not only this, but it seems as though the wheel is now mounted crooked and it feels slightly loose when I pull on it. It may be unrelated, but my car now has an intermittent squeaking noise when moving, sounds kinda' like warped rotors.
Wheel replacement is a given, but my other questions are,
what kind of damage is likely?
what kind of damage is possible?
what are all the things I should thoroughly inspect, and what exactly should I be looking for?
Wheel replacement is a given, but my other questions are,
what kind of damage is likely?
what kind of damage is possible?
what are all the things I should thoroughly inspect, and what exactly should I be looking for?
I spun my FWD at 40 and walked away needing an aligment (and putting 2 kinks in the drivers side wheels, loosing the plastic skid plate, scuffing the oil pan, and actually denting the underbody, all of which is still working to this day) My steering wheel looked like this when driving straight:
So just do what I did, spend a day looking over your car (take the wheels off, look at bolts, nuts, anything really) and see what you come up with. Might even help to get a tape measure and check driver/pass sides for spacing consistency

So just do what I did, spend a day looking over your car (take the wheels off, look at bolts, nuts, anything really) and see what you come up with. Might even help to get a tape measure and check driver/pass sides for spacing consistency
Last edited by Msnickbroderick; Sep 2, 2010 at 02:02 AM.
ImtheDevil is 100% right. You probably really messed up everything. I would try to get that stuff from a Junk Yard if Possible. Why did you mess up a nice car? Your suppose to do that when you are young and dumb. Take care of your Audi and it will take care of you.
What no these cars are dead solid when it comes to wrecking its mostly a bent arm i have been in a bad acident hitting 2 curbs at 60 and the car still drives straight i bent the arms so bad the wheel pointed the opposite direction
I did a lot of reckless things due to the prescription drugs I was on at the time. I'm off them now, but I have too many other things I need to take care of right now, so my car will have to wait until I get the time and ambition to work on it. I just bought another vehicle so I can still get around until I fix my Audi.
Last edited by a2thy; Oct 14, 2010 at 01:40 AM.
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