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Old 05-12-2010, 09:43 PM   #1
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Default Germany, loose truck tyre impacts Audi; pic

Alerted by a mate on FB, thought it worth posting here. Damage is interesting.
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A truck tyre came adrift on the B1 on Friday afternoon and damaged an oncoming Audi. The Audi is a write-off but the driver got off with only slight injuries and was released from the clinic in Detmold after treatment.
You can enlarge the picture - do so:-)
http://www.nw-news.de/owl/4048918_Lk...1_in_Audi.html

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Old 05-12-2010, 09:54 PM   #2
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Surely thats the complete rim and tyre, not simply the tyre?
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Old 05-12-2010, 09:55 PM   #3
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lol, google has some translation issues with that site... its easier to understand in german.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:01 PM   #4
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Hmm thats not a big truck wheel maybe off of a 10tonner?Also it looks a little bald.
But what it did to the car is unreal remind me to never buy an Audi if they're that fragile.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:08 PM   #5
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But what it did to the car is unreal remind me to never buy an Audi if they're that fragile.
What a stupid comment.
ANY car would look the same if it was hit by a truck tyre in that spot.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:38 PM   #6
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What a stupid comment.
ANY car would look the same if it was hit by a truck tyre in that spot.
Agreed, it'd be like hitting a light post at speed, except the front/engine (i.e. crumple zones) wasn't there to absorb impact.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:42 PM   #7
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What a stupid comment.
ANY car would look the same if it was hit by a truck tyre in that spot.
You obviously don't understand sarcasm!! What a stupid comment.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:25 PM   #8
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Years ago the spare tyre from a tip truck broke loose and crashed into a car killing the driver just outside of town here. It wasnt pretty at all
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:57 PM   #9
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Mein Gott! Very lucky to get out of that one.

Even more brutal than when Lowndes's car copped the tyre at Bathurst in 05?
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wow thats nasty, the bloke was lucky to survive, i shudder to think what would have happened if it had of been an au with the huge front windscreen.
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