Leaky R8

[LEXION]

An eagle-eyed forum user spied this R8 during testing in Vegas. He also spotted that it’d decided to deposit its oil all over the highway. It’s not a great advertisement for Audi, but we’d still have one.

http://germancarscene.com/wp-content/uploads/r82-7-02-07.jpg http://germancarscene.com/wp-content/uploads/r8-7-02-07.jpg

[SPEEDKILLAR]

Well, it could be fluid of the A/C system.



Anyway, I think it is a fake, there are many of these pics wich seem to have been phtspd, and certainly this one.


Here's another pic, watch cloosly at the reflection on the bumper.





http://www.autoblog.nl/images/wp/Audi%20R8%20olielekje.jpg







Anyway, I think this is ridiculous, people who are trying to give a brand a bad name by altering pics and adding a made up story :roll:

[Mattk]

Here's another pic, watch cloosly at the reflection on the bumper.

Inconclusive. The bumper would not reflect at that angle.

[SPEEDKILLAR]

Here's another pic, watch cloosly at the reflection on the bumper.

Inconclusive. The bumper would not reflect at that angle.



Really Einstein, so you also can't see the difference in light?

[Ghostbat]

Here's another pic, watch cloosly at the reflection on the bumper.

Inconclusive. The bumper would not reflect at that angle.



Really Einstein, so you also can't see the difference in light? :D

[Mattk]

Look, the bumper obviously can't reflect stuff on the road that is too close. Besides, there still is the edge of the oil slick reflected so your theory is moot.

These pics aren't a slight on the R8 in any way. The car hasn't even been sold yet. It's still being tested.

[SPEEDKILLAR]

Look, the bumper obviously can't reflect stuff on the road that is too close. Besides, there still is the edge of the oil slick reflected so your theory is moot.

These pics aren't a slight on the R8 in any way. The car hasn't even been sold yet. It's still being tested.



Dude, if the oil slick or whatever is big enough, there's is a great possibility that it will reflect it.


Anyway, let's not argue about this, this can be true as false, unless we have an official report or vids we can't know if this is 100% true/false.

[ViperASR]

yea, I think imma go with BS on that one....

[Chaos in 1983!]

Well I doubt it is something normal that will happen to all the cars...anyhow I'd still have one...in white please...

[LEXION]

The whole article:

http://germancarscene.com/2007/02/07/leaky-r8/


''We’ve brightened the photos to show you the evidence.''

[TNT]

the only dif. between the two pictures is one was brightened. they made it lighter so you can see the "leak" better. whatever "it" is its coming from the car.

[dutchmasterflex]

I believe it, it IS a VW remember? :P

[LEXION]

that could have been water from the A/C system :wink:

That much water? and that black? :? Maybe they hit a rock or something...there in the desert ...that could happen :|

[saadie]

^^ aahaha .... Black water ;) from the ac .. :) ..
the pic is not photoshopped ....

[ViperASR]

PS or not, it is deff oil. The day the water from my coolent system looks like that, imma get rid of that car.

Also, the A/C does not use water, it uses freon, the water is a byproduct of the condensor, so it should look like water, not like oil.

[Sir_GT]

Man...

An audi springs an oil leak during TESTING and everybody starts reaching for the alarm bells and the finger pointing...

A Chevy or a Ford leaks oil during OWNERSHIP and what does everyone say?

"darnit... not again..."

:roll:

[ViperASR]

^^^^
LMFAO!!!!!

[obdr]

That car looks kinda strange to me.............I saw Evo mags spread of the R-8 in all black and it looked amazing but since looking it up and seeing it in different colors something about it just looks off. Its certainly not what I would call ugly......it just looks a little off. Dont know why.

[silentm]

Man...

An audi springs an oil leak during TESTING and everybody starts reaching for the alarm bells and the finger pointing...

A Chevy or a Ford leaks oil during OWNERSHIP and what does everyone say?

"darnit... not again..."

:roll:

haha so true :roflmao: but quite frankly from the photo evidence i call BS on this picture. there just has to besome kind of dark reflection on the bumper...

[RC45]

Man...

An audi springs an oil leak during TESTING and everybody starts reaching for the alarm bells and the finger pointing...

A Chevy or a Ford leaks oil during OWNERSHIP and what does everyone say?

"darnit... not again..."

:roll:

haha so true :roflmao: but quite frankly from the photo evidence i call BS on this picture. there just has to besome kind of dark reflection on the bumper...

Actually, due to the convex nature of the bumper, reflections would only be visible for items taht are almost behind the car, not under the bumper - as an example the white line extending into the distance.

But be that as it may, if this is a current photo, then it is not "testing" - exactly what would testing this late in the game achieve? The car is already on sale, it's not like they can engineer a solution to any issues that "testing" uncover - it is sort of... whats the temr? Oh yeah -- too late int the life cycle of the project ;)

So you Audi fans better hope he hit a rock or did some other physical damage to crack the sump - imagine the catastrophe if he put a rod through the block - you know, like those uber-relaible M3's :P

[RC45]

A/C fluid/ You mean the condensed water droplets dripping from the A/C coils? (I think I have that right.. :P)

[novass]

I dont think that photo proves anything really. I think it looks more like tar that is used to repair road surfaces, not oil. If it were fresh oil I think the oil itself would be a little more reflective. Even though its in the shade of the car, I would expect to see some light reflected in it.

Even if it is oil, I dont think that photo alone should warrant any fears on the reliability of the car. Who knows why it happened? Maybe, like RC suggested, the driver hit something and ruptured the sump or something else like that.

[saadie]

every car leaks oil ...
who cares ?.....

R8 has got pretty much the same engine as the gallardo right.. how many leaky gallardo's has anyone seen ....

[Mattk]

every car leaks oil ...

Well, yes, but probably not a large puddle of it.

But I agree that this is hardly anything to worry about.

[Stoopie]

Only thing I can say is that I'd still want one :)

[Stoopie]

^ True, but they said it might be available with the Gallardo V10 in it in the future

[T-Bird]

well considering that that oil would be pretty damn old and dirty to be that black and not have a slight rainbow effect to it would make it sound kind of bogus to me. and to leak that much oil (over a quart) you would have to do some major damage like not have a gasket somewhere at all or not tighten something down all the way.

[TopGearNL]

^ True, but they said it might be available with the Gallardo V10 in it in the future

The V8 is already expensive IMO, LMAO of that is going to be as expensive as the Gallardo..

[TopGearNL]

The V8 is already expensive IMO, LMAO of that is going to be as expensive as the Gallardo..

and why would that be hillarious.... :?:
The R8 doesnt stand back from the Gallardo in any way other than for bragging rights owning a lambo...
In fact the R8 prototype with the V10 where faster than the murci so its not a worse car in any way, its just the badge and both the Gallardo and the R8 share alot of the same engineering....

Im not talking about the car itself, the engineering part and so on. After all the effort and work they made an astonishing car, I think its great honest!

But its still an audi..

If somebody asks you what car you drive and you say its a Lamborghini you get a different response then when you say I drive an Audi.

Not that Audi's are bad cars, thats not true at all, but I mean the image is different then Lamborghini.

[graywolf624]

An audi springs an oil leak during TESTING and everybody starts reaching for the alarm bells and the finger pointing...

A Chevy or a Ford leaks oil during OWNERSHIP and what does everyone say?

I don't know about ford, but GM cars are routinely ranked higher in quality in surveys then audis. (reliability wise only, anything else is subjective anyway). VW in this country has a reputation for being one of the absolute worst when it comes to reliability.

That being said, this is the point of said testing. The jury is still out.. And the gm cars arent exactly competing with something that will msrp for over $100000. For that price I expect reliaility.. Your 10000 dollar car starts leaking oil.. eh.. .Your 100000 dollar car starts leaking oil.. well ya see my point.


Then again bmw and mercedes have let this down in recent years as well.

[LEXION]

hey, I think I found the problem.....the car hited some rocks, look at these photos

http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-2.jpg


and the test video....

http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x14ipu_essai-audi-r8

[ARMAN]

oh no! I have to cancel my order for R8 now! ...phew! if they have leaking oil on testing cars what can you expect from a production car???

8)

[saadie]

^ less leaking oil ? :lol:

[LEXION]

they hit a rock while driftting in the desert. WTF, hasent anyone saw my last post from page 2?

http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-1.jpg
http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-2.jpg
http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-6.jpg

http://www.petrolhead.nl/2007/02/video_audi_r8.php

[RC45]

they hit a rock while driftting in the desert. WTF, hasent anyone saw my last post from page 2?

http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-1.jpg
http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-2.jpg
http://www.petrolhead.nl/beeld/2007/02/audi-r8-v-6.jpg

http://www.petrolhead.nl/2007/02/video_audi_r8.php

Oh - so it understeers like a true Audi then :P ;)

Thanksfully its not a an engine reliability problem.. just one of handling :P ;)

[Mattk]

That looks like a straight stretch of road. That kind of makes it more worrying. :P

[saadie]

the gallardo was lamborghini's biggest mistake

[TopGearNL]

The V8 is already expensive IMO, LMAO of that is going to be as expensive as the Gallardo..

and why would that be hillarious.... :?:
The R8 doesnt stand back from the Gallardo in any way other than for bragging rights owning a lambo...
In fact the R8 prototype with the V10 where faster than the murci so its not a worse car in any way, its just the badge and both the Gallardo and the R8 share alot of the same engineering....



If somebody asks you what car you drive and you say its a Lamborghini you get a different response then when you say I drive an Audi.



So you are a fan boy then... :roll:

Uh no, because I like Audi's too..

I was just talking about its image..

And like said why would they make it exactly the same as the Gallardo? Nobody will even bother going for the Lambo then..

If the Gallardo wasn't there, just would have been a completely different story..

[saadie]

^^ thats how it should've been 8)

[Schwalbe]

Oh - so it understeers like a true Audi then :P ;)


This R8 is mid-engine with an axle load distribution of 44:56 in favour of the rear axle. Thus, the point that you want to raise here is that you are a clown or your lack of automobile knowledges...or perhaps both. :P :wink:

[RC45]

Oh - so it understeers like a true Audi then :P ;)


This R8 is mid-engine with an axle load distribution of 44:56 in favour of the rear axle. Thus, the point that you want to raise here is that you are a clown or your lack of automobile knowledges...or perhaps both. :P :wink:

No - point is that those claims are false and they specially engineered in oversteering characteristics into the car.

:)

SInce you are the new resident expert I am sure you are aware, it is actually possible to dial over or understeer into any chassis layout - so having the engine in the rear or midships does nto guarentee a predisposition to oversteer.

[nthfinity]

I seem to recall a zero understeer AWD yellowbird with an engine all the way in the back; while another AWD 911 was more point and shoot otherwise you die understeer event...

[acmarttin]

Dude - it's not even the same license plate... :wink:

Awwwwww......owned.

Nice work Dani.

[LEXION]

4 pics, 4 different license plates.... :?: :?: :?: :?: