F1 Caught Fire in CA...

[mini magic]

http://wreckedexotics.com/articles/028.shtml

[dbsf1]

Any ideas what chassis number / owner details ?
Such a shame....
This has happened recently?

[wilsonc]

It says June 1st, which is today, so probably.

[dbsf1]

[Peloton25]

It's probably not #064, but it might be #067.

Hmmm...

McLaren can likely repair the car to as-new, but still a serious bummer for the owner.

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[Peloton25]

Watch the video here - Oregon license plate 534 DGU on the nose makes this #067 for sure.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...-car-burns-up#

Here it was on a much better day:



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[F1FREAKZILLA]

Is this the one that is owned by that guy in Oregon
who owns a bunch of dealerships. He was also on that show
on the HD network "Chasing something Cars"??? The host
was the owner of F40 in Oregon

[hurstg01]

That sucks BIG time, glad everyone was ok

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by F1FREAKZILLA

Is this the one that is owned by that guy in Oregon
who owns a bunch of dealerships. He was also on that show
on the HD network "Chasing something Cars"??? The host
was the owner of F40 in Oregon

No - as the article states, this owner is from Minnesota. He's in the hedge fund/investment business so far as I can tell. The Oregon plate is likely for cheaper registration/taxes as you'll see a lot of expensive cars here in California that wear them. I am pretty sure law enforcement has been cracking down on that as there fewer now than you used to see.

Another point on the Oregon plate could be ease of registration without dealing with the State of California's emissions testing program. However, the previous owner, Elon Musk, did have this car registered in California and drove it regularly so maybe that's a moot point?

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[PatrickT82]

awful news

[jkbon]

Damn !
What the fireman is supposed to do with his hache ? Take a spare part at home ?

[svxit]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

It's probably not #064, but it might be #067.

Hmmm...

McLaren can likely repair the car to as-new, but still a serious bummer for the owner.

>8^)
ER

Agreed. It actually doesn't look that bad. The front half of the car looks to be untouched, and the driver's rear caliper and rotor look fine; even the driver's side luggage lid may not have taken much damage. It will co$t a tidy $um to fix, but these cars are valuable enough that the factory should be able to rebuild it. Having said that, it's interesting that A) the wheel torque wrench is being used to prop up the engine lid, and B) he had a loose bottle of Windex in the luggage bay. Invisible Glass works better.

[Mpowered]

That's enough to make a person physically ill. Some find it humorous (not anyone on this forum but on another forum), but when a piece of art gets destroyed it's really sickening. Eeech!

[accelerator]

Well, this is incredibly tragic. But nothing can be done about it, it already happened. The real question is why'd it happen? What caused the fire? What specifically does not driving it for 6 months relate? The fact that the oil sits, or what? If it was a fluke, that'd be one thing, but if I was an owner, i'd sure as hell want to know right away possibly with an investigation by McLaren

[Peloton25]

Well generally cars don't do well when they sit. Things can dry out that shouldn't and become brittle and then break under pressure. Keep in mind too, that this car is 12 years old now, the engine produces a lot of heat in a very small space, and that can accelerate the process of degredation on plastic and rubber items. Perhaps maintenance on the car was somewhat lacking over the years? Maybe someone made a mistake in prepping the car? This car also must have more than average mileage on it as the previous owner was not shy about taking it out. There are any number of unfortunate reasons this could have occured.

The fact that this is an extremely uncommon result for an F1 should tell us that it is probably not something McLaren needs to explain. If there were a rash of these fires, then maybe they would be to blame.

I'd also like to correct my statements about the Oregon license plate. Reading the original thread on this car, it would appear there was a very legit reason for this car to have an Oregon plate. My apologies for suggesting less than appropriate reasons in this case.

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