Bad PR for VW

[danishmkvgti]

http://news.epicinter.net/customers-brand-new-volkswagen-golf-r-wheel-literally-disintegrates-at-speed/

[tony_danza]

Wait, it's not all bad...

Now you can make your dog sick whilst carrying an IKEA chest of drawers.

[simonp]

Just choose the correct wheel option!

[taylor]

Jesus lucky to escape unharmed! Anyone any idea what could of happened?

[Karl_mac_]

Jesus lucky to escape unharmed! Anyone any idea what could of happened?

Dodgy welds/casting of the wheel? Poor design (focusing more on aesthetics instead of performance).

Either way, sh*t the bed! Can't help thinking this wasn't 'at speed' either as he's managed to gather most of the pieces. 

[taylor]

Jesus lucky to escape unharmed! Anyone any idea what could of happened?

Dodgy welds/casting of the wheel? Poor design (focusing more on aesthetics instead of performance).

Either way, sh*t the bed! Can't help thinking this wasn't 'at speed' either as he's managed to gather most of the pieces. 

Ahh didn't think about the casting of the wheel should surely go through NDT before used to make sure there's no linear defects or porosity within the wheel

[Saintsteve]

What the report fails to say is what kerb or pothole the guy must of drove over before this happened...

[betty_swollox]

What the report fails to say is what kerb or pothole the guy must of drove over before this happened...

Could a pot hole really do that much damage  ?

[xjay1337]

What the report fails to say is what kerb or pothole the guy must of drove over before this happened...

Could a pot hole really do that much damage  ?

If he gashed a curb or pothole at 120 yes?

[betty_swollox]

What the report fails to say is what kerb or pothole the guy must of drove over before this happened...

Could a pot hole really do that much damage  ?

If he gashed a curb or pothole at 120 yes?

lol well I thought that would be obvious, but I can imagine the damage to the car being a lot worse if he did that?

[taylor]

By the damage to the car it doesn't look like he was doing any great speed that's why I was confused to how this happened

[Karl_mac_]

By the damage to the car it doesn't look like he was doing any great speed that's why I was confused to how this happened

That was my point. He's collected all the bits so they can't been flung too far. They also seem to have broken along the 'joins' rather than mid spoke.

[taylor]

By the damage to the car it doesn't look like he was doing any great speed that's why I was confused to how this happened

That was my point. He's collected all the bits so they can't been flung too far. They also seem to have broken along the 'joins' rather than mid spoke.

Has to be a faulty alloy

[xjay1337]

Does look suspicious to be honest.
Does look like a catastrophic failure of the wheel...

[betty_swollox]

Does look suspicious to be honest.
Does look like a catastrophic failure of the wheel...

must have been a pothole....