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martin_allen

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No idea but i think it looks electrical. The scorch/melting bonnet suggests it was concentrated forward of the engine.

Parked in work garage, next thing (well 10 mins later) fire alarm, smoke and merry blaze on the go :rolleyes:

5t.

Almost happened to me last year, wiring from the radiator was touching the exhaust manifold and started burning, luckily i managed to see it in time, gutted for you anyway dude B)

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Gutted to see those pictures mate, like Imy said at least nobody was hurt.

This is when you find out how good your insurance company is. Who are you insured with?

A-Plan/Marker Study.

Guess i'll find out soon. already had to give them a stern word because they didn't want to collect it for a few days and it's blocking the work garage!

grr.

5t.

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Yeow! that looks pretty nasty! Well done for havign smoke alarms in the vicinity! COudl have been a whole lot worse! :rolleyes:

Interested to know if you discover the cause of this.. Looks pretty localised right at the front.. Perhaps hot exhaust ignighting the untertray or something, and heat/flames wrapping over the front? I don't think there's anything electrical at the front/middle..

Hope the insurance is kind...

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Update - Tow truck just arrived, bloke re-attached the battery and she fired up straightaway, still sounds lovely. He did say the throttle was 'a bit stiff' though.

Seems such a shame seeing it drag the bits of bumper over the road and away. Might be the last time she runs :rolleyes:

Can't see bonnet, bumper, lights and possible wiring loom coming to less than 3k so has to be written off.

5t.

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Can't see bonnet, bumper, lights and possible wiring loom coming to less than 3k so has to be written off.

That's a bloody shame... I'm sure those parts could be sourced for less than half that.. But then cost of spraying (if necessary) and cost of getting a garage to install it all would chuck costs up.. Depends on the extent of the damage.. The front members and stuff could well be 'softened' with the extreme heat, which could be seen as comprimising safety :rolleyes:

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hope you get sorted quickly,did you take RTI Gap insurance when you bought the car???

Gav

No... but i've had the car now for just over 3 years on 3.5 year finance. Also I paid 5k cash and took 6 on finance so as not to wipe out all the savings (needed for house purchase) because of that, I am hoping the payout will cover the finance ok... the excess is £300

I'm saying 6k for a 03 wagon, that sound about right to you Gav?

ScoUK cheers dude, i know what you mean. The cross member above the light does look a bit funny but a lot of the safety block material is actually still attacehd to the car, just very crispy! It looks charred but not as though the member has warped.

Still can't see it coming back though, she's got nearly 90k on the clock so I can't see it being an economical repair. Stonking engine in it though and you'd never know the miles on it without checking the odo :rolleyes:

Hope to hear in next couple of days...

5t.

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