went and had alook at my mate's 300bhp murple coupe today , the garage had only been on fire for 10-15mins before the fire brigade got there and put it out , the car had been off the road for a year and parked in a garage that we thort was safe and this is what we were meet with








its a big shame that another coupe has been taken off the road but worst of all its not insured .

I'd be beyond gutted if that were mine. A sad sight.

Horror! Very sorry for the car! Another destroyed Coupe!

How much for the wheels ?

ohhhh!!!!

Have alook at the pic's , one of the wheels has melted , they are to far gone to save

Very little I would think...

Iain, what a total .A couple of Hail Mary's and a couple of beers tonight for another dead Coupe

Surely the garage owner has insurance to cover cars in the workshop? I would not be happy if that was my coupe...

its not a workshop garage , its a private garage with no insurance .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZ5Xbt8-00

Best thing to happen to murple!

On a serious note that is very bad but at least no one was hurt. What started the fire? Vandals?

Another call for the irony smilie!

Sad indeed.

ouch! must have been a light a while to melt a wheel and burn off a tyre - where's the cam cover? was it off the road due to ill health?

they have checked it out and can't say what started the fire but i reacon its kids messing about .

i have the cam/plug cover and am going to have ago at getting the forged internals out and hybred turbo before it goes to the scrap yard and was off the road due to other intrests/funds .

What an utter shame, real case of bad luck. I would have thought that the internals of the engine will probably have survived though..

RIP Murple

Hold it for one sec.. is it meant to incinerate like that if it was a light fire?

From the pics, it seems the blaze was intense and went on for some time..Hope there was no fuel in the tank otherwise it would have taken out the garage aswell.

Its a heart wrenching incident!

There's nothing left! Shame.

Sorry to hear about this

Crikey reduced to this in only 10-15mins, that's shocking
and real shame....beginning to think that keeping my car in the garage may nrrd reviewing...as I live in a town house

I will never park my coupe in a garage again!

thats bad luck..

i guess you dont think that will ever happen... but there are some real scum out there.

i keep expecting to come out side and see my car on fire..

really gutted for your mate..

Just looked into this thread & what the hell can you say. That must be a gut wrenching feeling. Hope the Coop was well insured.

I was going to make a joke about the colour.....but I don't want to be labeled homophobic !!

This is probably the worst way for any car to go.

Just a practical word of caution when working with burnt-out vehicles: always wear gloves and keep your arms covered too, no exposed skin should touch the vehicle. Be very careful around anything rubber, for example, door seals, rubber under the bonnet etc. When automotive rubber burns it exudes some very *nasty* chemicals, very nasty so please be very careful!!

Report any skin rash or irritation immediately to your local A&E and tell them what you were dealing with, it might just save your life!