Car fire bombed in my flats

AnimalRights

Heard a noise and thought it was thunder, turns out to be this



it then rolled forward on it's own and blocked the car park exit



This was the 3rd explosion



Rest of the pics here..

http://pix.ie/punkrock/album/450033/goto/3001806

Leftyflip

Where the hell do you live?!?!

kippy

What makes you think this wasn't an accident?

dharn

very dramatic pictures great colours, sad for the owner though:(

AnimalRights

kippy wrote: »

What makes you think this wasn't an accident?

Car's don't just explode....and I have posted pics of cars and even camper vans petrol bombed here, hell I have even posted pics of a dead junkie and a homeless guy who both died in this flats complex too

kippy

AnimalRights wrote: »

Car's don't just explode....and I have posted pics of cars and even camper vans petrol bombed here, hell I have even posted pics of a dead junkie and a homeless guy who both died in this flats complex too

Cars do catch fire and subsequently explode as a result.

However based on past history you've just given me, I'll assume you are right.
I'd also consider moving.......

Mr E

"How do we lure the guy with the expensive camera equipment out?"
"I know... let's set a car on fire!"



Great pics, though. But yeah - move.

miller50841

There were fireworks in that some great shots.

If car was in gear wouldnt have moved but handbrake looks like would have failed due to the handle failing(melting)

Where abouts was this?

AnimalRights

I am here one way or the other since the early 80s, 99% of nights nothing happens and the pics were taken from my balcony, I even had the luxury of changing lens to have the ones best suited for a few diff shots.

AnimalRights

miller50841 wrote: »

Where abouts was this?

2 mins from the Ilac centre in dublin 1.

miller50841

Maybe someone doesnt like golfs or maybe the owner.

Bad though imagine the damage could have been done to all the cars parked near by if it didnt roll off.

Light Switch

Explodes...... Just like a Golf.

AnimalRights

miller50841 wrote: »

Bad though imagine the damage could have been done to all the cars parked near by if it didnt roll off.

This has happened b4 and is always a worry.

Sponge25

AnimalRights wrote: »

Car's don't just explode....and I have posted pics of cars and even camper vans petrol bombed here, hell I have even posted pics of a dead junkie and a homeless guy who both died in this flats complex too

Wanna bet!? :P

I seen an old car years ago driving down the road and it caught fire and blew up, barmen was out with fire extinguisher etc. Think it was an FIAT Panda!

Sponge25

Man don't be telling me these things, ya have me searching your server for pics of dead junkies.

(Joke!)

AnimalRights

In the first pic... if you just glance at it... to the left of the blazing flames there is the appearance of a face in the smoke. a female face! :eek:

Sponge25

Your mind tries to make sense of things by suggesting things that aren't there.

There is no such thing as an entity in smoke!:)

strokeslover

It was a lovely car

thebaz

kippy wrote: »

What makes you think this wasn't an accident?

stolen cars used in robberies are usually burn out - its pretty rare to have someones car targeted & firebombed, but then I don't know or live there - what do you reckon Janer, stolen ?

Sponge25

Are modern cars easy to steal these days? I haven't heard of someone taking a vehicle away in modern times. I've heard of smash-and-grabs etc.

AnimalRights

Sponge25 wrote: »

Are modern cars easy to steal these days? I haven't heard of someone taking a vehicle away in modern times. I've heard of smash-and-grabs etc.

Much harder but ofc can still be done.

AnimalRights

thebaz wrote: »

stolen cars used in robberies are usually burn out - its pretty rare to have someones car targeted & firebombed, but then I don't know or live there - what do you reckon Janer, stolen ?

We have had cars and even a mobile home van done twice which were all either set on fire for the insurance or maliciously done....this particular car I haven't noticed here b4 but then again I don't pay that much attention.

magicbastarder

Sponge25 wrote: »

Wanna bet!? :P

I seen an old car years ago driving down the road and it caught fire

it's one thing for a car with a running engine to catch fire, quite another for a car to burst into flames with a cold engine.

magicbastarder

was that airbags cooking off in the last pic?

Gregor Samsa

thebaz wrote: »

stolen cars used in robberies are usually burn out - its pretty rare to have someones car targeted & firebombed, but then I don't know or live there - what do you reckon Janer, stolen ?

They don't usually park stolen cars in residential car parks in the middle of the city and set them on fire - that's usually done on a quiet road, to be away from witnesses, CCTV, etc. To get into the car park, they would have had to come in the laneway you can see behind the car. Why not just stop there and burn it out, instead of making the turn onto the car park and maneuvering into a space? The no parking sign you can see in the pics wouldn't have stopped them

When I was a kid, there were a couple of cars firebombed where I grew up. Vendettas against their owners for one reason or another. And I didn't live in a bad area.

dharn

magicbastarder wrote: »

was that airbags cooking off in the last pic?

ya i wondered about that, i thought of fireworks but you are probably right the explosive cartridge in the airbag going off

AnimalRights

3rd pic won twixie TotD on Pixie :cool:

http://pix.ie/PunkRock/3001806#Comment703679

MarkR

I read the plate as 06-D-29299. Which should be a z4? Maybe I'm reading it wrong. Where's those CSI dudes when you need them?

inforfun

MarkR wrote: »

I read the plate as 06-D-29299. Which should be a z4? Maybe I'm reading it wrong. Where's those CSI dudes when you need them?

I read 06-D-29289

Registration 06D29289
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model GOLF
Description 1.9 TDI SPORT 105BHP
Fuel Type DIESEL

CabanSail

inforfun wrote: »

I read 06-D-29289

Registration 06D29289
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model GOLF
Description 1.9 TDI SPORT 105BHP
Fuel Type DIESEL

Enhance

Enhance


Ohhh look I can see a fingerprint.

inforfun

Nah.. was a little bit easier.
9th picture, original size and then call Stevie Wonder to read out the license plate.
cartell.ie did the rest

Light Switch

Any updates on what exactly happened OP?

Was it definately fire-bombed or just go on it's own?

the_djoker

inforfun wrote: »

I read 06-D-29289

Registration 06D29289
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model GOLF
Description 1.9 TDI SPORT 105BHP
Fuel Type DIESEL

Where do you get this info ?

inforfun

cartell.ie

lisatiffany

look at the no parking sign, almost leaning away like "f-this I'm out of here".

AnimalRights

lololol Lisa, makes little sense but also it does, I also Lol'd lots.