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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 07:48 PM
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 07:59 PM
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I dont even want to know what happened to the driver.
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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That's a horrific accident.
It must have been going at crazy speed.
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 08:21 PM
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HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!! That is crazy!!! Best of luck to the drive is all i can really say.

Can anyone make out what it says on the speedo?? Maybe that was how fast they were goin at the moment of impact/

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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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My guess is his speed was at least 90kph (~60mph).
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 08:33 PM
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no air bags or they were not working???
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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looks like a sheet over a body in the first pic

but that is a crazy accident
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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no air bags or they were not working???
Since it appears to have been a heavy side impact, initially, the sensors were not triggered.

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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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I can't imagine the accident occuring at anything less than 80-90 mph.

I was involved in a collision going 70 and my car looking NOTHING like that.

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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 09:42 PM
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that's defintely something like 70mph of IMPACT.

damn i can't imagine what happened to the driver... i didn't read through the posts over there, anyone knows?
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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That is crazy! I would expect blood and guts everywhere.
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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OH MY GOSH! That is disturbing. They must have been going VERY VERY VERY fast to have had that happen.

On a side note: Does anyone else find it sooo annoying to browse those threads with a tree view?
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 08:02 AM
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I would be curious if this is indeed real - It does seem real, but
1. The drivers side airbag did not deploy - I realize size impact collisions don't always fire the airbag, but side impact collisions of that nature would seem to.
2. The car body pieces seem relatively free of scratches - There are dents up the ying yang but no scratches.
3. The motor in the picture looks old. I'm not an Audi specialist, but I would be curious if that IS an Audi motor.

Like I said, probably real, but who knows these days!
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 11:03 AM
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hard to tell what kind of audi that is. it was debadged. BUT that engine does look akward. its to large for the 1.4t, but it has a turbo. Im going to say that its the newer audis with the 2.7t. Im going to go with 100+mph to split a car in half.
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 11:51 AM
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Disturbing.
My guess was that it slid sideways into the tree...when it sheared apart, it started tumbling.
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