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ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:00 pm
by MikeFish
Anybody seen this or know who it is?

Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:17 pm
by doodlebug
Ouch. Good luck with the warranty claim on that!
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:30 pm
by Heden
I saw that car two weeks ago. Hard to tell by the picture what has happen, but it looks repairable at least

Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 8:22 pm
by s3_irl
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:33 pm
by kmpowell
I wonder if it was running on spacers...

Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:58 pm
by MikeFish
Des anyone know what happened to it (other than kevs spacer theory

)?
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:00 pm
by MikeFish
It reminds me of one of Golf's posts:

Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:45 am
by robf
First of all, best ABT i have seen! Like that they have kept the exterior standard as i've seen one in the flesh and the bodykit looks silly and the propellor style wheels they do are horrific!
I do wonder if, say, a van has reversed into the wheel which has caused the issue. All ABT do is fit lowering springs after all. You' have to question what they could get wrong, other than put the damper back on badly. The RHS looks fine to me.
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:19 am
by RIV
That's a broken axel 100% mechanical failure, no way that's accident damage
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:22 am
by doodlebug
Agreed, look at the way the panel has been pushed out by the tyre. The alloy itself looks OK.
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:35 am
by MikeFish
robf wrote:First of all, best ABT i have seen! Like that they have kept the exterior standard as i've seen one in the flesh and the bodykit looks silly and the propellor style wheels they do are horrific!
I do wonder if, say, a van has reversed into the wheel which has caused the issue. All ABT do is fit lowering springs after all. You' have to question what they could get wrong, other than put the damper back on badly. The RHS looks fine to me.
Lol, I love how it's the best looking abt because all they did was leave it looking standard (other than a badge).
Re: ABT RS6-R Performance in Camden with collapsed rear axle
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:31 am
by robf
Ha Ha, yeah. They must have be desperate to sell them to effectively sell that as a ABT-R when effectively it has a map, exhaust and a few interior bits (an assumption, given we can't see the interior). Or of course, somehow he has simply obtained an ABT badge.