918 catches fire
 

http://jalopnik.com/nooooooo-first-porsche-918-spyder-burns-to-ground-in-g-1640157724

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Well this is quite sad, anyways brought this here for speculations, being at a gas station may be pump error instead of a design flaw, we can only hope.

That front right tire still has enough good components to be worth a couple of Boxsters...

You know, in Cyprus, I hear they do amazing things with cars this bad or worse..

It's those EPA treehuggers!!! If asbestos was still legal......

You know the fuel cap is pretty dang close to the exhaust ports that come out the top. Just takes one person removing the fuel nozzle to accidently squeeze the trigger and splash gas over the exhaust.

Screw the car. Lucky the whole fuel station didn't go up in flames.

As an aside, it's amazing how some people revel in another person's misfortune, especially when it involves an exotic car, i.e. "He must've been a rich *******, driving a car like that."

Just sayin'..........

TO

So those exhaust ports are 500*F??

That sucks.

I used to live in Cyprus, and they could panel beat out a car that had been in a crusher, but I'm not sure how they'd do with melted carbon fibre. :)

And to think I was worried about my IMSB......

Wonder if it lost a rod bolt :-)

Why was it so easy to guess who posted this before I looked and saw Jake's name :rolleyes:?

Was going to point out how rare this car is.....



But that one seems 'well done'........:D

Awesome!!!

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I am always on-top of the car news! I have to say, my opinion lies with driver error matted with a bit of a design flaw, the location of exhaust can make a mistake at the pump a bit more dire. However, maybe the driver was just smoking.

It is impossible for a cigarette to ignite gas.

The tail pipe would have needed to be glowing pretty bright to ignite gas.

Maybe he tried filling the exhaust? ;)

Wow this one burned close to home for me (about 40min away)
Everything is preventable, but who knows what happened... maybe it was the guys fault maybe it wasn't - either way that's gotta suck!

A bit more about the owner in this article...

Porsche 918 Spyder Catches Fire and Burns to the Ground » AutoGuide.com News

You are absolutely correct... either that or he spilled gas over an area with an unprotected electrical terminal or something.... who knows... one of the articles said "gas overflowed and then the car burst into flames"... so that spells user error and possibly a design issue of perhaps an unprotected connector within the filling area. If this turns into another recall then this would be the second engine fire related recall for the 2014's (last one was the 911 GT3's)

I don't think that relationship is going to last.... if me lady was in the car I'd be driving AWAY from the gas station on fire.

I pulled up to a gas station once when the tanker truck was there preparing to unloading its fuel. One guy was pumping gas while smoking. I heard the old truck driver say to him, "I'm not going to tell you again, put out that cigarette!".
My guess is that the cigarette could have caused a spark with some other substance nearby which the truck driver wanted no part of.

gasoline vapor is what generally ignites, not as a liquid

Only because it has mixed with air to the right mix. Then that mix creeps outward. Danger!! Same ignition temp.

From some sciency website:

"...gasoline vapour has a much lower autoignition temperature than the gasoline itself. Namely, if you spill gasoline on a hot road (say in the hot summer day) you will be able to ignite gasoline by contact with a cigarette easily, just because of the gasoline vapour layer that would be produced above the surface of the gasoline. Not to even mention throwing the cigarette into the container with gasoline that has been closed for some time and is therefore full of gasoline vapours."

I remember Myth Busters doing tests on this. It's next to impossible, but given the right set of circumstances, it can happen. That's of course assuming it was a cigarette issue, which I'm not sure is even in evidence.

Why do I get feeling that this incident was staged. Well planned for.

"An exotic catches fire at a petrol station" There you have it - Worldwide News in less than 48hrs

Automakers fav

I actually saw this car blast down Richmond in TO last week......sounded great! What a shame.

You need a build up of vapour and ignition source such as spark to accomplish this. These conditions are possible while fuelling any car especially in dry conditions like we have here now.....that's why aircraft are grounded before fuelling; before the nozzle comes close to the filler

....I always tend to avoid that gas station

That's different. Heating or preheating the vapors would lower the ignition temp.

A puddle or can of gas just emitting vapors in a closed space is what I was thinking of, or the cool gas coming from the pump.

That's enough
 

I was just about to trade my 2000 986 S + a little cash for one of these but after seeing the photo I'll stick with my beautiful 986.
Larry (The Bald Eagle)

According to the news, it was gas spill/exhaust. The guy only had it for a couple of weeks. See, never buy the 1st MY. That's why I'm waiting! :cool:

In the case exhaust is the blame, how could they fix this, a special porsche gas deflectors that raises out of the car?

Naw, just take a tip from the Boxster and put the filler up at the front where it's supposed to be! :p

About 15 minutes from me! I have never seen the car on the road before this story.

Canada.

Owner is probably still apologizing for all the fuss his car has caused.

"Nothing worth getting upset aboot"....

Hey rich guy. You put the nozzle in the filler first THEN squeeze the handle. 918`s run on Canadian pump gas ? Who knew ?:ah: