[V8] Snow Adventures...and trouble

Greg Furstenwerth slicerdicer at mac.com
Wed Dec 24 17:03:00 PST 2008


Ohh and forgot to note check ebay for your part thats how I found mine :)

Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
> ROFL!!! no seriously HAHAHA!!! I can sympathize.. my A8 broke a rim with
> the snow here :/
>
> I will give a link to the picture soon :)
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> Seamus O'Carey wrote:
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>> We've gotten a bunch of snow lately so I thought I'd see what it's like
>> having a quattro.  I think a good way to describe it is "unbelivable".  So
>> of course I then had to see how sideways it could get while still remaining
>> in control.  Again, UNBELIEVABLE!.
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>> ...until I hit a patch of bare pavement while going sideways, which broke
>> the bead on the front tire, making me actually not regain control of the
>> slide before I hit a curb.
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>> So, after getting the tire fixed, I noticed the steering wheel was off a
>> little.  I took it in for an alignment today only to find that I put a very
>> slight bend in the right rear knuckle (or upright, or whatever it's
>> called).  The guy was able to get it "close", but he had to adjust it all
>> the way out and it won't be right until I replace the bent part.
>>
>> What sucks is that the only person I know of who happens to be parting a V8
>> has already sold the part I need.  Anyone know of any other V8's being
>> parted?
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