My dad's Audi proves too hot to handle!!!!

[RC45]

Well - looks like the Audis just get hotter as they get older... 180,000km and his car is still on fire..

He smeeled acrid odour from the center dash and pulled over to try see what was the matter - smoke starting entering the cabin, so he grabbed his cell phone and brief case and got out - within minutes the old understeerer was an inferno.

[ZfrkS62]

:shock:

damn man, glad he got out with his skin! Sucks for old Audi though Wonder what started it.

[Mattk]

Woah! And he just ahppened to be carrying a camera! Lucky escape.

[JoeHahn]

What model was it? Was that an old Audi 100/200 model? What are the odds of that. Understeer was cleared of all wrong-doing, right?

[RC45]

Originally Posted by Mattk Woah! And he just ahppened to be carrying a camera! Lucky escape.

Last time I checked almost every cell phone this side of alpha centari has some kind of camera built in.. -- and it is not so far fethced to have a camera with you.. I can think of at least 10 JW members that have a digi cam with them mor eoften than not

[5vz-fe]

I am gonna go on a limb here, is that totalled ??

Any idea what will be his replacement?

[bmagni]

damn, this proves audis arent well built

[Sir_GT]

Hmmm... seems like our audi-phile brembo has mysteriously overlooked this thread... lol

[cooperluke]

Who is that strange looking guy trying to hide behind the car????

Brembo, maybe????

[Ghostbat]

Originally Posted by Sir_GT Hmmm... seems like our audi-phile brembo has mysteriously overlooked this thread... lol

Even if Brembo is wrong most of the times this is something that can happen to all cars. My dad helped a woman whose brand spanking new japanese car (don't know what brand) went up in flames a couple of years ago.

BTW "brand" in swedish means fire :roll:

[ARMAN]

:shock:

this reminds me to buy extinguisher for the car ops:

[TT]

Dang, the Audi got owned badly! Luckily nobody got hurt, but quite scary! Do you know how many min/hours from when he left the car to the last fire pic? ( http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=146jg.jpg )

[LotusGT1]

Wow, that is bizarre. Any word on what exactly set it on fire?

Good he's ok, now he can look out for something that oversteers..

[TNT]

well the good news is he can not sue Audi and get a brand new car I am glad to hear he is okay. What cars are on his shopping list?

[RC45]

Maybe this incident will get him off VW for good

His car ownership since 1985 reads like a VW/Audi sales brochure.

Passat GLi Wagon and sedan, VW Jetti GLi, VW Golf GTi, Audi 100's, Audi 200's, Audi 500's, VW Citi Golf etc - and he always had at least 3 cars - his hers and theirs

The one plus is that they all lasted into the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

The Golf and Jetta actually out lasted all the other cars and became the 3rd and 4th cars for my younger borther and sister too gorw up with.

I am guessing he will shock everyone and buy something outrageous - like an Audi as a replacement ')