OUCH!: Audi RS6, A Wet Road, Speeds Over 100 mph And Trees, Just Don't Mix

What you see is what you get, i.e. there was no cutting of the vehicle prior to the pictures being taken. It is my brother-in-law that you see holding the mobile phone, he honestly doesn't know the speed that he was going at but wasn't near as fast as he has done in the past on that particular part of the road.

Although the road was completely dry he said that it felt he was on ice and the car just careened into the tree. He actually called the emergency services and climbed out of the car by himself, he spent only a couple of hours in hospital, apart from a few minor scratches he got a bandage around his little finger, I told him if he's not already religious he should take it up ASAP!

The car WAS a pristine RS6 ABT, I was supposed to pick it up that very day to borrow it from him for a week as I've always wanted to try out the ABT version. He really should have simply told me that he didn't want me to drive his car I'm so happy he is alive and all in one piece.
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EL34 - 3/2/2007 3:01:32 PM

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Thank goodness for Audi airbags!

thecar - 3/2/2007 4:33:03 PM

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he'd rather die than kend u the car

thecar - 3/2/2007 4:33:22 PM

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lend

dlin - 3/10/2007 6:22:30 PM

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I thought this is what happens when you have AUDI Quattro?

02WRX - 3/2/2007 3:20:47 PM

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Good thing there were no passengers...

jmrA480 - 3/2/2007 4:17:09 PM

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horrible attempt at being funny, your sentence does not even make sense

IamEvilHomer - 3/2/2007 11:35:34 PM

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so if he didn't get in a accident he would have been driving ok?

Neverfollow - 3/2/2007 4:16:59 PM

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Oddly enough it was probably the vehicle speed that partially saved him. If the car had been stopped by the tree instead of slicing clean through, the force could have easily killed him at half that speed.

BMW_DRVR - 3/2/2007 4:47:04 PM

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Where is the car?

rom64 - 3/2/2007 5:46:50 PM

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what an accident. thank god he was the only person in that vehicle.

Lexus - 3/2/2007 5:59:37 PM

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Althought he not currently hurt, probably he is still and in good health. But in the near future he might suffer from this trauma. I hope him the very best.

Lexus - 3/2/2007 6:00:03 PM

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correction, still young etc..

chewy - 3/2/2007 7:46:18 PM

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Wow, words can't really describe this.

SilverAero - 3/2/2007 9:04:22 PM

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That has got to be the luckiest SOB on the planet

rg12345 - 3/2/2007 9:29:44 PM

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You sure that car wasn't cut by rescuers ? It's hard to believe (for me) a tree does that to a car.

IamEvilHomer - 3/2/2007 11:34:49 PM

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could have been cut

you never know by the time the urban legands of the internet goes. Still a crazy accident

TauronB2G - 3/2/2007 11:12:22 PM

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What does ABT mean? He says its and Audi RS6 ABT.
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Matthew1 - 3/2/2007 11:19:35 PM

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ABT is a tuning company specialising in after-market parts for Audi and Volkswagen.

S4cabriofoxone - 3/3/2007 2:33:21 AM

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ABT is awesome. Especially the new ABT S6. My dream wagon? The ABT S6 Avant, in either black/black or Sprint Blue/silver silk.

mstangpny07 - 3/3/2007 12:14:59 AM

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No side airbags?

chewy - 3/3/2007 3:14:30 AM

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It doesn't look like they went off on the driver's side, can't see the passanger side.

Bill - 3/3/2007 11:43:46 AM

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AWD does not help much at such high speeds because of traction and because of aquaplanning.

cs4444 - 3/3/2007 12:15:12 PM

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Oh look another thread with the word audi in the title and there are about 2 dozen comments by the same people about the same stuff. this is deff. not getting old.

truecarlover - 3/3/2007 10:24:32 PM

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Well if you go by the NHTSA ratings or the Insurance Institute that does crash tests in this country you would conclude that Audi makes the overall safest vehicles pound for pound. You can deny it - but check the tests. Volvo and Mercedes don't match up. Perception doesn't always mean reality. Case in point there was a guy who worked at an Audi dealer in Long Island. He drove a TT which was caught on tape practically being run over by an 18 wheeler. The driver survived and was able to be interviewed by the news. He proudly proclaimed that he knew it was because of the Audi safety record. Now how come 60 Minutes didn't do an expose on that???

d1sinfo - 3/5/2007 10:42:12 AM

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Wow can you brand fanboys stop battling it out like your defending your mom from rape.

Geez it's getting very very old. Luckily this guy is not dead, maybe because of his speed, or maybe because of the cars construction, but either way he is lucky.

Glad to hear he is alright.

Josh

Josh

komododave - 3/5/2007 6:05:31 PM

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Good God!! What happened to the rest of it?? It's not like it was an Enzo.

ronnsscooby - 3/5/2007 10:20:19 PM

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once again an audi AWD is junk. It could'nt have happened to a better car manufacturer HA! HA! HA!