Sad end to Toyota project

Sick Puppy · Post by **Sick Puppy** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:43 pm

A Paekakariki man's ten-year build project went up in flames yesterday- just took it on the road after building it, and it caught fire...

I had scanned the article, but I can't upload it yet- bloody photoshop!

doin donuts · Post by **doin donuts** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:30 pm

what was it?

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:06 pm

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3490643/Nightmare-test-for-dream-car

MR2BOY23 · Post by **MR2BOY23** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:18 pm

Hope he had a fire extinguisher

Maybe just didn't get a chance to use it

It is very sad

1I1 · Post by **1I1** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:20 pm

By the time he hit the kill switch and got out it was an inferno

Sounds like a fire extinguisher may have been to late..

Sad ending for him then. Wonder what engine etc it had?

GT101 · Post by **GT101** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:23 pm

looks like it started a mean fire in the bush too

gutted :cry:

snwtoy · Post by **snwtoy** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:29 pm

It's only a starlet...

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:32 pm

Still, poor bastard spent alot of time and effort on it. Gutted.

doin donuts · Post by **doin donuts** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:49 pm

starlet or not, its gota suck, he wouldnt have had any insurance either i reckon. sympathy goes out to that guy!!!!

snwtoy · Post by **snwtoy** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:15 pm

Actual LOL to be honest. What a mug if he didn't have insurance.

Post by **Distrb** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:19 pm

Car belongs to my brother-in-law's younger brother. Is a KP starlet running a very hot 4age 20v Turbo. Had the best of the best bits in it. Several years of ones life was sunk into the fibreglass bodywork and dashboard alone (think full custom autometer dash and TRD replica widebody Kit). Despite the reports, it has been running for some time and several days testing were done at Slipway.

Grotty from here/import enhancements contributed alot to the build of this car as well.

Was just out to test the new ecu/turbo combo when it went up. The ensuing scrub fire came pretty close to putting their house up in smoke also.

Yes he did have the mandatory 2kg fire extinguisher that rally requires you to have, but obviously wasn't enough.

gutted

snwtoy wrote:Actual LOL to be honest. What a mug if he didn't have insurance.

Car lived under lock and key and barely ever saw the light of day let alone the road.

Dragger_Dan · Post by **Dragger_Dan** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:24 pm

A question here to anybody who has been through an experience like this - what bits are recoverable from such a fire? Can you recover a shell and the hard parts of the drivetrain from something like this or would it all be a writeoff?

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:27 pm

snwtoy wrote:Actual LOL to be honest. What a mug if he didn't have insurance.

Are you trolling or deliberately being an asshat? Regardless of what you think of the car, or whether he should have insurance, losing a project like that would be heartbreaking. Even if it was insured, it wouldnt pay out what the car was worth, let alone enough to rebuild it.

Dragger_Dan wrote:A question here to anybody who has been through an experience like this - what bits are recoverable from such a fire? Can you recover a shell and the hard parts of the drivetrain from something like this or would it all be a writeoff?

Looking at the pics of that, the car would be a write off. My son's other grandmother bought a Laser once that had had a interior fire which gutted the dash and seats, but was able to be repaired. Dont know that I'd been keen though tbh.

snwtoy · Post by **snwtoy** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:31 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:
snwtoy wrote:Actual LOL to be honest. What a mug if he didn't have insurance.

Are you trolling or deliberately being an asshat? Regardless of what you think of the car, or whether he should have insurance, losing a project like that would be heartbreaking. Even if it was insured, it wouldnt pay out what the car was worth, let alone enough to rebuild it.

I'm being serious. Sure it'd be heartbreaking for the person in question, but objectivity is required here. It's a CAR (well known to be a bad investment to start with). A toyota starlet. Hardly something for the general populace to get all heartbroken about.

And my deleting posts for expressing my feelings about given scenario... nice. If you don't want opinions, don't post.

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:32 pm

Sweet, so if I come over and burn all your cactii, and kick your cats, that's cool cause they're just plants and an animal, which arent good investments either?

DXROLLA · Post by **DXROLLA** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:34 pm

To snwtoy i hope your joking other wise your an absolute tool! :roll:

snwtoy · Post by **snwtoy** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:34 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:Sweet, so if I come over and burn all your cactii, and kick your cats, that's cool cause they're just plants and an animal, which arent good investments either?

Actually, they're insured, and the cacti are an appreciating asset. The cat I can afford to lose (but take precautions to avoid loss obviously).

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:36 pm

I didnt delete your post either BTW, there are none missing?

snwtoy · Post by **snwtoy** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:37 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:I didnt delete your post either BTW, there are none missing?

Heh, must have been someone else, sorry, my bad.

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:37 pm

Not often I would resort to violence, but you need a punch in the face right about now.