« Reply #1 on: 12 April 2016, 19:17 »
We've had a few documented on here. It seemed to be more common with R's.
It's quite an impressive sight when a turbo blows, possibly not for the car's occupants but certainly for passers by.
I had a turbo hose come off on a mk5 Golf on the motorway and the plume of smoke looked like a downed Spitfire in a WWII movie!

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