Car on fire M50 northbound

Woofstuff

Did anyone see that car on fire on M50 northbound at around 630pm?? Between dundrum and firhouse...

Was traveling southbound... it didnt look like an accident... looked like someone had just set fire to the car...

Did anybody traveling northbound get a better look at it?

MidlandsM

Woofstuff wrote: »

Did anyone see that car on fire on M50 northbound at around 630pm?? Between dundrum and firhouse...

Was traveling southbound... it didnt look like an accident... looked like someone had just set fire to the car...

Did anybody traveling northbound get a better look at it?

Rubbernecking is dangerous.......:eek:

unkel

Was it a Ferrari 458 or a MINI?

MugMugs

Woofstuff wrote: »

Did anybody traveling northbound get a better look at it?

Are you the reason the Northbound lane was at a snails crawl with no obvious obstructions ahead ?

johnos1984

unkel wrote: »

Was it a Ferrari 458 or a MINI?

My money is on it being a Fiat Strada

pburns

My guess is a Laguna. Have seen two of these catch fire...

Woofstuff

MugMugs wrote: »

Are you the reason the Northbound lane was at a snails crawl with no obvious obstructions ahead ? [/QUOTE

I was traveling southbound, like i said... fools in front of me slowing down for a look:D

Hal1

I wonder if it was someone from teh bangernomics thread :pac:.

MugMugs

Woofstuff wrote: »

MugMugs wrote: »

Are you the reason the Northbound lane was at a snails crawl with no obvious obstructions ahead ? [/QUOTE

I was traveling southbound, like i said... fools in front of me slowing down for a look:D

Sorry, meant Southbound.

REALLY annoys me.

Dont be at yourself

I passed it on my way home. Looked like a Zafira it similar. Was very strange, hope nobody was hurt.

yossarin

I was going southbound as well - it looked more like the car was parked rather than crashed. Only saw it for a second though so probably wrong.

mad though - the entire car was engulfed in flame.

Guy:Incognito

pburns wrote: »

My guess is a Laguna. Have seen two of these catch fire...

I saw 2 zafiras on fire on the motorway in England inside a week in August, so my money is on one of those.



EDIT, just seeing post 10

yossarin wrote: »

it looked more like the car was parked rather than crashed. .

Its more likely to have gone on fire and the owner pulled in. Cars dont generally burst in to flames in a crash like in the movies.

Nadia111

Hi all,

I am the "lucky" driver of the mentioned car...
Nobody set this car on fire. I was driving from Dundrum
when my windows stopped working, than I noticed my blinkers stopped to work too. Because of that I decided to move to the slow lane
and after few metres strong smoke started to come from the bottom of dashboard. I parked really quickly and left a car. Everything happened in 5 minutes
and I was very happy that I escaped.
We bought this car just recently and invested another 600 euro for maintenance.
The car was VW Sharan 2005.
Sad is that I was standing behind the car, maybe 40 metres and during one hour just 2 drivers stopped and asked me if I need a help...
I would like to Thank at least to those two...

N.

Cuddlesworth

Its dangerous to stop on a motorway. Unless your lying on the side of the road flopping like a fish I'm not stopping. What I can't believe is that there was a car blazing on the side of a motorway for a hour before emergency services arrived.

Mar4ix

sharan is nice car, never thought it would go in to flames itself, probably was crashed, and repairs not done properly. hope youll get insurance, and get proper car then. main thing nobody hurt.

Bigus

Mar4ix wrote: »

sharan is nice car, never thought it would go in to flames itself, probably was crashed, and repairs not done properly. hope youll get insurance, and get proper car then. main thing nobody hurt.

No

fuse boxes give trouble in these and from symptoms sound like this was the case

learnado99

sorry i don't believe that the exact incident that this thread started over that the person in question joined it and said it was me.please tell me nobody believes that is actually the person on the m50 and suddenly joined the thread which is about them?

Saab Ed

learnado99 wrote: »

sorry i don't believe that the exact incident that this thread started over that the person in question joined it and said it was me.please tell me nobody believes that is actually the person on the m50 and suddenly joined the thread which is about them?

Says the guy on 7 posts

But really just think about it. Mad day, you go home and google "car fire on the M50" and this thread appears. Its not rocket surgery

langdang

learnado99 wrote: »

sorry i don't believe that the exact incident that this thread started over that the person in question joined it and said it was me.please tell me nobody believes that is actually the person on the m50 and suddenly joined the thread which is about them?

Spricken ze engla?

copacetic

Nadia111 wrote: »

Hi all,

I am the "lucky" driver of the mentioned car...
Nobody set this car on fire. I was driving from Dundrum
when my windows stopped working, than I noticed my blinkers stopped to work too. Because of that I decided to move to the slow lane
and after few metres strong smoke started to come from the bottom of dashboard. I parked really quickly and left a car. Everything happened in 5 minutes
and I was very happy that I escaped.
We bought this car just recently and invested another 600 euro for maintenance.
The car was VW Sharan 2005.
Sad is that I was standing behind the car, maybe 40 metres and during one hour just 2 drivers stopped and asked me if I need a help...
I would like to Thank at least to those two...

N.

Don't worry, nobody but the OP thinks people pull in on side of M50 and set fire to their cars. Or that if there is no crash it means it must be that someone set the car alight. Most people have seen plenty of car fires in their time.

Nadia111

Hi,

it was not a hour before fire brigade came.
it was the time all together I was staying there.
When fire brigade came I was left behind and felt really bad in shock alone.
Still shaking...

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Its dangerous to stop on a motorway. Unless your lying on the side of the road flopping like a fish I'm not stopping. What I can't believe is that there was a car blazing on the side of a motorway for a hour before emergency services arrived.

Car was not crashed before and was well serviced. The timing belt was changed just a few weeks ago and another service checked all of usual stuff... I hope to get insurance too but at this moment not very confident to drive again...

Mar4ix wrote: »

sharan is nice car, never thought it would go in to flames itself, probably was crashed, and repairs not done properly. hope youll get insurance, and get proper car then. main thing nobody hurt.

paddydriver

learnado99 wrote: »

sorry i don't believe that the exact incident that this thread started over that the person in question joined it and said it was me.please tell me nobody believes that is actually the person on the m50 and suddenly joined the thread which is about them?

Your new around here - you will learn eventually:rolleyes: Motors has been responsible for the return of many the stolen car and identifying one's used by scumbags to carry out crime.

Nadia111

Hi,

Thanks Saab Ed - I did exactly the same what you said.
And because fire brigade was not sure if somebody was left in the car,
as they did not find me immediatelly...so
I was currious what kind of message will appear on the net...

Also I was looking for kind of support - maybe it is my way how to cope with such a shocking experience....but maybe this is really not the right place.

I am supposed to run support group for other people tomorrow morning and I just can not imagine how to do that at this moment...

learnado99 wrote: »

sorry i don't believe that the exact incident that this thread started over that the person in question joined it and said it was me.please tell me nobody believes that is actually the person on the m50 and suddenly joined the thread which is about them?

Saab Ed wrote: »

Says the guy on 7 posts

But really just think about it. Mad day, you go home and google "car fire on the M50" and this thread appears. Its not rocket surgery

Thanks and good night,
Nadia

bandit14

Nadia111 wrote: »

Hi all,

I am the "lucky" driver of the mentioned car...
Nobody set this car on fire. I was driving from Dundrum
when my windows stopped working, than I noticed my blinkers stopped to work too. Because of that I decided to move to the slow lane
and after few metres strong smoke started to come from the bottom of dashboard. I parked really quickly and left a car. Everything happened in 5 minutes
and I was very happy that I escaped.
We bought this car just recently and invested another 600 euro for maintenance.
The car was VW Sharan 2005.
Sad is that I was standing behind the car, maybe 40 metres and during one hour just 2 drivers stopped and asked me if I need a help...
I would like to Thank at least to those two...

N.

Hope everything turns out ok,at least nobody got injured!

Graham_B18C

Jesus that's rotten. Hope you get sorted soon

paddydriver

Nadia111 wrote: »

Hi,

Thanks Saab Ed - I did exactly the same what you said.
And because fire brigade was not sure if somebody was left in the car,
as they did not find me immediatelly...so
I was currious what kind of message will appear on the net...

Also I was looking for kind of support - maybe it is my way how to cope with such a shocking experience....but maybe this is really not the right place.

I am supposed to run support group for other people tomorrow morning and I just can not imagine how to do that at this moment...


Thanks and good night,
Nadia

Hi Nadia,

Its only a car - it can be replaced; life cannot. You got out OK and no one hurt so be Thankful for that. You will be fine once you get some sleep and reflect on all.

learnado99

Your new around here - you will learn eventually:rolleyes: Motors has been responsible for the return of many the stolen car and identifying one's used by scumbags to carry out crime.[/Quote]


i am new here and thanks for the heads up.that's good to know by the way..as i am new i bust found it hard to believe that this incident happened a couple of hours before the thread started and then the victim posted under it.but now i get it. ill take a while to get used to using this and how it works. but this is a start.thanks

Guy:Incognito

**cough** driving lane not "slow lane" ** cough**

deandean

Terrible thing to happen nadia, your insurance should pay up ok. Car fires are not that inusual - my first ever car went up in flames a long time ago, caused by an aftermarket alarm badly installed.

Delancey

Years ago a friend of mine was driving in Germany in a Citroen which went on fire on an Autobahn , he got out ok and the Fire Brigade arrived , after they put the fire out the car was just a shell and all they said was : '' This would not have happened to a German car , this is what you get for buying French sh1t ''

savagecabbages

MidlandsM wrote: »

Rubbernecking is dangerous.......:eek:

Driving past an accident without slowing down is even more dangerous :eek:

I don't condone rubbernecking at all (before anyone shoots me), but bear in mind accident scenes canbe pretty chaotic there may be Emergency Services personnel/members of the public/oil slicks/debris etc. all over the place I wouldn't advise people to continue at maximum speed...

robbie_998

savagecabbages wrote: »

Driving past an accident without slowing down is even more dangerous :eek:

I don't condone rubbernecking at all (before anyone shoots me), but bear in mind accident scenes canbe pretty chaotic there may be Emergency Services personnel/members of the public/oil slicks/debris etc. all over the place I wouldn't advise people to continue at maximum speed...

depends on the problem i suppose


if im on a single country road and an ambulance is behind me but theres no room to get by then im gonna put the foot down and try my best to get out of the way as fast as possible. (this is only in extreme conditions)


but for the likes of this it just causes delays people slowing down just to stare. just keep moving. the faster you move the faster emergency people can get there too.

learnado99

Saab Ed wrote: »

learnado99 wrote: »

sorry i don't believe that the exact incident that this thread started over that the person in question joined it and said it was me.please tell me nobody believes that is actually the person on the m50 and suddenly joined the thread which is about them?

Says the guy on 7 posts

But really just think about it. Mad day, you go home and google "car fire on the M50" and this thread appears. Its not rocket surgery

i hear you about the situation not being rocket science but what has being on 7 posts got to do with my first statement.completely unrelated but i take it on board