Audi A8 starter replacement now a moot issue

[Vincent Gelinas]

Another advantage to those shock tubes is that the front end can nasally be
unbolted from them, giving you decently easy access to the front of the
engine (where the timing belt, water pump, etc reside). At least that's
true on the D2 A8. I'm not fortunate enough to have owned one newer than
that.
On Apr 27, 2013 1:26 AM, "Mark Rosenkrantz" <speedracer.mark at gmail.com>
wrote:

> One of the first things I noticed when we purchased our new A8 was the
> obviousness of the front impact zone in the structure.  There were
> basically bolted tubes between the "frame" and the lock carrier (rad
> support/front end).  Clearly any frontal crash was going to be transferred
> to the front of the engine.
>
> Glad all will be OK in the end.
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz
> Typos sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:24 PM, DeWitt Harrison <dewitt635 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My recent questions about r&r of the starter on a D2 A8, and the helpful
> > info the q-list has provided, have suddenly become unnecessary. The car
> in
> > question hit a deer head-on at 75 mph yesterday between Helena and Great
> > Falls, Montana. My brother was driving and is ok but the poor car's front
> > end was smashed back into the engine, taking out much of the ancillary
> > stuff like belt driven items, timing belt cover and so on. Even so, the
> air
> > bags did not deploy. 4,000 lbs of car verses 150 lbs of deer. The deer
> > essentially exploded; not many identifiable body parts to be found, I'm
> > told. At least it was quick. My brother said the hard part was trying to
> > see though a smashed windshield and buckled hood to safely stop and pull
> > off to the shoulder.
> >
> > Anyway, State Farm is about to own it. If anyone in Montana would like an
> > A8 parts car ...
> >
> > Sad.
> >
> > DeWitt
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