Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 flamb?: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard http://imagecraft.com