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Old 30 September 2014, 05:07 AM   #1
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$845,000 Porsche 918 Spyder burns to the ground in Canadian gas station
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:18 AM   #2
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Love the kids on the video and their ignorance. Is that an Acura NSX? Corvette?
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:22 AM   #3
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Well the residuals have just gone up on the other 917 examples
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:24 AM   #4
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So sad...

So... Is it safe to wear a Rolex while refueling your Porsche?
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:37 AM   #5
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:39 AM   #6
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Burn baby burn . . . .
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:44 AM   #7
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Interesting design Porsche has come up with. Self destructs when you get tired of it!
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Old 30 September 2014, 05:45 AM   #8
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Bummer, reckon larger Canadian gas stations don't have foam fire extinguishing systems in place like around here.
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Old 30 September 2014, 06:30 AM   #9
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I'm not sure. But I'm guessing if I saw a raging fire in front of a gas pump I might be motivated to do a U turn and not drive past it. But that's me.
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Old 30 September 2014, 06:52 AM   #10
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Old 30 September 2014, 06:55 AM   #11
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Old 30 September 2014, 11:46 AM   #12
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Gas + hot exhaust = duh
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Old 30 September 2014, 11:51 AM   #13
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I saw this on our news. I'll be in Caledon this weekend. There will be a lawsuit here for sure. If not the owner, then the insurer will go after Porsche.
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Old 30 September 2014, 02:43 PM   #14
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meh.

i'm sure there's more to the story, beyond the car being landfill of course.
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Old 30 September 2014, 02:44 PM   #15
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That blows. I wouldn't even try to put it out if they had fire extinguishers laying around. No way I want a million dollar car with fire damage in the auto history lol that combined with risking your life obviously.
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Old 30 September 2014, 02:54 PM   #16
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comes with the territory owning exotics.
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Old 30 September 2014, 04:30 PM   #17
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I'm not sure. But I'm guessing if I saw a raging fire in front of a gas pump I might be motivated to do a U turn and not drive past it. But that's me.
Not just you, I'd get the hell outta there as fast as I can, I mean you're not allowed to smoke at a gas station for a reason, well this is a lot more heat than a cigarette.
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Old 30 September 2014, 04:33 PM   #18
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This doesn't surprise me at all. Last week when I was filling up my car, the auto shut off on the pump failed and gas started spilling out of the tank because it was full. Luckily, I caught it right away so it wasn't a big deal, but things like this do happen.
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Old 30 September 2014, 07:33 PM   #19
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Well that would be a shock..........
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Old 1 October 2014, 02:10 AM   #20
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He had the car about 1 month
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He had the car about 1 month
Maybe his ashtray was full . . . .
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Old 1 October 2014, 04:03 AM   #22
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I bet Justin Bieber was somehow involved.
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Old 1 October 2014, 04:07 AM   #23
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Smoking . . . . ?

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Did the US finally deport that twerp?
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Old 1 October 2014, 07:28 AM   #26
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So they spilled fuel on the upper exhaust pipe (Unique to the 918). Porsche is going to have to scramble over this. (RECALL)... Oh and the $845K is base price. Most of these cars are at $900k-$1M after taxes.

They just got done with the GT3 Fiasco, now this.
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Old 1 October 2014, 12:46 PM   #28
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Smoking . . . . ?

All ok Bryan ?
Everything is great. Left my job of 25 years 2 months ago and now I'm doing independent IT consulting and loving it. No more corporate BS for me!

Found out today one of my clients has an Aston-Martin DBS, going to have to talk him into letting me take it for spin!

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Old 1 October 2014, 01:57 PM   #29
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No Porsche deserves to go out like this. I'm guessing operator error.
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Old 1 October 2014, 02:09 PM   #30
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meh, that will buff right out.
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