[Leica] The long story of the car flambé:

[John Lee]

Richard,

I think I’ve found a new home for your flambé Leica M9 and lens. It’ll be a
companion to another Leica that shared the same fate.
<https://www.artphotoacademy.com/hindenburg-leica/amp/>


-John

On Monday, May 16, 2022, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> Douglas, a 2004 Toyota RAV4 stick. Great car otherwise. I don't think any
> car would normally have a catastrophic failure like this. Like, even with
> no oil, no coolant, no anything would cause a car to combust.
>
> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 4:34 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
> > My sympathies, Richard. At least no one was hurt, bar things. What was
> > the car make and year? Spontaneous combustion is unusual but maybe there
> > is a weakness in that particular model.
> > Douglas
> >
> > 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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> --
> // richard http://imagecraft.com
>
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