Not scsa realated but how lucky was this guy??

[briggs'mechanic]

Got this sent to me this morning, i've been to plenty of accidents over the years and the never walk form these.

This guy got out phoned the emergency services and only had a few scratches.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3105304

[Jamie Brown]

wow he is so lucky that was some crash and how the heck did he do that

[SteveA]

He was lucky he didn't have his family onboard. He'd have been the only survivor, probably wishing he'd perished also.

[briggs'mechanic]

The nstory goes that he hit a patch of ice and then car met tree then tree broke car and he can't remember what speed he was doing.

But like you say lucky there were no passengers.

[JDPower]

...he can't remember what speed he was doing

Quite conveniently. He'd have had to have been going some to tear the car in half like that.

[Abo]

Maybe it was a cut and shut that came apart at the welds...

[SteveA]

Aren't Audi's aluminum? That would be pretty much how I'd expect it to behave (ie tear). A steel bodied car would have probably wrapped itself around the tree. Not saying that's better, he'd probably have been crushed!

[racing59]

It'll polish out. I'm sure of it.

Duncan, was that you driving ?

[acorn]

Aren't Audi's aluminum? That would be pretty much how I'd expect it to behave (ie tear). A steel bodied car would have probably wrapped itself around the tree. Not saying that's better, he'd probably have been crushed!

"In addition to being made with fully galvanised sheet steel, Audi bodies have thorough wax flooding in those cavities subject to moisture. Aluminium bodies do not need this protection."

"The Audi A8 and the Audi A2 have an aluminium body built according to the Audi Space Frame® (ASF) principle."

as that wreck is an rs6 i think it's steel.

[hicksy]

Still on the subject of crashes....not the worst crash but the Most EXPENSIVE.

http://www.vcars.co.uk/news/car-news...crash-193.html