audi brakes = fail

[Burtonrider10022]

Cliffs: got in a lil fender bender today...


had the fuckin Audi for < a month...

i wasgoing down 159th street in orland, not paying attention, messing with the girlfriend, when the car in front of me slams on his brakes, well, my reaction time was almost nothing, that fucking stratus stoped on a dime. Audi... didnt... there is over 20 feet of skid marks, solid, so my Antilock either isnt there, or didnt work.

Front bumper MIGHT need to be replaced, but i highly doubt it. all damage appears to be cosmetic, but well find out once that bumper is off...

AND the kicker: i got a ticket for Failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. that = moving violation. im on supervision, so if that doesnt get thrown out, i get my lisence suspended again.

The FIRST thing i said when i got the car, i might have even said it on here, that the brakes suck and i wanted to put on bigger ones... well, now thats a sure thing. and soon. any body know anybody who can hook me up with some nice rotors and pads? big brake KIT prefered.

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[MuffHugger]

Are you and your girlfriend alright?

 

[Burtonrider10022]

oh yea, it was little, i had a LOT of room to stop... just needed like 2 more feet. thanks a lot tho... the old guy was very impressed that that was the first thing i asked him, not about the cars...

 

[PANDA]

That sucks man. Its 3 moving violations (convictions) in a year for a suspended license.

example:

ticket in May - sentence 4 hour traffic school
ticket in june - sentence 8 hour traffic school

If you get another ticket in say July and get convicted the two supervisions turn into convictions and you can get a suspended license. This is what would most likey happen without a lawyer. get one.

 

[bikrboy128]

ouch, that sucks.

the ticket sucks though. i would have pointed out the 20 feet of skid marks and say "as you can see i was trying"


here is a nice brake upgrade for ya
http://oempl.us/index.php?main_page...id=447&zenid=51d79ef58261cc35d21524c67c379886

do it.

 

[MuffHugger]

That is some upgrade there, Matt.

 

[Dasfinc]

Cliffs: got in a lil fender bender today...


had the fuckin Audi for < a month...

i wasgoing down 159th street in orland, not paying attention, messing with the girlfriend, when the car in front of me slams on his brakes, well, my reaction time was almost nothing, that fucking stratus stoped on a dime. Audi... didnt... there is over 20 feet of skid marks, solid, so my Antilock either isnt there, or didnt work.

Front bumper MIGHT need to be replaced, but i highly doubt it. all damage appears to be cosmetic, but well find out once that bumper is off...

AND the kicker: i got a ticket for Failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. that = moving violation. im on supervision, so if that doesnt get thrown out, i get my lisence suspended again.

The FIRST thing i said when i got the car, i might have even said it on here, that the brakes suck and i wanted to put on bigger ones... well, now thats a sure thing. and soon. any body know anybody who can hook me up with some nice rotors and pads? big brake KIT prefered.

Glad to hear you are OK as thats #1

#2 if you slid for 20 feet with no ABS, I would:
A) contact a lawyer before contacting audi about ABS failure
B) How crappy are your tires???

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Glad to hear you and the GF are ok, accidents suck.

the ticket sucks though. i would have pointed out the 20 feet of skid marks and say "as you can see i was trying"

Wont work. BUT you can get it thrown out IF he doesnt show up to court. Hell he may not even know he needs to show up for YOUR ticket. Happened to me.

IIRC you are 19? if so, this applies to you.

"Full Licensing Phase - Drivers 18-20

No age-related restrictions apply except in cases where a driver fails to move from the Initial Licensing Phase to the Full Licensing Phase. Cell phone use while driving for persons under age 19 is prohibited except in the case of an emergency to contact a law enforcement agency, health care provider or emergency services agency.

Sanctions

Limit one court supervision for serious offenses.
Two moving violation convictions occurring within a 24-month period results in a minimum one-month driver's license suspension. Suspension length is determined by the seriousness of the offenses and the driver's prior driving history. An additional driver's license suspension will result for each subsequent moving violation following the initial suspension.
Suspended drivers are required to pay a $70 reinstatement fee. "

 

[NetChemica]

if you remove the word "brakes" from your title, you will summarize your thread a little better

 

[eXo3901]

dang that sucks man, good thing your ok and it wasn't to bad of an accident.

and avoiding 159th, Lagrange, 143rd during mid-day/rush hour in Orland FTW. It's effin bumper to bumper all day. ravinia ave. = best friend.

 

[woa_its_j3ff]

I hear you. When I got my sister a new audi tt a year ago, hers failed on her within a year , I dont know but I'm sure her driving habits aren't that bad.
Glad to hear you're okay man. be safe out there.

 

[Buddy5791]

atleast your okay... are you sure that the car has abs?

 

[IDAFC21]

first off, that sucks!! sorry to hear about that

secondly, sounds like the brakes did their job if theres 20 feet of black rubber. a brake upgrade definitely wouldnt hurt, but id get the abs checked out if you didnt think it engaged, and id maybe look at some new tires if those are gettin kinda old.

usually any car i get the first thing i do is upgrade the brakes, tho i havent done that w/ the gto yet...ive been busy buying other things... haha.

good luck man

 

[woa_its_j3ff]

atleast your okay... are you sure that the car has abs?

audis come standard with abs bro.

 

[Slider]

If the tires locked up a brake upgrade is a waste of money. See what's wrong with the ABS and/or pick up some stickier tires.

 

[IDAFC21]

thats what im sayin. still doesnt hurt to upgrade, but id work on those other areas first

 

[Angus]

Sucks to hear that.... hope everything goes well getting everything fixed and figured out.

that fucking stratus stoped on a dime.

tis true.

 

[Slider]

Agreed, get the ABS checked out it's obviously not working right. Best upgrade you can do is a simple brake fluid flush along with some new pads, I went with http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance/hps.php for street and some autox. Better tires would be a good upgrade if they are locking up. It doesn't matter how big the brakes are if you don't have good traction you'll just lock them up anyways.

 

[sickmint79]

well, should be better used to the audi before following that close or messing with the gf less. if your abs is truly at fault than figure that out asap...

big brake kit will have an extremely minimal affect your stopping distance. properly inflated sticky tires is what will do the job.

 

[Burtonrider10022]

ouch, that sucks.

the ticket sucks though. i would have pointed out the 20 feet of skid marks and say "as you can see i was trying"


here is a nice brake upgrade for ya
http://oempl.us/index.php?main_page...id=447&zenid=51d79ef58261cc35d21524c67c379886

do it.

did but cop was seriously a dousche about the whole thing. a complaint was already filed.

Glad to hear you are OK as thats #1

#2 if you slid for 20 feet with no ABS, I would:
A) contact a lawyer before contacting audi about ABS failure
B) How crappy are your tires???

tires are brand new 2 weeks ago

Pirrelis

Glad to hear you and the GF are ok, accidents suck.



Wont work. BUT you can get it thrown out IF he doesnt show up to court. Hell he may not even know he needs to show up for YOUR ticket. Happened to me.

IIRC you are 19? if so, this applies to you.

"Full Licensing Phase - Drivers 18-20

No age-related restrictions apply except in cases where a driver fails to move from the Initial Licensing Phase to the Full Licensing Phase. Cell phone use while driving for persons under age 19 is prohibited except in the case of an emergency to contact a law enforcement agency, health care provider or emergency services agency.

Sanctions

Limit one court supervision for serious offenses.
Two moving violation convictions occurring within a 24-month period results in a minimum one-month driver's license suspension. Suspension length is determined by the seriousness of the offenses and the driver's prior driving history. An additional driver's license suspension will result for each subsequent moving violation following the initial suspension.
Suspended drivers are required to pay a $70 reinstatement fee. "

i have already had my lisence suspended, thats why im on supervision, i had to motion a ticket back to court and get traffic school instead of a conviction. all in all cost me about 500 bucks to get it back, i cant afford that again.

if you remove the word "brakes" from your title, you will summarize your thread a little better

its still nicer than a rustang

atleast your okay... are you sure that the car has abs?

yes





ABS will be looked into and a lawyer will be called soon.

thanks for all the help guys!

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Did the fuse blow? I'd check that first. Also, is the ABS light on? If there was a malfunction i would hope that the light came on.
But most def get that checked, not having ABS is a bitch (not to rub it in), especially if you are not very good at threshold braking.

 

[Turk]

I would think on the Audi of the ABS was truly out there would be an ABS light on the dash, or something to that effect.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

i agree, i dont think the tires were slipping enough to trigger ABS. seemed like a hard stop to them and not lose of control / sliding

 

[TonzKnock-G]

, not paying attention, messing with the girlfriend,

YOU GOT OWNED!

 

[EmersonHart13]

ABS probably did not need to engage, You just needed more room, simple enough. Stratus might have been going just enough slower than you to make the stop. With new rubber it is surprising that you didn't make the stop.

Glad you are okay!