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LEXION 02-08-2007 08:55 AM

Leaky R8
 
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...82-7-02-07.jpg http://germancarscene.com/wp-content...r8-7-02-07.jpg

SPEEDKILLAR 02-08-2007 09:59 AM

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/Aud...0olielekje.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 02-08-2007 10:10 AM

Quote:

Here's another pic, watch cloosly at the reflection on the bumper.
Inconclusive. The bumper would not reflect at that angle.

SPEEDKILLAR 02-08-2007 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mattk
Quote:

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 02-08-2007 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SPEEDKILLAR
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattk
Quote:

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 02-08-2007 10:16 AM

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 02-08-2007 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.



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 02-08-2007 10:24 AM

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

Chaos in 1983! 02-08-2007 10:32 AM

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

LEXION 02-08-2007 10:57 AM

The whole article:

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


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

TNT 02-08-2007 10:59 AM

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 02-08-2007 11:13 AM

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

LEXION 02-08-2007 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
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 02-08-2007 11:30 AM

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

ViperASR 02-08-2007 11:35 AM

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.


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