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Old 12-25-2008, 10:34 PM
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Default Quattro + Slushy Snow = Bad News
got about a foot of slushy/hard snow on the side streets...my car is so low the bottom of my car would take all the beating...

when i got on the freeway and started going 60-70mph i'd start getting these vibrations..scary vibrations!

wheels misaligned??

suspension??

tires??

wheels??

i have no clue! we'll see tomorrow when i bring it to the shop... =( just when i thought all this bad weather can't take my Audi down... =(
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Old 12-25-2008, 10:41 PM
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Default Where the roads sanded?
Check the inside of your wheels. I had a similar thing happen a few years ago... drove through sanded slush and got a whole bunch of sand/rocks in my wheels. Wheels felt like they were out of balance and shook at speed until I cleaned out all the crap from inside the wheels.
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Default snow has a tendancy to build up inside your wheels.
that can bake them unbalanced, it's very common.

Check it out.
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Default It's just ice/snow buildup on the inside of your wheels. It's happened to me 3 times over the last
few days... mostly from doing doughnuts.
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Beat you by 8 seconds!
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Default haha! thanks guys!
i thought it was something more serious...whew!
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Default Those conditions can also give you weird brake sounds/action untill
the sand/small pebbles work out. Sounds/feels very $$$$.

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How dare you doubt quattro. Audi > *
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I just had the exact same thing happen on my way home! Scared me to death
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Default not it's not that, you have a bent drive shaft going to the rear differential
your car is broken, I'll buy it for a thou$and.
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