2014 Golf R wheel failure.. Scary stuff

[ColinG]

2 weeks old, guy was very lucky IMO.

Dont think I'd want that particular car back :S

http://news.epicinter.net/customers...f-r-wheel-literally-disintegrates-at-speed/11

 

[Scrooge]

Ouch!

 

[Dave..]

That's going to cause a few late nights at VW

 

[aucky]

Another reason to get Pretoria wheels!

 

[Knuckles]

f**k me.

I always knew diamond cut wheels were s**t.

 

[Sargara]

Unrelated but is that a bonnet bra he's fitted to a new Golf R? :quiet:

 

[aucky]

Unrelated but is that a bonnet bra he's fitted to a new Golf R? :quiet:

He deserved it.

 

[not normal dan]

Unrelated but is that a bonnet bra he's fitted to a new Golf R? :quiet:

Hate to tar him with the "scene" brush lol

 

[Addicted]

He deserved it.

+1, bonnet bra's are for idiots.

 

[Waitey]

It's the reason VW didn't offer the 19" version of that wheel in the uk. It just wouldn't survive our roads.

 

[GiT]

£10 says mine will survive 2 years without an issue. I'll take 5 bets. GO!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Rota making wheels for VW now i assume

 

[Chris_Beer]

He deserved it.

LOL

 

[Munson]

Is there any evidence that it "literally" disintegrated at speed? Could it be possible that it "literally" disintegrated when some speed suddenly became no speed when he binned it?

I don't mean "looks like this" or "looks like that", I mean actual evidence? Personally I think the latter scenario is more likely than the former, but you never know.

 

[scott.p]

He could have hit a big pothole 'at speed' for all we know.

 

[Andy93]

Australia has terrible roads just like us. That's probably the result of hitting a huge pothole 'at speed'

 

[Herr Flick]

Why the f**k isn't he driving a Ute.

 

[daydotz]

The other thing to realise Aus R's come with 19s the uk ones are 18s

 

[BoatNonce]

Lol at this.

'My wheel died so I'll take an arty photograph. #YOLO.

 

[Munson]

The other thing to realise Aus R's come with 19s the uk ones are 18s

Oh that's that then. Definitely exploded when vtec kicked in

 

[.GAZ.]

OOOFT!!!

 

[FuzzyDuck]

I could have limped that home......

Must of been a big pot hole!

 

[Rubicon_]

Don't know why anyone would get those wheels in the first place :dead:

 

[RDH]

Don't know why anyone would get those wheels in the first place :dead:

Is the true moral of this story!

 

[Chili Red]

f**k!

 

[lbrench]

Maybe he has a bonnet bra to protect his paintwork?

A ton of porple have them over here on just normal cars because of all the dust and stones also he's a very lucky lad!

 

[Sargara]

Maybe he has a bonnet bra to protect his paintwork?

A ton of porple have them over here on just normal cars because of all the dust and stones also he's a very lucky lad!

 

[Munson]

Maybe he has a bonnet bra to protect his paintwork?

A ton of porple have them over here on just normal cars because of all the dust and stones also he's a very lucky lad!

Do you have one on your roof? x

 

[Rob]

Regardless of what he may of hit, it's the way that's come apart that's pretty shocking. Definitely some manner of manufacturing fault.

 

[davo172]

Should of fitted turinis !!

 

[JD]

Has crash; takes arty photo.

Definition of a forum goer, no?

 

[Mr Burns]

Love the responses on here!

Wheel almost certainly didn't disintegrate, I reckon it had some assistance.

Driver is wheelie lucky.

 

[Munson]

Regardless of what he may of hit, it's the way that's come apart that's pretty shocking. Definitely some manner of manufacturing fault.

Definitely? That's a pretty bold statement. I'd go with 'possibly'. In any case we'll probably never know, unless we see a validated report (with custard). Until then, it's speculation on our part. And a nice photo

 

[Ian_182]

I remember this happening to RS4's back in 2007

Pretty poor if its true.

 

[_Tom]

I can imagine his little whiney voice, "It just disintegrated at speed, I didn't hit anything honestly".

 

[MarkCup]

I can imagine his little whiney voice, "It just disintegrated at speed, I didn't hit anything honestly".

Aye, goes hand-in-hand with the usual "I had to swerve into a ditch as a car was head-on on my side of the road...but they never stopped!".

Can't see that wheel failing without at least some provocation.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Wow, I thought it was a general exaggerated article title but nope. That's pretty much gone and f*cked itself right over.

 

[Munson]

Or been fucked over.

 

[Silent_Scone]

I dunno, the tyre looks like the spokes literally just shattered in all manner of directions like there was too much pressure, but then saying that you'd probably see a similar effect if you smacked into a curb at 80mph, so who knows. Either way it didn't cope very well lol.

 

[KFRRS94]

I don't see any alloy wheel just 'disintegrating at speed'

More than likely hit the mother of all potholes and destroyed it.