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whywhywhy · Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 33 Location: Brisbane, Australia

It went bang. Then...

In the very top of the pic is the local fire station... so at least not far to go to come put it out.

I think I need a cuddle

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Tiny · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 502 Location: London, UK

Oh no! So what happened?!
I can't figure it out from the pics.
Very very sorry to hear and see this happen.
Hope it can be fixed?
Tiny
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Kroggers · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Stockholm & London

I am sorry to see that, I am sad about the car but happy you did not get hurt...
I assume it was electrical and not petrol related? If electrical is the core part of the engine still functional?
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Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

I always have an extinguisher in my car and I've learned not to pop the hood if there's a fire.... you're providing extra oxigen that way.

still, sad pictures...but it could be worse.
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MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
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Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

My guess is the starter wiring harness. Known issue...
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CorsePerVita · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1992 Location: Redmond, Oregon

Yeah what caused it?
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- 1980 Porsche 931 (Daily)
- 1987 Lamborghini Jalpa
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whywhywhy · Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 33 Location: Brisbane, Australia

Well, had left the shopping centre carpark. Waiting at give way sign to turn onto the main road, accelerated then BANG. Big puff of smoke, no electrics, a few choice words and coasted to stop on side of road.

grabbed all my stuff out of the car and called the fire truck. Very frustrating standing there with your car on fire & being able to see the fire station & wondering "when's the door gonna open?" & hurry up!!!

My wife could be a bit more supportive about it

- well its her money going up in smoke too...

Oh, and Joe Public couldn't have been more helpful either... "hey, your car's on fire" doesn't help

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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania

never open the hood...always throw all your non flamable fluid/solid shit against the fire.
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Rich H · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:08 pm Post subject:

Well that sucks, doesn't look that bad though.
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macBdog · Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject:

Damn how long have you had the car? Another brisbanite...
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject:

Wow thats a rough one so im assuming you dont know what the cause is is that correct.

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whywhywhy · Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 33 Location: Brisbane, Australia

Yep - another from Brisvegas
Had the car since Feb this year. Poured in heaps of hours & cash to make it run almost as good as it looks. This is the thanks I get from her!

Still a mystery as to the cause. I've had the car towed to insurer & fingers & toes & eyes crossed they will cover it - it was on fire dammit.

Will keep posted on developments - they said 2 days to assess and get back to me so either late Tuesday or Wednesday for some progress.
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whywhywhy · Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 33 Location: Brisbane, Australia

Well its a write-off. Too much damage to engine, paint, & wiring harness to justify insurance repair. And they're only giving me $5300 for the car - which i can buy back for $2k - bunch of a$$holes

I hate the economics of last 7 months but here u go:
Purchase $6500
Rego & Insur $1300
Parts $1500
Labour $ free (but heaps of my time)
Tools $1500
Other repairs $400
Insurance Excess $500
Total invested: $11700
Net returned: $5300
Loss: $6400
What a hard lesson to learn...

what a setup... i can't justify buying out and doing it up again. Aaarrgh my dream of Porsche ownership... ending in a ball of flames (at least it's one of the better ways to go)
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emoore924 · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2822

That sucks :'(

Not sure if the situation is the same for you, but here in the states, the first offer from the ins co is not the one you take. Don't want to give advice, but you might want to negotiate a bit, especially if you can document some of those expenditures you mention above. Also, reach out to Porsche. It might be too late but if they can give you a value..., you might be in a better bargaining position.

Good luck with it.

daniel · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 687 Location: Sydney, Australia

Had a similliar thing happen with my 944, got paid out, brought back the wreck for $4500 or something then fixed it for $1300. Its amazing what you can do when your not paying $120/hr and using all new Porsche parts. i.e. one wire is burnt in the harness, dont repair the harness buy a new one. I know thats extreme but thats the mentality of insurance companies when it comes to cars like Porsches. The other thing to consider from the insurance companies point of view is stuff like when the repairer gets it running you could claim that stacks of other stuff is wrong with it now and theres very little they can do to prove otherwise.

My advice is sleap on it, get some quotes from independant repaires etc then make a decision.

If you dont want to buy it back, and mods you have done/spare parts that arn't listed on the policy can be retreived by you.

So sorry man, I know just how heart breaking this stuff is! Go to the pub tonight!

Daniel
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