December 27, 2007: Amazing Audi accident photos

Undertoad · 12-27-2007, 07:37 PM

The VW Vortex forums cough up this one... the Vee Dub guys can be counted upon even when the concern is one of their German brethren.

Here we see the results of a horrific crash in Luxembourg, between an Audi RS6 and...

...an identical RS6? No, it's only one car. This car went airborne at a high rate of speed (to say the least), hit a tree and was cut in half as a result.

They say a true test of a car is how well it gives up its own life to save its driver's, and in this particular crash the Audi did a completely remarkable job. Here we see the driver side -- although the rest of the vehicle is practically obliterated, the driver's area is practically untouched.

And in fact not only did the driver survive, he used his mobile to call for emergency services, and the folks from the ambulance helped him to get out and walk away from the vehicle. He was hospitalized for only a few hours and wound up with little more than a bandage on his pinky.

Griff · 12-27-2007, 07:41 PM

Great engineering trumps horrible driving. This time.

Sheldonrs · 12-27-2007, 07:46 PM

There are easier ways to turn an Audi into an inny.

SparkStalker · 12-28-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

There are easier ways to turn an Audi into an inny.

That was bad, man...really bad.

Clodfobble · 12-27-2007, 08:34 PM

...good thing he wasn't carrying any passengers.

sweetwater · 12-27-2007, 08:59 PM

awwww, somebody took the time to put a bandage on the tree

classicman · 12-27-2007, 09:29 PM

[mumble grumble]/properly designed/engineered vehicle/[mumble grumble]

xoxoxoBruce · 12-27-2007, 10:42 PM

Me thinks, there was a shitload of luck involved.

StereoMike · 12-28-2007, 04:58 AM

Though I'm driving an Audi myself I'm with Bruce on this one: I guess it was more luck than engineering. No car in the world would help if the drivers side would collide with the tree. OK, maybe a Dacia Logan would fall apart just by parking it near a tree...

mike

12-28-2007, 09:20 AM

I'm with xoxoxoBruce and StereoMike on this one and I never understand why people are so eager to discount plain old luck when it comes to surviving accidents

Spexxvet · 12-28-2007, 09:59 AM

I want to drive the tree - it wasn't damaged at all.

monster · 12-28-2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I want to drive the tree - it wasn't damaged at all.

TheMercenary · 12-28-2007, 10:22 AM

That is no statement for engineering. That is a statement about how stupid people drive to fast and threaten everyone else on the road. Sounds like Darwin missed another chance.

glatt · 12-28-2007, 10:34 AM

Aren't you the guy complaining about speeding fines in another thread?

TheMercenary · 12-28-2007, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Aren't you the guy complaining about speeding fines in another thread?

Yes, but it does not mean that I speed nor does it mean that I support those who do so. It means I abhor government approved robbery of the common man that might occasionally go over the limit. There is a huge difference between going a bit over and getting popped and driving recklessly.

12-27-2007, 07:37 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	December 27, 2007: Amazing Audi accident photos The VW Vortex forums cough up this one... the Vee Dub guys can be counted upon even when the concern is one of their German brethren. Here we see the results of a horrific crash in Luxembourg, between an Audi RS6 and... ...an identical RS6? No, it's only one car. This car went airborne at a high rate of speed (to say the least), hit a tree and was cut in half as a result. They say a true test of a car is how well it gives up its own life to save its driver's, and in this particular crash the Audi did a completely remarkable job. Here we see the driver side -- although the rest of the vehicle is practically obliterated, the driver's area is practically untouched. And in fact not only did the driver survive, he used his mobile to call for emergency services, and the folks from the ambulance helped him to get out and walk away from the vehicle. He was hospitalized for only a few hours and wound up with little more than a bandage on his pinky.

12-27-2007, 07:41 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Great engineering trumps horrible driving. This time. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-27-2007, 07:46 PM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	There are easier ways to turn an Audi into an inny. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

12-27-2007, 09:29 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	[mumble grumble]/properly designed/engineered vehicle/[mumble grumble] __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt Last edited by classicman; 12-27-2007 at 10:45 PM.

12-27-2007, 10:42 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Me thinks, there was a shitload of luck involved. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-27-2007, 08:34 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	...good thing he wasn't carrying any passengers.

12-27-2007, 08:59 PM	#6
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	awwww, somebody took the time to put a bandage on the tree

12-28-2007, 04:58 AM	#9
StereoMike Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10	Though I'm driving an Audi myself I'm with Bruce on this one: I guess it was more luck than engineering. No car in the world would help if the drivers side would collide with the tree. OK, maybe a Dacia Logan would fall apart just by parking it near a tree... mike

12-28-2007, 09:20 AM	#10
aero geek Guest Posts: n/a	I'm with xoxoxoBruce and StereoMike on this one and I never understand why people are so eager to discount plain old luck when it comes to surviving accidents

12-28-2007, 09:59 AM	#11
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I want to drive the tree - it wasn't damaged at all. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-28-2007, 10:22 AM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	That is no statement for engineering. That is a statement about how stupid people drive to fast and threaten everyone else on the road. Sounds like Darwin missed another chance. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

12-28-2007, 10:34 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Aren't you the guy complaining about speeding fines in another thread?

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