[s-cars] Audi TT accident

[Fred Munro]

On a winter trip across Canada I watched my brother (driving just ahead of
me) lose control on black ice and slide his '61 Austin Healy Sprite
completely under the transport trailer he was trying to pass. He went in and
out 3 times before he got it under control and continued on past the truck.
I figured he was dead each time. He said afterwards all he could see in the
rear-view mirror was huge wheels and he was chanting to himself "stay on the
gas, stay on the gas, stay off the brakes".

Not a recommended practice, kids don't try this at home.

MAC - I was driving a '63 Volkswagen bug, not an Audi :)

Fred Munro
'94 S4
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Ingo Rautenberg
Sent: March 20, 2006 4:56 PM
To: Steve Powers; Robert Rossato
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Audi TT accident


In any case, if you find yourself in such an unfortunate situation -- duck!!

Ingo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Powers" <sbpowers at gmail.com>
To: "Robert Rossato" <r0ssat0_987 at att.net>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Audi TT accident


anyone who watches 'Fear Factor' knows that a Camaro can fit under a
trailer. Not sure how high they are these days in relations to a
'normal' Audi. My point is that there's more room beneath a semi than
one might think.

Steve Powers

On 3/20/06, Robert Rossato <r0ssat0_987 at att.net> wrote:
> Who knows if Audi or the dealership will try to milk this on PR
> standpoint, but in any other Audi, or any other normal height car for
> that matter, he probably would have been a goner or at least seriously
> injured.  He's lucky the car was low enough to get pushed under the
> trailer rather than be squished between the trailer and the jersey
> barrier.
>
> Bob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kent McLean
> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:51 PM
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Audi TT accident
> >
> >
> > Lee Levitt wrote:
> > > And I'll bet that AoA takes care of him on a replacement car!
> >
> > The day of the accident, after I posted it here, I sent an email to
> > auditalk at audi.com to alert them of the marketing opportunity.
> > I even got a reply thanking me. :)
> >
> > --
> > Kent McLean
> > '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> > '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
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