[Leica] The long story of the car flambé:

[Peter Dzwig]

What a horrific story! Thank heavens you are alright. Shame about car 
and contents but they can be worked round.

IMHO, if you had been driving it fine until your wife's knock, then it 
doesn't sound like the bent frame had much, if anything to do with the 
fire, so it is probably down to whatever the body shop did . Cue 
lawyers. Unfortunately.

So glad you are safe.

Peter Dzwig

On 14/05/2022 02:30, Richard Man wrote:
> The long story of the car flambé:
> About 4 weeks ago, my wife Karisu had a minor accident, not even a fender
> bender, but apparently the previous owner HAD a major accident, the frame
> was bent, blah blah blah, but finally we picked it up last night, and in
> fact went to see Dr. Strange. Body shop didn't say anything about having it
> checked, just said "byeeeee!" (I had some bad vibe about the body shop but
> with the car in their hands already, not much we could do...)
> I took today off, planning to decompress by going to the Monterey Bay
> Aquarium, and some odd stuff happened, AC wasn't working, but then it did,
> accompanying by "VSC Trac" and engine check lights, so I said, hmm, we
> should probably have the car checked out on Monday, then a couple seconds
> later "let me pull out to the next exit," then a couple seconds after that,
> "nope. we are pulling over NOW" Stopped the car, smokes coming out, and we
> were like, GET OUT, now. now now
> Flames shooting up. It was quite an excitement, more than I ever want to
> see, let alone to our car. I left my iPhone and my Leica in there. Daughter
> wanted to go back to get her bag, and I was like, "nope, we need to move to
> the OTHER direction"
> Well, then you saw the video and photos. We just went to the tow place, and
> I picked out my Leica brand burnt toast. So in fact, Leica is not
> indestructible, despite its reputation.
> BUT everyone is alive. It could have happened in many worse ways, I'm sure
> the insurance will want to talk to the body shop. I suspect maybe a sensor
> or two or three malfunctioned, but who knows. There's definitely NO
> evidence left
> 
> https:/richardman.photo/nPICS/280824095_10217124534264203_6088291997705888193_n.jpg
> https://richardman.photo/nPICS/280968545_10217124531664138_2221344561762196172_n.jpg

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Dr. Peter Dzwig