The long road home - Intro and an epic road trip all for a car.

[Ponto]

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To just confirm some sort of bolt shot from outside somewhere into and through the block?

That is what Audi has determined happened. 1 in a billion chance. But that is correct.

And well for now a few pictures I have of the drive to Vancouver. Will post more later. It was a lot of fun and the car is amazing in the mountains. Let's just hope it gets to make this drive back soon.

At my mom's before hitting the road



Since it's a 3.2 of course



Oh Scenery



More gas



Wildlife bridge!



Fun mountain roads!! I will say traveling on Christmas day the highways were dead!!



Bathroom break



Next morning at my sisters place in Vernon!





All I got for now good friends, more to come soon

[Natty54]

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To just confirm some sort of bolt shot from outside somewhere into and through the block?

[Ponto]

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Adjuster is supposed to show up at the dealer today to look at the car and determine it's fate.

[Ponto]

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I just don't even understand how in the world that would have got in there.......

We don't either, but there it sits... The belly pan does have a chunk missing on the side this happened so there was a hole for it to get into there. But its crazy. Audi is baffled, I am baffled, my own mechanic is baffled.

Audi themselves clearly stated it had to come from outside, that Audi does not use double nutted bolts.

[BaggedGLI]

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I just don't even understand how in the world that would have got in there.......

[Ponto]

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That Happened.

Before everyone's goes off about how it must have come from the inside, its been well established it has come from the outside.

My Car currently sits at the Langley Audi Dealership - waiting on the word from insurance if I get a new engine, or its a write off.

Waiting is brutal.

I will update as we go along. And well eventually post the pictures from the roadtrip itself as it was a lot of fun and the car was awesome through the mountains... Until coming back when I was just passed Hope BC, with no service when that threaded rod found its way into my engine block.

640 dollar tow later...

[Ponto]

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Every good story always leaves people wanting more though right?

[gheron]

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you can't say that and not share the story!!! what happened?!?!?!?!

[Ponto]

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Well my flight home has been paid and check is in the mail, tow bill is going to be paid.

Waiting to hear from insurance on the engine.

[funkin]

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Road trip update to come soon... along with a very strange happening that is very expensive and I am exhausted...

After flying home last night and leaving my baby at the Langley Audi Dealership.

Any word from insurance on it yet? Sucks.

[Ponto]

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Road trip update to come soon... along with a very strange happening that is very expensive and I am exhausted...

After flying home last night and leaving my baby at the Langley Audi Dealership.

[R_Ethug]

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Looks awesome


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[Ponto]

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Add the space needle of US sites my car has now been photographed in front of.



And the Boeing Factory in Everett.
(not quite as impressive, but the 98 acre building was!)


That's a big engine.



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[PRY4SNO]

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Awesome!

I really wanna make it out there one day.

[Ponto]

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Amazing view up top and man the peak to peak is cool.







And back down in Vancouver now. Lovely West coast weather washed my car... Sort of.


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