McLaren F1 commits suicide by fire


Cotty

Cotty

GT Owner
Apr 1, 2007
22
Minneapolis
Check this out -- little mishap on the way to the airport. This makes on-board fire supression look like a fabulous idea!

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090601/ARTICLES/906019961
 
I can understand why the guy didn't want to talk about it. I'd still be crying.
 
Omg
 
I glad to have a Safecraft system in the engine bay. It can happen to any car.
 
:eek:eek:eek 'Fuel line/rail pblm somewhere??????????

That's a crying, stinking, SHAME. :frown
 
What's the fireman in the back gonna do with that ax??:eek
 
HiloDave said:
I can understand why the guy didn't want to talk about it. I'd still be crying.
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Bummer about the car'bque.

Owners not talking.:ack

Let's see: Oregon plate. California kept car. Owner from Minn.

Oregon plate fee $51.00 per year & no sales or personal property taxes.

I for see that some explaining needs to be done to California and/or Minnesota tax authorities, should they come looking.
 
PL510*Jeff said:
Bummer about the car'bque.

Owners not talking.:ack

Let's see: Oregon plate. California kept car. Owner from Minn.

Oregon plate fee $51.00 per year & no sales or personal property taxes.

I for see that some explaining needs to be done to California and/or Minnesota tax authorities, should they come looking.
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Not if he has a home in Oregon, Cali & Minn., Grasshopper. :wink
 
TEXAS GT said:
What's the fireman in the back gonna do with that ax??:eek
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Fire rescue loves to cut people out of cars. It's one of the perks of the job. You can often tell they're disapointed when we tell them that we'll just climb through the windows to get to the patients, or even worse, when we find a door that still opens.
 
Let's see.....

Car value - $2M
Insured for - $3M
+ Tough times

= Quick bucks
:thumbsdow
 
Kingman said:
Let's see.....

Car value - $2M
Insured for - $3M
+ Tough times

= Quick bucks
:thumbsdow
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As long as I'm properly insured everthing I have can burn/be demolished. Easy sale. I am NOT sentimentally attached to any home , car boat etc. I really never understood why people say "it's horrible" or "what a terrible loss" if the person is insured and no one was injured.....a stroke of luck in my book. A bit of hassle, but well worth it imo.
 
Lesson here is drive your cars....

Guaranteed that was a dried out cracked seal, gasket, hose, etc.

It was stored for six months, then first drive, with rough running issues.

Chances are the last 6 drives were after similar storage.

A quick walk around, check for leaks on floor before drive; warm up with hood up with pre-drive check would have revealed noise, fumes, smoke, drips.
 
I was thinking mouse nest somewhere hot.

Howard
 
Howard said:
I was thinking mouse nest somewhere hot.

Howard
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and/or chewed wiring
 
For a car to burn up that bad I would think it would have to be related to a fuel or oil leak. Wiring faults alone may fry a harness, but won't burn off the entire back end without other combustibles being involved.
 
Ouch!!! that's gonna leave a mark
 
 
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