Tragedy at the car wash

[cmestas]

I live in northwest suburbs of chicago and i decide to get a car wash at shell gas station since it was a nice day out and i needed gas anyway. well at the end of the wash it rips my antenna off. good thing is that they are paying for the damages. Question is can the o4-05 cooler lookin antenna fit and work with my 03 audi? will post pics later as soon as i get off work

[festerfm]

i hope so.. that's a decent mishap.. wish i had an external antenna to get ripped off.. i have the one under the trim over the rear window.. and yeah, it's broken..

[UltrasportFreak]

That's unfortunate, but nice they're replacing it for you.

Now the real question...

Why are you taking your Audi through a car wash that has brushes and stuff like that, that can rip off your antenna and have rocks in the brushes to scrape your paint. Hand wash that beautiful car!

[EYE4SPEED]

Easier when it isn't minus "x" degrees outside in the middle of winter. I always handwash in the summer months, but either I'm too lazy or its too cold outside and I don't have a heated garage...

Noticed this happened in Chi town (used to live there) and it has been pretty nasty outside.

Don't most carwashes state they are not responsible for damage?

[Maverick]

car wash 101:
always wash the car yourself and wear gloves!!!

[toaster]

antenna got ripped off...where is there an external antenna on the a4?

[cmestas]

Ha ya I usually hand wash it myself but its darn cold out. I wont be going to a car wash probably ever again. Although anyone know about the fin looking antenna from like 05 if it will work with my 03? Since mine is the skinny thing sticking up I want to see if I can get the other ones since I'm getting a new one anyway.

[Kittrell]

What other antenna is there besides the shark fin? If you don't have Satellite/Nav, then its internal...

[absolutegtr]

He must have meant the other sharkfin STYLE antenna.....let me try and find a pic....(atleast that what I assume he is referring too)

[cmestas]

ha ya the one that looks like a shark fin I guess, but I think that is the one.

[Dolphin18T]

When it's cold out I take my car to the car wash that has the wand you feed quarters into. Yea, it's not as good as a nice hand wash, but it's better than nothing. Whatever you do, don't use the foaming brush though. That thing is TERRIBLE for your paint. I only use the spray wand.

[manhertm]

Seems like a factory defect, rather than a bad carwash. The sharkfin is low profile so it had to be loose already for a carwash to rip it off. Either way your damages are being covered so that's cool.

[ApexIt]

perfect reason to get a sharkfin antenna!

[B6JoeS4]

That's unfortunate, but nice they're replacing it for you.

Now the real question...

Why are you taking your Audi through a car wash that has brushes and stuff like that, that can rip off your antenna and have rocks in the brushes to scrape your paint. Hand wash that beautiful car!

or just polish her in the spring

[BNZ TOY]

hehe "Tragedy"

[audimcnasty]

it's a good idea to get all that nasty salt and dirt off the paint at least a few times during the winter

dont u have any of those touch-free places up by you? they're a good get-me-by inbetween hand washes...or during those weeks when weather is unpredictable...

[BNZ TOY]

^^ cool pic, but why is the black outline for your tailights so thick!?

[dirtybrd]

Thats not an Audi

[eurogruppe]

yea thats a pos lol

[tdn]

I always hand wash it in nice weather, during the winter I just spray it down from time to time to get the salt off. I washed my car down today and it didn't take me more than 3 minutes.

[audimcnasty]

lol...google images, bro

just so the OP (or whoever else) would know what i was talking about

[cmestas]

These are just a couple pics I took with my camera phone
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[gray6spd]

thats not an audi in the pic! lol. that looks like a TL. glad to hear they are paying for it. the 04 shark fin antenna would be cool!

[akaEsCo01]

That's clearly not a factory antenna

[Kittrell]

Agreed

[aaron1085]

touch free doesnt clean JACK

[Smiley]

touch free doesnt clean JACK

yes it does, the best is to find a newer machine

cleans almost as good as a manual wash

[Burtonrider1002]

thats not an audi in the pic! lol. that looks like a TL. glad to hear they are paying for it. the 04 shark fin antenna would be cool!

the pic of the touch free wash?

Its a new body style (06ish) Pontiac Bonneville

[risc427]

Why does everyone like the external "shark fin" antenna so much? I never understood the necessity for it either. I love the fact that my '02 doesn't have any "fins" sticking out of it's beautiful lines.

[1point8teeNW]

not just any Bonneville.

It's a Bonniville GXP with the Cadillac Northstar 4.6 motor in it. They haul some minor ass.

[vintagespin]

Why does everyone like the external "shark fin" antenna so much? I never understood the necessity for it either. I love the fact that my '02 doesn't have any "fins" sticking out of it's beautiful lines.

personally i just think it looks bad ass... haha

[festerfm]

i would rather have the sharkfin... i doubt that antenna has a "cracking" issue..

[AudiA4Turbo22]

These are just a couple pics I took with my camera phone
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THIS IS A FACTORY ANTENNA, PM me i have one extra of the same style. And yes the others do fit, this antenna was for the cars in 02/03 with the motorola V60 package, i had this i swapped it, the only difference is that the new ones have more wires due to the fact they double as GPS antennas these don't

[forevraudi]

from the name of the thread i thought this was going to be something HxC, like a 3 car pileup on their conveyor belt than the hulk comes along and smashes your hood in

[GO-GOTEKNO]

automated carwashes love to destroy audi's

[Plasticar]

That's unfortunate, but nice they're replacing it for you.

Now the real question...

Why are you taking your Audi through a car wash that has brushes and stuff like that, that can rip off your antenna and have rocks in the brushes to scrape your paint. Hand wash that beautiful car!

Because he lives in friggin CHICAGO. It is damn cold in the Midwest in the winter! In the winter I always try to find carwashes with touchless drying to keep the blowers from dragging on my car. Other than that, I figure it is better to risk a little scuff than have so much salt on it the black car looks light grey.

[aaron1085]

i have the shark fin on my 04..i think it looks cool

[18tboost]

shark fin looks cool