Another on bites the dust
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watching this disaster a Fire Extinguisher might be the first idea....but let me tell you: the typical powder/foam will destroy everything...and your chassis will corrode like hell.....so better let it burn, get the money from insurance and thats it. attempts with the extinguisher and the consequent damaged from foam/powder will not be subject for an insurance claim.
Foam isn't corrosive and neither is P50 powder. Just clean the powder off before it gets wet. No insurance company is going to say - you shouldn't have tried to put the fire out and because you did, now we will not pay out.
The biggest problem with a fibreglass car is that they burn so easily and so strongly and so toxically, that most owners don't have the time or a sufficiently large extinguisher to fight the fire before it is out of control and too dangerous to approach.
The biggest problem with a fibreglass car is that they burn so easily and so strongly and so toxically, that most owners don't have the time or a sufficiently large extinguisher to fight the fire before it is out of control and too dangerous to approach.
hidetheelephants said:
Automatic fire extinguishers are really cheap now, people with valuable cars, monetarily or sentimentally, should consider fitting them under the bonnet.
or this kind of thing:https://www.justkampers.com/fire-fighter-3-metre-a...
LLantrisant said:
watching this disaster a Fire Extinguisher might be the first idea....but let me tell you: the typical powder/foam will destroy everything(1)...and your chassis will corrode like hell(2).....so better let it burn, get the money from insurance and thats it(3).
attempts with the extinguisher and the consequent damaged from foam/powder will not be subject for an insurance claim(4).
1) No it won’t necessarily.attempts with the extinguisher and the consequent damaged from foam/powder will not be subject for an insurance claim(4).
2) Only because it had the coating burned off & eventually water added.
3) Most TVR are Classics and hence have classic car cover, so agreed value, but in any case how on earth would ‘trying to put it out’ preclude insurance from paying out?
4) See above, also, no.
To close the loop on this, the insurance company have now paid out and the car is at Co-Part
https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/70813785/1990-tvr-290...
Its obviously a CAT B
The insurance company were very good as were Co-Part. I had a really nice chat with the valuing engineer, who was delighted to be able to talk about something other than Fiesta STs. He couldn't give me what I wanted, but passed me to Axa who were also very good. I settled on £7800, which was £200 less than I paid for it.
No doubt it will end up with TVR Glenn, unless someone rebuilding an S3 buys it for parts. She has a brand new hood, which will be useless now because it will stink of burned fibreglass. The wheels are nice, the interior is OK ish, but it has had a complete chassis and suspension refresh, I can't remember whether the engine was rebuilt or not now, but it went like stink!
https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/70813785/1990-tvr-290...
Its obviously a CAT B
The insurance company were very good as were Co-Part. I had a really nice chat with the valuing engineer, who was delighted to be able to talk about something other than Fiesta STs. He couldn't give me what I wanted, but passed me to Axa who were also very good. I settled on £7800, which was £200 less than I paid for it.
No doubt it will end up with TVR Glenn, unless someone rebuilding an S3 buys it for parts. She has a brand new hood, which will be useless now because it will stink of burned fibreglass. The wheels are nice, the interior is OK ish, but it has had a complete chassis and suspension refresh, I can't remember whether the engine was rebuilt or not now, but it went like stink!
Astacus said:
To close the loop on this, the insurance company have now paid out and the car is at Co-Part
https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/70813785/1990-tvr-290...
Its obviously a CAT B
The insurance company were very good as were Co-Part. I had a really nice chat with the valuing engineer, who was delighted to be able to talk about something other than Fiesta STs. He couldn't give me what I wanted, but passed me to Axa who were also very good. I settled on £7800, which was £200 less than I paid for it.
No doubt it will end up with TVR Glenn, unless someone rebuilding an S3 buys it for parts. She has a brand new hood, which will be useless now because it will stink of burned fibreglass. The wheels are nice, the interior is OK ish, but it has had a complete chassis and suspension refresh, I can't remember whether the engine was rebuilt or not now, but it went like stink!
Shame to see so much of a lovely S3 still looking good. I wonder what the repair cost would be. New bonnet, new windscreen, repair dashboard end, some paint... https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/70813785/1990-tvr-290...
Its obviously a CAT B
The insurance company were very good as were Co-Part. I had a really nice chat with the valuing engineer, who was delighted to be able to talk about something other than Fiesta STs. He couldn't give me what I wanted, but passed me to Axa who were also very good. I settled on £7800, which was £200 less than I paid for it.
No doubt it will end up with TVR Glenn, unless someone rebuilding an S3 buys it for parts. She has a brand new hood, which will be useless now because it will stink of burned fibreglass. The wheels are nice, the interior is OK ish, but it has had a complete chassis and suspension refresh, I can't remember whether the engine was rebuilt or not now, but it went like stink!
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