Re: Good News...

[Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>]

Lee Levitt wrote:
> 
> "Al Powell" <apowell@agcom.tamu.edu> wrote:
>
> >Last night an inattentive lady let her car creep up into our 1990
> >200's rear bumper with a "thump".  My wife exchanged insurance info,
> >etc. then went home.  Checked it this AM - not ONE visible mark, and
> >on getting underneath, no visible evidence that either hydraulic
> >support had been compressed.
> >
> >End of incident.
> >
> >Score one for Audi's very nice rear bumper!!  (Actually, this has
> >happened before with similar results, so it should be a score of
> >two.)
> >
> Um, actually, this has happened twice to my wife's 1990 200 as well, the
> first time with me driving. The impact did put slight scratches in the top
> of the cover as the hydraulic supports gave and pushed back. The second
> time my wife was driving and neglected to exchange info, but I couldn't
> find evidence of damage...
> 
> What is it about 200s? :)

Three years ago a grandpa rearended my 200 in broad daylight, in the middle of a 
bright-red traffic light. Not a scratch on the RR bumper, not a wrinkle on the 
trunk floor. The grandpa was driving an '70sh Town Car, mind you.

Two years ago a 16 y/o rearended my 200 in broad daylight, in the middle of a 
bright-red traffic light. The 200 RR bumper got a 15x1mm spherical identation 
from the head of the bolt, that held a *Nascar* vanity plate on the kid's 
Chebby. The Corsica lost it's front bumper, the grille and a headlight.

Up to this day I did not even bother to touch up the RR bumper.
Really, what is it about 200s? :)

-- 
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ - already in the port of entry (Boston). Any day now.
Philadelphia, PA
USA