Not a Happy Bunny at the moment!

[tc4332]

If in doubt . . . raise the suspension.
Get out and have a look.


I once had to travel back from Tossa del mar, Spain without a handbrake in a coach once 'cos I ripped off the mechanism leaving the hotel coach park.


I have learnt to use the lift capability at the slightest sign of a possible problem.
Have you noticed the overhang on some of these modern coaches?

[27litres]

Btdt too!

I trick I learned from a mate (for next time) is as soon as you realise you're hooked up on the curb, find something (like a couple of blocks of wood) you can shove in behind the front wheels to make the car climb up as you reverse it.
Can prevent (further) damage...

[J i m s t e r]

Happened to the Mrs in her A4. Some plastic poppers had failed on the undertray so it was hanging down a little and when she reversed backwards, it caught on the far side of the kerb and pulled the front end off about 4 inches.

Car went back on a flatbed.

Then because she was in the carpark longer than the allocated stay, she was hit with a fine, and they enclosed an ANPR picture of her car leaving the carpark. On a flatbed.

We explained the circumstances but they continued to send us demands for payment. I won't say what I thought, but it rhymes with bankstains.

Deamnds lasted all last year.

They've given up now.

Every cloud etc.

[jamoca]

Ouch.

Not the same or nearly as serious, but had a "somewhat" related experience.

Took the 8 on a long road trip down to Switzerland / Italy, and on the deristricted autobahn I started hearing some awful flapping noises below the car past around 120mph, which while isn't devastating, was slightly disappointing as having given the suspension and tracking some serious tinkering the week before, I'd been looking forward to seeing what it could do!

As I arrived in Zurich, a friendly motorist flagged me down and told me that "a bit of your car is hanging off the bottom and dragging along the road". The ****s who did my tracking hadn't fastened the undertray back properly and it had dragged all along the autobahn and shredded itself to bits. A few cable ties and spare screws sorted me for the trip, and a new undertray after.

No bodywork damage like you'd described, but why people can't have enough pride to fasten things up properly is beyond me.

[Simonbartlett]

My undertray fell down like yours 2 fays after a gearbox service. Its bloody annoying, i understand how sinetimes the fixings break but at least use some cable ties and warn the customer.

After a bit of discussion they did buy me a new undertray fir around £300.

[jonnypym123]

Haha I've been there as well, had the 8 for just over a month, on the day of my Grandma's funeral I mounted a 1930s curb which was about 6" high at that point not fully used to driving the 8 taking off the grill surround, popping the side of the undertray and scratching the under side still needs fixed

[1781cc]

did this two months ago on the A4, exactly that, had the whole front replaced under insurance, nightmare, I feel for you