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

[Ponto]

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Every good story always leaves people wanting more though right?

[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...

[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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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.

[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.

[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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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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wow thats pretty crazy

[PRY4SNO]

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Ouch... I know just how brutal an expensive breakdown far from home can be, hope this pans out in your favour.

[Ponto]

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Quote came in at $16,000 for the new motor.

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[Natty54]

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Quote came in at $16,000 for the new motor.

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Dam!

Could get a used motor?

[Ponto]

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Dam!

Could get a used motor?

Well it's an insurance claim now due to it being Road debris . So will either be fixed or written off.

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[Natty54]

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Well it's an insurance claim now due to it being Road debris . So will either be fixed or written off.

Sent from my Igloo

I have seen insurance companies use used parts before if the customer allows it

[Ponto]

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I have seen insurance companies use used parts before if the customer allows it

Yeah but where you gonna find a used 3.2 block aside from a written off TT or rare A3..only 50 some A3's with the 3.2 were sold in Canada. Lol.

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[Natty54]

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r32?