ryan_16v 0 Posted March 25, 2010 MILLERMANS Blackberry VR6 is now no more, it caught fire on the M3 last night and now is just about reconisable as a C. :( :( :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swiftkid 1 Posted March 25, 2010 :shock: kidding me!!! thats awful news, bet hes absolutely gutted!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emu 0 Posted March 25, 2010 That's are very bad news :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan_16v 0 Posted March 25, 2010 :shock: kidding me!!! thats awful news, bet hes absolutely gutted!!! He said he had to sit a watch it burn for 1/2 an hour untill the fire services turned up. By then there was no steering wheel or colum, and the wheels had melted. :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 25, 2010 Schitt :shock: He is such a keen enthusiast too, absolutely gutted for him :( Any ideas what may have caused the fire? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted March 25, 2010 This is very very sad to hear. He must be so upset :( Do you know what started it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_G60_Fanatic 0 Posted March 25, 2010 shit! is he ok? does anyone know how it happened, ect... poor guy. He must be devastated :cry: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan_16v 0 Posted March 25, 2010 He said his dashboard lights flickerd then smoke started to appear behind the dashboard, then the rest as they say is history. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 25, 2010 Short in the fusebox :( I was thinking it was that (I lost a Jetta that way in the past), or perished fuel lines spraying fuel onto the exhaust manifold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_G60_Fanatic 0 Posted March 25, 2010 RIP Rado Glad millermans ok thou... shame about the car but by the sounds of it it could have gone very wrong had he not jumped out of the car when he did. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millerman 0 Posted March 25, 2010 thanks for the kind words guys gotta say im proper gutted but im ok and like ryan_16v said dash lights flickered then went off then the stero did the same then black smoke started to bello out the dash at the time i was in the outside lane so i managed to pull over onto the grass verge of the M3 grabed my phone and top and bailed and watched her burn it all happened so quick :( :( :( :( :( :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmaaah 0 Posted March 25, 2010 Crap dude - seriously bad news :( :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorradoVR6-Turbo 0 Posted March 25, 2010 gutting mate,really sorry for you bud.... :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V-Dubstar 0 Posted March 25, 2010 Nasty man, truly gutted for u :( :cry: I know it sounds harsh moving on, but have u had any word from insurance yet? Any silver linings? :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BILLCOR 1 Posted March 25, 2010 Damn shame, yet another nice VR on the scrap heap, at least you got out ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millerman 0 Posted March 25, 2010 in the phone to the insurance now its through CHRIS KNOTT so i hope they do a good job !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Forinor 0 Posted March 25, 2010 Schitt mate!!! Absolutely gutted for you!!!!!!! Hope the insurance helps a little :( :cry: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_G60_Fanatic 0 Posted March 25, 2010 Damn shame, yet another nice VR on the scrap heap, at least you got out ok yeh that's the important thing! :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dukest 0 Posted March 25, 2010 ouch, feel for you. hope you're back bigger and better very soon.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Album56 0 Posted March 25, 2010 This is very bad news, we are thinking of you millerman after this tragic event, I think I'll keep a 10mm spanner handy in the car to whip the battery connection off , could be a Corrado saver although by the time you see smoke the looms gonna be fubaaaaaa. Mick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigowl 0 Posted March 25, 2010 Glad you are OK, M man! Sad about your car, but the cliche is true, you can always get another of 'em - there are millions out there. Your hand has been forced by fate and you should try and look upon this as a lucky escape to your person and an opportunity to search the market for something interesting again. Never too old to learn - I am 64 but would not have guessed that an electrical short, or similar, in the C could have escalated so quickly such that you had to evacuate the C and then have to watch it burn. All that wiring insulation gives off deadly cyanide fumes when it burns - s0d that - best to get your ass out of there just as you did! I have always carried a cheapo extinguisher in the door shelf, but I had in mind perhaps a fuel fire starting. My son's VR6 was kept in by the garage once, as the fuel pipes were in such a bad state of deterioration (about 5 years ago this) they could not risk letting him drive away in it without working on them first. Seems we need to think of the wiring behind the dash as a more serious threat than we may have. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted March 25, 2010 Very bad news fella, gutted for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swiftkid 1 Posted March 25, 2010 upwards and onwards! glad your ok thats the main thing, there will be other corrado's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_G60_Fanatic 0 Posted March 25, 2010 upwards and onwards! glad your ok thats the main thing, there will be other corrado's i have a lovely G60 you could have ! :grin: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
