snow sucks....
snow sucks....
so we finially got the snow ive been waiting for... and cause ive never driven an awd car in the snow before.... i made a turn at about 10mph from a dead stop... and slid sideways i mean completely sideways and my back end smacked a tree. tore off the rear bumper and broke my tail light... also i have a dent in the side... so i hate snow and my life.. kthxbye
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,503
From: Illi-noice
^^^ "body kits" and aftermarket tails= fail.. OEM FTW
Sucks dude. Cant be too confident either, our Quattro's do part of the job, the rest is up to skill and experience. 11" in the Chi and i I've been driving the f--k outta my car.
Sucks dude. Cant be too confident either, our Quattro's do part of the job, the rest is up to skill and experience. 11" in the Chi and i I've been driving the f--k outta my car.
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,503
From: Illi-noice
^^^ "body kits" and aftermarket tails= fail.. OEM FTW
Sucks dude. Cant be too confident either, our Quattro's do part of the job, the rest is up to skill and experience. 11" in the Chi and i I've been driving the f--k outta my car.
Sucks dude. Cant be too confident either, our Quattro's do part of the job, the rest is up to skill and experience. 11" in the Chi and i I've been driving the f--k outta my car.
dang Jc you're havin a rough week lol. I agree with euro_2nr. Very rarely does a body kit look good on anything, let alone an audi. I'm sure there are enough guys parting out cars that you'll be able to get a bumper and some new tails. good luck man, keep your head up!
the quattro handles good in the snow.. but it was kind of the cause for the whole thing.. when i made the left.. the rear started to swing out to the right so i hit the brake and turned to the right... then it swung out to the left. so again still on the brake turned to the left. and when it was to what i thought staight, i gave it a little gas and the rear swung out and banged a tree... so in my mind i died... looked in my mirror and didnt notice anything i thought i got lucky... turns out... NOPE. i pulled over a little while down to see i am missing a part of my tail light and my bumper is ripped off, so i turned around and went back to pick everything up... the bumper is in one piece to it couldnt fit in my car. i didnt even care at this point so i threw it in the back seat and it was just about 4 inches to long. so i took it out. and chucked it off to the side.. ill have to get it later... the dent looks like some one headbutted my car.. i called my mom the instant i saw my rear end.. and she said i knew u were gona say that... so she texted my dad he called me i told him what happened all he cared about was the damage... which really isnt that bad... just a dent tail light and bumper.. they both didnt seem pissed at all... im just glad i didnt hit anything head on... or another car...
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Bay Area, CA
did you pop the clutch at like 4 grand or something? the last couple days have been my first in the snow with the audi and its been a champ. ive lost control once, but that was while drifting in the ski resort parking lot on an unlevel surface. honestly, these cars handle as well as a 4wd SUV, if not better because of the lower center of gravity. i think you should go screw around in an empty lot or something and get some handles on the car, that way you know the points where it WILL break away and lose control..and youll know not to push it past those points on surface streets/highways/whatever
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Warsaw, IN
You need to go to a big open parking lot like I did. Make sure its really icy too so that you can get a good feel of how they act when you have no more control so you can learn to get control back. The best thing to do is usually to stay in the throttle a tiny bit but mostly off of it and then steer right where you want to go and keep it aimed there. I've managed to go around an entire gas station w/ the nose straight at the station while i was going around haha.
Last edited by somebody5788; Dec 19, 2008 at 01:16 PM.
You need to go to a big open parking lot like I did. Make sure its really icy too so that you can get a good feel of how they act when you have no more control so you can learn to get control back. The best thing to do is usually to stay in the throttle a tiny bit but mostly off of it and then steer right where you want to go and keep it aimed there. I've managed to go around an entire gas station w/ the nose straight at the station while i was going around haha.
did you pop the clutch at like 4 grand or something? the last couple days have been my first in the snow with the audi and its been a champ. ive lost control once, but that was while drifting in the ski resort parking lot on an unlevel surface. honestly, these cars handle as well as a 4wd SUV, if not better because of the lower center of gravity. i think you should go screw around in an empty lot or something and get some handles on the car, that way you know the points where it WILL break away and lose control..and youll know not to push it past those points on surface streets/highways/whatever
and if i go aftermarket bumper.. most likely a euro s4 rear
Last edited by Jc61990; Dec 19, 2008 at 01:29 PM.