[Bart Taylor]

Went to a show about 3 hours from home, on the way back encountered a piece of firewood/lumber/? in the center lane of I-5 couldnt avoid it.
nice bunny hop and instant destruction of tire, bent wheel, bent axle(bad), blown front coilover + not sure yet
car is at a dealer 2 hours from me unfortunately so its gonna be phone-tag repair....
about an hour before said incident....

a couple hours after, damn tow trucks

 

[Laid Out]

FV-QR

rabbit axles are pieces of ****. i snapped one by kicking it. best of luck in your repairs, my girlfriend's is in the shop also for 3k worth of damage due to road debris

 

[rysskii3]

Re: FV-QR (Laid Out)

thats why im not gonna lower my gti, good luck

 

[MKV DarkstaR]

Damn that sucks.

 

[Bart Taylor]

Re: FV-QR (rysskii3)

Quote, originally posted by rysskii3 »

thats why im not gonna lower my gti

it took out a stock height camry after i hit and blew it into 3 pieces

it would have ****ed **** up at stock height, just what you would expect hitting something like that at 80mph

 

[Conejo GTI]

Re: (MKV DarkstaR)

sorry to hear that

 

[silverA4quattro]

Re: rabbit + firewood=bent axle (Bart Taylor)

My SG 4 door cries for it's brother

 

[nastybags]

Re: rabbit + firewood=bent axle (Bart Taylor)

sorry to hear man

 

[Bart Taylor]

FV-QR

i know and the only big show in WA this year is this weekend

 

[FlyingTurtle]

Re: FV-QR (Bart Taylor)

 

[absoluteczech]

Re: FV-QR (Bart Taylor)

Quote, originally posted by Bart Taylor »

it took out a stock height camry after i hit and blew it into 3 pieces it would have ****ed **** up at stock height, just what you would expect hitting something like that at 80mph

thats gonna be expensive, you going through insurance?

 

[blackoutjetta]

FV-QR

damn a lot of cars are getting ****ed up on the way up/back from shows.. Thats sucks sorry to hear that

 

[Bart Taylor]

FV-QR

insurance yes

 

[Grantfunkel]

Re: rabbit + firewood=bent axle (Bart Taylor)

i feel for ya. not nearly as bad as what you experienced but on my way home i had a dump truck blow a tire out and send it through my grill

hope you get it worked out

 

[Bart Taylor]

FV-QR

hopefully its a quick repair, i want my car back

 

[Lower it!!]

Re: FV-QR (Bart Taylor)

Sorry man. ****s not cheap to fix. There's not much axle/axle parts out there yet. I bought an OEM Inner CV that was 250.

 

[Laid Out]

FV-QR

**** i bought a rebuilt axle for 380 for the gf's rabbit. they need cheaper parts

 

[Bart Taylor]

FV-QR

insurance said its covered....we will see
so far 140 for a bare coilover
289 for a tire
wheel? we will see what else they find

 

[Bart Taylor]

FV-QR

1500 damage, be in the shop for about 8 days due to parts issues...

 

[Karnuts]

Re: FV-QR (Bart Taylor)

You guys are teetering on the edge of a 'man-spooning in public' violation.