Burning XKR on the Nordschleife

[Luca Brasi]

Wonder what happened there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-qum_dURA8&fea...

[GarryA]

Fluid leak onto exhaust cat would be my guess.

[R300will]

That poor car. smoking, covered in powder. Bet the owner even had a name for it. Amy probably Hope he'd told his insurers.

[DonkeyApple]

R300will said:

That poor car. smoking, covered in powder. Bet the owner even had a name for it. Amy probably Hope he'd told his insurers.

The name?

[carreauchompeur]

He did seem to keep going for rather a long time. Hazards on, so presumably they knew something was wrong, merrily fanning the flames...

[davepoth]

carreauchompeur said:

He did seem to keep going for rather a long time. Hazards on, so presumably they knew something was wrong, merrily fanning the flames...

He was trying to drive off the track I think, presumably for insurance reasons.

[carreauchompeur]

davepoth said:

He was trying to drive off the track I think, presumably for insurance reasons.

Ah yes, that would make sense.

[Bodo]

The XKR is the hotter version of the XK8.

[markmullen]

General advice is not to open the bonnet but to fire the extinguishers in through the grille, opening the bonnet just gives air to the fire.

[Bodo]

davepoth said:

carreauchompeur said:

He did seem to keep going for rather a long time. Hazards on, so presumably they knew something was wrong, merrily fanning the flames...

He was trying to drive off the track I think, presumably for insurance reasons.

It's rental car from Hertz, registered after June 2012. Normally, in Germany insurances do not exclude TF in their conditions; however, it might well be possible that Hertz excludes use of their vehicles on race tracks under any conditions.

[DHE]

Would the driver have to pay any fees to the 'ring, other than recovery? I know giving the armco a clout is expensive, not sure how they deal with this type of thing.