Comments on: Burly Audis Give Iron Man's Stunt Team Headaches http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/04/30/burly-audis-giv/ CarDomain Blog - Crazy news and CarDomain Finds Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Highspeedhijinks http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/04/30/burly-audis-giv/comment-page-1/#comment-33465 Highspeedhijinks Thu, 01 May 2008 21:35:56 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/burly-audis-giv#comment-33465 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Yeah this seems more like the lack of preparation than a testamate to Audi. Its a sports car that 4ft tall by 6ft wide, of course its going to be hard to flip. <br /> ~<br /> I agree with GT Wildfire, the roof is the stongest part of a car most times, you need to weaken it if you want it to look like cheese.</p> </div>

Yeah this seems more like the lack of preparation than a testamate to Audi. Its a sports car that 4ft tall by 6ft wide, of course its going to be hard to flip.
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I agree with GT Wildfire, the roof is the stongest part of a car most times, you need to weaken it if you want it to look like cheese.

]]> By: GTwildfire http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/04/30/burly-audis-giv/comment-page-1/#comment-33466 GTwildfire Thu, 01 May 2008 08:35:55 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/burly-audis-giv#comment-33466 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>That dosen't make sense. Are they trying these stunts with bone-stock cars? If so, no wonder they're having trouble.<br /> -<br /> Want skidding scenes? well duh... gotta disable antilock however they can. Want a roof's steel to give? Gotta get beyond the headliner and thin the steel with a grinder and remove certain bracing or replace the roof entirely with something that will do exactly what's required.<br /> -<br /> Cars are set up for movie shoots all the time, to do what's needed for just about any situation required. Are they skimping on that? Sure sounds like it.</p> </div>

That dosen’t make sense. Are they trying these stunts with bone-stock cars? If so, no wonder they’re having trouble.
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Want skidding scenes? well duh… gotta disable antilock however they can. Want a roof’s steel to give? Gotta get beyond the headliner and thin the steel with a grinder and remove certain bracing or replace the roof entirely with something that will do exactly what’s required.
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Cars are set up for movie shoots all the time, to do what’s needed for just about any situation required. Are they skimping on that? Sure sounds like it.

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