180 metre high Walkie Talkie "Melted My Jag".

Lapin

A new London skyscraper dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street.

Martin Lindsay parked his Jaguar on Eastcheap, in the City of London, on Thursday afternoon and returned to find a member of the public photographing the vehicle.

Speaking to the BBC's Alex Bushill, he said: "It's absolutely ruined. I've been told the damage is about £1,000."


I wouldn't have thought a grands worth of damage is enough to "absolutely ruin" a jag, but there you go.

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"I thought it was hot in Turkey but this is amazing," said Ali Akay, manager of a barber shop opposite the skyscraper.

And the obligatory Daily Mail Link.

timthumbni

And those in the Third World think they have the monopoly on the worlds problems. Eh?

SeanW

And the relevance to the third world is?

Lapin

SeanW wrote: »

And the relevance to the third world is?

Ah here. GTFO with that shít.

smoking_kills

SeanW wrote: »

And the relevance to the third world is?

In 1st world Jaguar gets damaged, In 3rd world Jaguar damages you.

Driveby Dogboy

they were trying to build another one of these, just forgot to tell anybody

Johro

Yeah I saw this on the news earlier. Apparently it's due to the convex shape of the building coupled with the downward curve that concentrates the sun's rays on to a spot below and makes it reach ninety degrees centigrade.
You wouldn't want to park a pram there.

Dyr

"oh crickey?"

Is the south of england still producing the kind of chinless wonder that says "oh crickey" even in this day and age?

Johro

Bambi wrote: »

"oh crickey?"

Is the south of england still producing the kind of chinless wonder that says "oh crickey" even in this day and age?

No they say 'crikey'.

Sky King

Em... can someone change the misleading title to reflect the fact that it wasn't an ACTUAL 180M high walkie talkie please?

kneemos

Sky King wrote: »

Em... can someone change the misleading title to reflect the fact that it wasn't an ACTUAL 180M high walkie talkie please?

It was a 180m high walkie takie.

Lapin

Sky King wrote: »

Em... can someone change the misleading title to reflect the fact that it wasn't an ACTUAL 180M high walkie talkie please?

Lapin

kneemos wrote: »

It was a 180m high walkie takie.

Yep.

It said so in the Daily Mail !

_Redzer_

smoking_kills wrote: »

In 1st world Jaguar gets damaged, In 3rd world Jaguar damages you.

Soviet conspiracy at foot here it seems

Dyr

Johro wrote: »

No they say 'crikey'.

I was trying to avoid the swear filter :P

calanus

walkie-talkie? More like scorchy-torchy

Lapin

Johro wrote: »

Yeah I saw this on the news earlier. Apparently it's due to the convex shape of the building coupled with the downward curve that concentrates the sun's rays on to a spot below and makes it reach ninety degrees centigrade.
You wouldn't want to park a pram there.

Depends on the contents of the pram.

Johro

Lapin wrote: »

Depends on the contents of the pram.

You're a dad then?

Johro

Bambi wrote: »

I was trying to avoid the swear filter :P

Oh my word I forgot.

Johro

calanus wrote: »

walkie-talkie? More like scorchy-torchy

That's pure gold right there. You should write headlines.:P

Lapin

Johro wrote: »

You're a dad then?

No, but a few market traders near that building sell fireworks from prams in the run up to Guy Fawkes.

Johro

Lapin wrote: »

No, but a few market traders near that building sell fireworks from prams in the run up to Guy Fawkes.

They won't now.

BeerWolf

All that was damaged was an easily replaced wing mirror <_<;

stoneill

What was the car made from? Jelly?

Feck sake.

My name is URL

Driveby Dogboy wrote: »

they were trying to build another one of these, just forgot to tell anybody

Or...

They fried an egg on the street yesterday at the point where the sun reflects down to the street. Also, a section of carpet at the front door to a hairdressers was smouldering from the heat and outside the shop, paintwork had blistered.