[Closed] Look wot woke me up a 5.30am (pic content)

Jeepers! At least you were not in it and the insurance should cover it.

Wounded! 😯

Yikes and crikey 😯 (see alternative swear words thread). That's a bit of a shocker.

jesus! what is/was it - a golf?

Shame your bikes where in the boot ready to go riding eh? eh?

Regular sight in Bristol.

Bit T-cut will sort that out.

Mrsflash

Yes very shocked, going mad on the internet looking for another car.

It was a 307

and yes so glad my bikes weren't on the car, my life would have been over

Jesus Si ;-o

I always questioned why you had that pug? Very lucky you were not in it with your kid!

Is it a peugot ?

Electrical Fault ? Surely not. 🙄

Thank goodness it wasnt parked near your house!

Hi Stu

yes very lucky, god it could have happened at MM or when I go to the Alpe's or When we go down to Newquay, bloody lucky

If you weren't busy taking photos you might have had a chance of putting it out! Seriously, thats a bad way to start a day, hope all is sorted soon.

But your bikes WERE in the boot

Si didn't something fall off it going down to MM as well? 😉

Are you going to morzine by car?

Not wanting to blame anyonw but

car had just been serviced/MOT

I second that... your bike's WERE def in the boot 😉

I hope that making illegal insurance claims for bikes are all discovered and those that make them are then forced to pay everyone elses premiums. Alternatively they are charged with Deception and fined. Scumbags.

NO bikes are in my safe location, there all good, Just 2 umbrellas in the boot

Out of interest, did you stop to take pictures before you called the fire brigade or afterwards? 😉

Here is a funny/related story, which is 100% true.

Years ago the Renault Scenic had a bit of a reputation for spontaneously combustion due to electrical problems. Some friends of my parents were at Woburn Safari park in their Scenic with their 3 year old and a five year old. While in the lion enclosure (yes, it had to be in the lion enclosure), the car caught fire. When the 5 year old said 'Daddy, the car's on fire', no one believed him until the parents saw the smoke coming out from under the bonnet. The whole family had to get rescued by the rangers. They passed the kids through the windows into the Landy while another ranger stood by with a tranquilizer gun. All very surreal.

geetee1972

I called them first 😆

Still got an MoT? Scrappage trade-in coming up?

I remember an Audi going up years ago- **** the heat was umbarable for a long way off! Dont know how Firefighters put up with it!

New car? VW Passat estate?

[i]Still got an MoT? Scrappage trade-in coming up? [/i]
er, no.

OOOPS

mad that like si! what car you thinking of now? has to be german i reckon (skoda, Vw, audi). what did the ins say?

Surely that'll polish out?? lol
Seriously, sorry to hear about the car, hope you get it sorted!

is that the cat on the front of the engine?

Mt - scumbags? Bit harsh isn't for an insurance claim to make you feel slightly better about your car going up in flames?? To me scumbags come describes the type of crim who rob your bikes, invades your personal space and property, affects your life. Scumbag to harsh for insurance fiddle, save scum for murders, peados, terrorists etc

On the 1 - 10 scale (10 the most insulting) I wuold rate scumbags as around the 8-9 range. Personally I think claiming for a non existent bike in a burnt out car warrants a 3 - v minor offence, scally not scumbag.

No, I have never made an insurance claim on anything so certainly not fraudulently. Would I if my car burnt out? Probably

Hi Neil

Insurance were really good, I guy from the insurance company are coming out to inspect it at the local garage and will prob offer me shite money, we will see

what is there to inspect? surely if you send them a photo it's proof enough that it's a write off! shouldn't it be at a scrap heap not a garage too?

My Porsche did that.

Do you live in Govilon?

[i]No, I have never made an insurance claim on anything so certainly not fraudulently. Would I if my car burnt out? Probably [/i]

Scumbag. Probably.

are you in west yorks squiff . (just looks like our brigades new helmets and engines lol)

At least nobody was driving it at the time!

(Think I'll keep my car on the edge of the driveway from now on!)

Nice garden btw.

Was it an early yr 307?

I think I remember reading that quite a few 307s went up in smoke with electrical faults.

Did you get the marshmallows out??!!

are you in west yorks squiff

yes I live near skipton west yorkshire

Was it an early yr 307?

yes it was a 51 reg so 2001

at least you got the best brigade lookin after you lol 😉

Mick (firestarter)

How do i go about obtaining a fire report from the brigade lot?

mad that like si! what car you thinking of now? has to be german i reckon (skoda, Vw, audi).

You didn't hear about the D-Day landings and stuff then?

got me there lol, id give the local station a bell after 7 this eve as it will be same watch on and ask them

tbh we write them out and send to control centre at birkenshaw ive never been asked for one.

i presume control would sort it out its not something ive ever had to deal with tho

i can find out and let you know later tho when im at work but it wont be til about half seven mate

i think the reason i cant think of what goes on is i cant remember the last non stolen car we got on fire lol

Mick

Thanks for that

FDR1's are no longer in use (so its unlikely you'll get a copy from the station) as everything is now computer based. The Incident Recording System (IRS) report will be held at control and they'll be able to post it out to you. If you are in Mick's area here's the details for numbers.

http://www.westyorksfire.gov.uk/contact/contact_general.htm

Cheers

Paul.

cheers paul 😉

If you have the V5, you can check your VIN number against this? Not that I guess that's much good now!?

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/peugeot-and-citroen-order-recall/217846

What really happened:

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where's the ostrich?

So wot car for £5000 to £7000, got kids so has to be a biggish car or estate

Hummer

squiff:
So wot car for £5000 to £7000, got kids so has to be a biggish car or estate

Mondeo. Will swallow bikes in the back very easily, and are very reliable. You'll get a good 2007 Diseasel with all the extra's in that price bracket too.

Our car did something similar, but ours was caused by some scrote smashing the driver's window and torching it. There was a full tank of petrol and a gas cylinder in the boot so it burned well.

We had to claim on car insurance for the car, buildings insurance for the driveway, garage door and walls and contents insurance for the stuff that was in the car. That meant three lots of excess to pay. We also didn't get a courtesy car, because it was classed as vandalism, not crash or theft - if they'd rolled it off the drive first, we'd have got a car.

MTFU, so it'll be a bit windy without windows but essentially you still have a car so I don't see the problem?

Update on my car, got taken away today, had a little tear in my eye, left a right mess on the car park floor, good news going car shopping on saturday 😀

So an 8 year old car bursts into flames for no apparent reason and there is absolutely no come back on the manufacturer. That doesn't seem right to me, how can anyone get away with selling something that randomly burst into flames (when it isn't supposed to).

You want Peugeot to be responsible for all the work which has been carried out on the car for 8 years and for every bit of wear and tear?

no, at 8 years old there shouldn't be any comeback from the manufacturer at all... pretty much as soon as it leaves their showroom, they have no responsibility for how it's maintained/repaired/used etc.....

bizzarely today i saw a citroen c4 which had had an engine bay fire at the bottom of eccy road in sheffield. wouldn't surprise me if they used very similar wiring looms and designs 🙂