WARNING!! NOT for the faint of heart! Poor Boxster. - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

986Porsche986 · 04-03-2009, 08:53 AM

Came across this while driving back home last night so I rushed home and grabbed my camera. No one was around when I first got there only the burning smell and the fire department foam on the pavement. I talked to a few people who work in the strip mall where this was at. They said some guy in a business suit, said his boxster stalled so he rolled into the the place its at now and tried to restart it, then there was a little bit of smoke from the rear of the box then there was ALOT of smoke!

I told them that we have heard of this on this forum but that it was pretty rare. I would liked to have talked to the driver.

Here are more pictures..

http://img19.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=burnedbox01.jpg

mikes_box · 04-03-2009, 09:16 AM

well as long as he wasn't hurt he is a pretty damn lucky guy since now the insurance will pay for his car as a total. had it not burned and the engine was gone he would be shelling out abut 15k for a new engine at least now he can just get a new car with the money the insurance will pay him rather than be pissed he has to pay $$$ for a f-uped engine...

timothy · 04-03-2009, 09:19 AM

It must have been quite a fire to eviscerate the engine bay and torch the interior. With so much damage I do not understand how did the Bose box escaped relatively unharmed? At least the litronics survived!

mikes_box · 04-03-2009, 09:30 AM

First dibs on the litronics!!!

ekam · 04-03-2009, 09:34 AM

How much does he want for those S calipers?

angman · 04-03-2009, 09:43 AM

Dibs on that three spoke wheel.

kabel · 04-03-2009, 10:09 AM

was it windy there? Looks like the fire blew from left rear to front right... Any guess on the MY?

Gougoushu · 04-03-2009, 10:14 AM

Horrible photos, I studied every one of them. Thanks for posting.

Maybe the engine DID go bad and the owner somehow rolled it into that lot for a bit of ye olde arson? It WOULD be tempting, and a lot easier and cheaper than buying an engine .... If so, he did a damn good job.

23109VC · 04-03-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by angman

Dibs on that three spoke wheel.

that car is so beyond "organ donation" it's not funny.... that is truly "totalled"

:ah:

note to self - if you ever suddenly have engine failure, you need to carry a small gas can in the trunk - so you can quickly douse your car in gas and light it on fire.... instant insurance payount and new boxster for the price of a small deductible... of course you might also get an all expense paid trip to the big house for insurance fraud...

spine911 · 04-04-2009, 08:27 AM

[QUOTE=986Porsche986]They said some guy in a business suit, said his boxster stalled so he rolled into the the place its at now and tried to restart it, then there was a little bit of smoke from the rear of the box then there was ALOT of smoke!

Sounds, looks like cigarrette injestion by the airbox..,glad, no one got hurt