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RE: 90 durability (Was: Audi crash: split into 3 sections?)



Look at it this way: they were going at 75mph - that's the police's
estimate, but, since there were no tire marks left, it's guessing rather
than estimating. They hit a concrete building. Yet the driver survived. 

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Elliott Potter [SMTP:epotter@abraxis.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 03, 1998 9:03 PM
> To:	quattro Digest
> Subject:	90 durability (Was: Audi crash: split into 3 sections?)
> 
	[...]
> But 3 pieces?  I mean just how fast was this kid going, anyway?!
> 
> The 90 strikes me as a pretty hefty car, but I think I'm going to be a
> little more careful now.......
> 
> -- 
> Elliott
> 
> "... Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise
> anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear
> and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..." 
> ( Plato, "Phaedrus" )