A sad sad tale...

[SmartTowelGS401]

After reading this topic:

http://pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&f...

I was reminded of what happened to a friend of mine a couple of years ago, after pouring hours and hours into his pride and joy, only for fate to rear its ugly head and ruin everything, on the way to the M.O.T the poor thing after finally just about finishing the build off!!!!

Its heart breaking, and also a bit of an insight into just how loopy some dubbers are lol. Also note in the build thread a chap with a leg pinned in a cage, i believe this was due to his mk4 6n polo, which had been fitted with a 1.8T, hitting some standing water on a motorway.

Build thread:
http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopi...

And it all ending in tears...
http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopi...

eta: here's how it looked when he got it, before painstakingly fixing her up:


I'm not going to post a spoiler of how it ended up, look at the threads!

Edited by SmartTowelGS401 on Sunday 18th April 14:12

[Vetch]

Boomarked to read letter! It better be good;)

[soad]

Vetch said:

Bookmarked to read later! It better be good

Same here - EFA.

Edited by soad on Sunday 18th April 14:23

[Strawman]

kind of sad, did he get the insurance ?

[mybrainhurts]

soad said:

Vetch said:

Bookmarked to read later! It better be good

Same here - EFA.

He's gone to read a letter, fool....

[randlemarcus]

soad said:

Vetch said:

Bookmarked to read later! It better be good

Same here - EFA.

It wasn't. Bunch of links rather than pictures, and some txtspk.

[hidetheelephants]

Car catches fire, no extinguisher available so it burns out. Sad but predictable.

[Remagel2507]

hidetheelephants said:

Car catches fire, no extinguisher available so it burns out. Sad but predictable.

+1 very sad but at least the guy escaped un-injured thats the main thing

[Cotty]

Thats why I have two fire extinguishers in my car and I hope the next one has a plumbed in system

[Rothgo Wooft]

Cotty said:

Thats why I have two fire extinguishers in my car and I hope the next one has a plumbed in system

That's a good point about having two. The one time I've needed one the bloody thing didn't work. Luckily there was enough coolant spilling across the road to improvise and not much of a fire in the first place.

[Cotty]

One has never been used but its 20 years old thats why I bought the second new one.

The reason I keep the one that might not work in the car is its one of those super rare extras that came with E30's

[blindswelledrat]

randlemarcus said:

soad said:

Vetch said:

Bookmarked to read later! It better be good

Same here - EFA.

It wasn't. Bunch of links rather than pictures, and some txtspk.

Hmmm. I'd agree with that.
BUt heres a full synopsis to save you clicking on those links and potentially catching poor

1) Bloke buys that crap green car pictured above
2) BLoke sticks some pikey white wheels on it until it looks exactly the same but with white wheels.
3)It burns.

[TubbyRutter]

Can't be bothered clicking all those links! Bizarre way of posting on that forum.

[SystemParanoia]

..... absolutely gutted

[aka_kerrly]

[quote=SmartTowelGS401] Also note in the build thread a chap with a leg pinned in a cage, i believe this was due to his mk4 6n polo, which had been fitted with a 1.8T, hitting some standing water on a motorway.

quote]

That is a guy called Craig, he was involved in a very serious crash on a autobahm and was very lucky to be alive and still have the use of his legs and that is nothing to do with him having a modified car. What is amazing is that he built more than one car whilst still having his leg in a cage and made a great effort to attend shows and was always in high spirits!!

The guy with the mkl, yes that is unfortunate he had put some hours into that and it was a lot more than some different wheels! Lesson is a fire extinguisher is a useful item but very very few people actually have them. Christ most people i know dont even carry any form of tools other than the jack!

dave

[GT4 Baz]

Also if you are going to use exhaust wrap seal it with one of the VHT sealers before using it.

Or get it ceramic coated.

[dylan0451]

GT4 Baz said:

Also if you are going to use exhaust wrap seal it with one of the VHT sealers before using it.

Or get it ceramic coated.

• runs off to go look at the state of wrap*

why? i thought the stuff just falls apart eventually, not burst into flames - isn't it supposed to take up to 1800c or something?!

[GT4 Baz]

It is capable of withstanding incredible temperatures but if the wrap is soaked/exposed to fuel or oil it can become very flammable.

You can seal it with stuff like this : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DEI-HT-Silicone-Coating-Blac...

Worth doing IMO, nothing worse than losing a P&J due to an (avoidable) fire!

[Idiot Gimp Boy]

The original hot hatch. Boom tish.