Crash. Or, I've toured the farmlands....

[Audial <Audial@aol.com>]

It happened.  It's over.  This American _is_ stupid.  I take it all back.  I
can't believe it. I wish I were dead, but apparently it ain't gonna happen. 

Osman Parvez wrote to me the first thing I read tonight after getting back:

> About 1.5 years ago I sent in a poem about a engine breaking down again,
> and the pain associated with it.  I got exactly one response which said 
> something to the effect of...Hey what are you NUTZ?  You WILL invoke the
> wrath of the Audi Gods.

WHY DIDN'T YOU SEND THAT MESSAGE EIGHT HOURS AGO?!?!?!

Sorry, it's not your fault, I'm just unbelievably upset.

I seriously tweaked the 5KCSTQ tonight.  ALL MY FAULT.  Not enough headlights,
not enough sense, looking at the radio when I should have been looking at the
road, not enough braking room.  I slid headlong off the end of an icy road
onto a farm.  First, though, I passed through a ditch that ripped the front
spoiler and back bumper off of the car.  Also, the oil pan has a much more
streamlined profile, and the car has no oil pressure.  It started (instantly,
I assure you) afterward.  The rear door on the passenger side no longer has a
good relationship with the rest of the body and the RR wheel has about 5
degrees of negative camber.  Front end looks OK except for the air dam.

Somebody please give me the straight dope:  will the rear subframe bend before
or after the rest of the rear suspension?  Can I successfully get the body re-
straightened?  By how far does the crankshaft clear the oil pan?  It had
better be more than two inches.

This truly sucks.  It sucks so much I can't describe it.  Well, I could, but I
couldn't forgive myself for posting it.

Thanks for any help/support/advice, I did a little 2 minute dance of delirium
in the snow praying that I'd wake up from the nightmare, hands flailing, eyes
shut, etc., etc.....then I realized I was freezing to death in the middle of
******* nowhere with a severely damaged car and started walking and got a tow
truck.

Best Wishes,
Alex

Motor mounts are the least of my worries now.