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LEXION · 02-08-2007, 08:55 AM

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.

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.

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

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

Originally Posted by Mattk

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

Originally Posted by SPEEDKILLAR

Originally Posted by Mattk

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?

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

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?

LEXION · 02-08-2007, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas

that could have been water from the A/C system

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.