Local news showed a security camera video which showed exactly what happened. Gas overflowed while filling up. Then the owner/driver decided to grab a squeegee and wipe off excess gas from his precious but in the process squeegees the gas towards the hot exposed rear engine parts mentioned in the item and then poof.....bbqed Porsche 918!
1 posted on
09/29/2014 7:33:59 PM PDT by
xp38
To: xp38
enough to make one weep
2 posted on
09/29/2014 7:36:03 PM PDT by
xp38
To: xp38
Design Flaw.
Epic Fail on Porche’s part.
3 posted on
09/29/2014 7:36:39 PM PDT by
Yossarian
To: xp38
With all the bucks expended on the design, they could not have provided for insulation encasement of the pipes? Bare pipes are not only asking for ignition hazard they are asking for personal burn hazard. Even motorcycle pipes are generally shielded.
8 posted on
09/29/2014 7:41:50 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: xp38
The phone call to his insurance agent must have been interesting.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Werkerle, you did WHAT?"
11 posted on
09/29/2014 7:43:09 PM PDT by
TChad
(The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
To: xp38
With that much horsepower it is really overpowered. It would be easy to wreck, or at least it seems to me like it would be.
It’s 0-60 time must be way below 4 seconds.
15 posted on
09/29/2014 7:48:56 PM PDT by
yarddog
(G)
To: xp38
“Witnesses state that gas spilled during the car's refueling in a Toronto gas station and ignited via the twin exhaust pipes.”
And that children is what is called a hose job or more specifically being a hoser as in gas hose. So it was $845,000 is that Canadian or US because it would only be a paltry $757,558.77 at today's exchange rate.
16 posted on
09/29/2014 7:50:09 PM PDT by
Polynikes
(What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
To: xp38
How is it possible for a car to cost that much?
19 posted on
09/29/2014 7:51:45 PM PDT by
kanawa
To: xp38
Ban cars. And gas stations. It’s for the children!
27 posted on
09/29/2014 8:01:20 PM PDT by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: xp38
Definitely looks like a job for 1-800-BAD-AUTO and you don’t have to pay unless he wins.
28 posted on
09/29/2014 8:01:33 PM PDT by
RetiredTexasVet
(Every trash can has a lid, the DNC lid is Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (aka Debbie Dipsh!t))
To: xp38
“.....893 hp hybrid hyper car...”
My Tundra has about 400 hp and I can’t even imagine what it might be like to have over twice that hp in a car.
31 posted on
09/29/2014 8:07:56 PM PDT by
Gator113
( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
To: xp38
Whew!
Guess I’ll get the exhaust on mine moved to the other side!
35 posted on
09/29/2014 8:45:03 PM PDT by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: xp38
Porsche crisp
38 posted on
09/29/2014 9:22:12 PM PDT by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: xp38
Maybe if we *still* had gas station attendants.....this wouldn't have happened.
40 posted on
09/29/2014 9:28:59 PM PDT by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: xp38
To: xp38
I’ve got an older 996 Carrera that I once did 179 in.....paid 30k for it when it was 6 years old
My third 911.....I’m old.....
Never heard of a 918....till now
I hear it does 214 for 845,000
Those extra 36 mph top speed cost 23,000 bucks per mile....pretty fancy
I run top top speed...max...179
At 300 ponys and 3000 pounds
I would think at almost 900 ponies it would do over 214?
But it weighs....3700 pounds
Bet those big batteries lit up....was it the fancy model...named after the town
50 posted on
09/29/2014 10:45:49 PM PDT by
wardaddy
(Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
To: xp38
Witnesses state that gas spilled during the car's refueling in a Toronto gas station and ignited via the twin exhaust pipes. Those pipes protrude upwards from the engine compartment, rather than exiting out back like most other vehicles. $900,000 and they can't get the exhaust pipes right!
55 posted on
09/29/2014 11:23:04 PM PDT by
gunsequalfreedom
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