The devil's work? Supercar with registration plate '666' destroyed after it mysteriously bursts into

Mail Online ^ | 29th April 2009 | staff

[kellynla]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Is this TRUE? LOL!

Ping!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Eh, it’s just Putin assassinating another political opponent.

[TaxRelief]

Now they know why we smart Americans avoid that number. :D

[Old Sarge]

Car explodes in Russia. Sun rises in East.

[I Buried My Guns]

Just Great.

Now I'm gonna have that Iron Maiden song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

"....Woe to you, oh earth and man, for the devil sends the beast with wrath..."

[Buddygirl]

Wonder if someone aimed a laser beam into the car, causing it to catch fire on the inside?

[Rebelbase]

“Now they know why we smart Americans avoid that number”

A guy ahead of me in a grocery once bought a couple of things and the total rang up $6.66. He told the cashier he wasn’t paying that and tossed in a pack of gum.

[Rebelbase]

“Wonder if someone aimed a laser beam into the car, causing it to catch fire on the inside?”

Could have been a plasma cannon or photon torpedo, you never know.

[Pistolshot]

That looked like one hot car!!!!

[org.whodat]

That is normally the result of the note is due and the insurance policy in the dash compartment started a fire.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Looks like an insurance job or a hit job.

[Grumpybutt]

I’d have sent the plates back and waited for new ones with different numbers...

And yes, I’m one of those who “throws in a pack of gum” if whatever I’m buying rings up to $6.66.

[al_c]

The 600-horsepower car - which starts at $91,220 (£62,000) - can usually go from 0-60 in just four seconds.

A friend of mine once rebuilt a 240Z that could top that.

[RandallFlagg]

Just Great.

Now I'm gonna have that Iron Maiden song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

It's even worse.
Now were all going to be swamped with all of those Russian scammers saying, "I have been injured by my flaming car could you please wire me $400 for my hospital stay so I can come to America after I heal and love you like you've never been loved?"

[frankenMonkey]

Has nothing to do with ‘666’
It’s very common in Russia right now, setting fire high profile cars when they’re parked on the street.
Saw pictures of a ‘Vette two weeks ago, melted to the ground.

[Skenderbej]

The guy should have expected the spontaneous combustion. He was driving a Dodge.

[ArrogantBustard]

I don’t see much evidence of burning there. Looks more like HE.

[ILikeBourbon]

No, the debbo did it!

I’m thinking of putting angelic script on my car.

[Drew68]

Looks like an insurance job or a hit job.

It was either torched for the insurance by an owner who no longer has the means to pay for it or it was torched in an act of malice by individuals who can't afford such a nice car and blame rich capitalists for their problems. Luxury car torchings are common in Russia these days as Russia is finding itself in the same economic crisis that's affecting the rest of the world.