Luton airport...

[Freefaller]

Imagine coming home and not having your car waiting for you.

Yes you'll be able to claim your insurance and sort it out over a few weeks... but that's going to be a massive issue for a lot of people.

 

[ICDP]

This is the problem in GD though, when you question people the goalposts move so fast you can barely see them. Admitting you're wrong or misrepresented something is a lost art.

You literally said the following, which is patently wrong.

lol you've got as much chance of water catching fire as you do diesel

So my irony meter is flying off the scale at you lamenting the state of posts in GD.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

You think a parked car suffered with engine runaway?

FFS. There's a video of the car that started the fire, with the rear lights clearly on.

 

[200sols]

Imagine coming home and not having your car waiting for you.

Yes you'll be able to claim your insurance and sort it out over a few weeks... but that's going to be a massive issue for a lot of people.

LV looking to set an example.

With around 1,500 vehicles affected by the huge fire at a Luton airport multi-storey carpark, LV= General Insurance estimates that around 200 customers are affected.

As part of its support, the insurer is guaranteeing customers will get home and be provided with transport in the short term while arrangements are made to quickly settle their claim. In addition, the insurer will be waiving excesses, and promised no claims discounts won’t be impacted for customer. Where possible, LV= will also look to settle claims before customers return to the UK.

Once it’s safe to do so, a team from the insurer will be onsite at Luton airport to provide assistance to affected customers.

Martin Milliner, claims director at LV= General Insurance, said:

As a major insurer we’re here to support customers when the worst happens and we want them to feel supported and protected. That’s why we’re making our promises to ensure any affected customers get home safely and easily when returning to the UK.

 

[Freefaller]

LV looking to set an example.

That's good to see. Thanks for sharing

Hopefully people don't get out of pocket too much.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

You think a parked car suffered with engine runaway?

Well its possible it was parked I guess if they left the lights on.
*Assuming the video being circulated IS the one that caused it.
All bets are off if not.

 

[ICDP]

FFS. There's a video of the car that started the fire, with the rear lights clearly on.

I would guess the lights were part of an electrical fault, or the alarm being triggered. Though I am sure more info will become available.

 

[delta0]

LV looking to set an example.

They probably don’t insure that RR Evoque that started it all

 

[Kenai]

I would guess the lights were part of an electrical fault, or the alarm being triggered. Though I am sure more info will become available.

Assuming the video is legit, it looks more like the car has just stopped in the middle of the lane rather than parked up

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

One of the issues with modern diesel engines is the huge fuel pressure in the piping of the engine bay.
2,000 BAR – 29,000 PSI

"Common rail direct fuel injection is a direct fuel injection system for petrol and diesel engines. On diesel engines, it features a high-pressure (2,000 BAR – 29,000 PSI) fuel rail feeding individual solenoid valves, as opposed to a low-pressure fuel pump feeding unit injectors or pump nozzles"

Not only will this propel diesel through body parts, likely to induce the need for long periods of surgery or even amputations, the pressure will find *all and any* weakness due to age, rust, vibration / pulsation induced cracking of lines and fittings, or simply due to people having worked on them incorrectly. Once these systems spring a leak that ignites you have a superb flame thrower running under the bonnet. (HINT: Think carefully before lifting the bonnet with your Halfords fire extinguisher in hand, it might be wise not to look....) For sure, shut down the engine at the ignition switch first. DO NOT open the bonnet if the engine's still running and generating fuel pressure from its usually mechanically driven high pressure pump!! Modern tech ehh?

For context we have some parts machined by a specialist supplier

When I say machined, I mean they are cut with a water jet.
They quoted iirc that their machine used between 1500 and 5000 BAR in order to cut steel based on exactly what was being done and type of steel etc

 

[squerble]

Looks like it must have been the weight of all these EVs that caused the collapse.


/s

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Diesel cars have been around since the dawn of time, how many diesel car fires have been recorded to date each year vs the EV fires you see popping up on videos every other month nowadays?

In fact, there are statistics....

Vehicle fire data suggests higher incident rate for EVs

Production process problems have been blamed for recalls by Ford and BMW affecting more than 46,000 cars, including almost 5,000 in the UK.

www.fleetnews.co.uk

Over to you

Edit* Yeah that's from 2020, but still.

A recent study by US insurer, AutoinsuranceEZ found that hybrid cars had the worst fire record, while EVs were the least likely type of car to catch fire. Hybrid cars had 3474.5 fires per 100,000 sale; petrol cars had 1,529.9 fires per 100,000 sales and EVs had just 25.1 fires per 100,000 sales.19 Jun 2023

 

[dlockers]

Hybrid Diesels must be absolute death traps then

 

[Diddums]

Well, that's clearly nonsense because....

Is words hard buddy? Which part of catching fire would you like me to explain?

That's twice in the same thread you've misintepreted what I said, would you like us to have a whip round and buy you a book of ABCs?

 

[Diddums]

You literally said the following, which is patently wrong.


So my irony meter is flying off the scale at you lamenting the state of posts in GD.

Two irrelevant posts, what's your point?

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Is words hard buddy? Which part of catching fire would you like me to explain?

That's twice in the same thread you've misintepreted what I said, would you like us to have a whip round and buy you a book of ABCs?

I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused. Do you actually think that diesel can't catch on fire?

 

[squerble]

BBC have added a video to their live story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67075159

It won't play just yet, but in the thumbnail that's definitely some kind of Range Rover (Evoque?) on fire.

 

[Diddums]

I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused.

You're not leaving much doubt tbh.

Here, I even found a little video seeing as you're struggling with the words:

A minute to take hold. It takes a LOT more to get diesel burning, hence my original point.


Your laughing responses are cute though, I watch you have your little strops and make a tit of yourself quite regularly, it's rather amusing.

 

[JonRGV250]

I'm a bit confused.

We know, my good god, we know.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

You're not leaving much doubt tbh.

Here, I even found a little video seeing as you're struggling with the words:

A minute to take hold. It takes a LOT more to get diesel burning, hence my original point.


Your laughing responses are cute though, I watch you have your little strops and make a tit of yourself quite regularly, it's rather amusing.

Its not that hard...