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friedgreencorrado
friedgreencorrado PowerDork
12/2/12 7:29 p.m.

The Vorshlag 2011 Challenge E30 (which they sold last summer) seems to have been involved in some sort of transporter fire.

From BaT, via r3v. Original thread over there:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=271400

accordionfolder
accordionfolder Reader
12/2/12 7:30 p.m.

Oh that hurts to look at.

yamaha
yamaha Dork
12/2/12 7:39 p.m.

The VAG product above it probably caused the fire......

In all seriousness, looks like a brake or tire failure on the trailer....and that just sucks

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
12/2/12 7:40 p.m.

Huh... did StanceWorks take that photo? Could just be the new hella flush paint job.

irish44j
irish44j UltraDork
12/2/12 8:09 p.m.

I dunno - if you look at the area where the rear tire is missing, look at the stuff behind it and the hub and there's no fire damage.....which makes me think that the e30 itself caught on fire first somehow (fuel leak, battery short, who knows...), and then the fire spread upward to the other cars. or something farther forward on the truck started the fire, not the rear wheels/brakes.

It would be difficult for the cars on top to catch fire and then burn down to the e30. Also notable in other photos (not posted here) is that only the back of the truck's cab appears to be burned....

That, or it started in that "box" forward of the truck's rear wheels. No idea what's in there though (fuel tank?)

Mitchell
Mitchell SuperDork
12/2/12 8:11 p.m.

GRM stickers are fireproof. Amazing.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce HalfDork
12/2/12 8:12 p.m.

I really liked that car. Bummer.

tpwalsh
tpwalsh Reader
12/2/12 8:19 p.m.
It would be difficult for the cars on top to catch fire and then burn down to the e30. Also notable in other photos (not posted here) is that only the back of the truck's cab appears to be burned....

Gasoline still obeys the law of gravity.. I'm just sayin'.

Overall :(

Ranger50
Ranger50 UberDork
12/2/12 8:24 p.m.

Looks suspciously intentional....

turbojunker
turbojunker HalfDork
12/2/12 8:25 p.m.

Looks like either the truck or the Mercedes started it.

turbojunker
turbojunker HalfDork
12/2/12 8:26 p.m.

Wait that's a different truck. Dude that posted that thread doesn't realize it.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/2/12 8:32 p.m.

Looks like the same truck to me, without the trailer on the back.

irish44j
irish44j UltraDork
12/2/12 9:39 p.m.

ah, didn't realize that it had side curtains....that explains how the fire would have burned down.

miatame
miatame HalfDork
12/2/12 9:46 p.m.

Crazy

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
12/2/12 10:09 p.m.

Brakes overheat, tire burns, lights puddle of leaking fuel from $2012 race car and whoosh. No side curtains.

DrBoost
DrBoost PowerDork
12/3/12 6:50 a.m.

My soul is a little emptier now. RIP BMW of awesomeness.

fidelity101
fidelity101 Reader
12/3/12 8:09 a.m.

Looks like a Meritor wheel end caught the tire on fire and so forth.

You see this happen a lot with the car haulers, they have a recall for the recall its soo bad, but thats on the car hauler TRAILERS.

You can still see the 2 crescent moons on the axle shafts, eaton/danas have some weird diamond shape

Tom_Spangler
Tom_Spangler GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/3/12 9:23 a.m.

An automotive work of art has been lost.

dj06482
dj06482 GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/3/12 9:38 a.m.

I was disappointed to see this, I followed Terry's (Fair's) build thread for this on a daily basis. A lot of thought, blood, and effort went into making this car, and it's sad to see it like this.

hrdlydangerous
hrdlydangerous HalfDork
12/3/12 10:31 a.m.

This makes me want to cry. What a shame. I'd love to see someone rebuild it but that probably won't happen.

colaboy
colaboy New Reader
12/3/12 10:46 a.m.
mazdeuce wrote: I really liked that car. Bimmer.

FTFY.

dyintorace
dyintorace GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
12/3/12 11:48 a.m.

Sadly, the Audi above it was supposedly an RS4. Two unique cars lost.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/3/12 11:50 a.m.
dyintorace wrote: Sadly, the Audi above it was supposedly an RS4. Two unique cars lost.

An RS4 Avant, even more rare.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo UltimaDork
12/3/12 11:54 a.m.
Mitchell wrote: GRM stickers are fireproof. Amazing.

Going home to cover my cars with GRM stickers.

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
12/3/12 12:19 p.m.
N Sperlo wrote:
Mitchell wrote: GRM stickers are fireproof. Amazing.
Going home to cover the inside of my garage with GRM stickers.

FTFY.

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