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UCD Burnt out car ?

  • 13-04-2017 5:31pm
    #1
    masculinist
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    I drove recently through UCD from the Stillorgan road to Ranelagh.

    Along the way on that road, just before the James Joyce library I spotted a fenced off terrible looking wreck of a burnt out car.

    I searched Google and the news but cant find any details .

    Does anyone know what happened ? The car, (granted I didnt stop to look deeper) looked like some sort of boy racer car with alloys etc . It was so burnt out that the engine was separate at the front. Was the car burnt out , abandoned and set fire to by joyriders , used for a crime then burned ? (probably unlikely as UCD is saturated with Security cameras). Or God forbid was there a serious accident ? ... now it could be an art project. Stranger things have happened.

    Does anyone know what happened ?


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  • #2
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,740 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Electrical fault I think
    http://www.echo.ie/show/article/driver-has-lucky-escape-after-car-bursts-into-flames


  • #3
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    caviardreams wrote: »
    Electrical fault I think
    http://www.echo.ie/show/article/driver-has-lucky-escape-after-car-bursts-into-flames

    Thats the car . And damn , thats one serious electrical fault.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,522 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Looks like a BMW? There seems to be a lot of the front crash structure missing, that's a bit unusual. Could the fire brigade have cut a section off?


  • #5
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Looks like a BMW? There seems to be a lot of the front crash structure missing, that's a bit unusual. Could the fire brigade have cut a section off?

    I didnt get a look for more than 10 seconds but the engine block was clearly exposed in the front with no sign of a bumper


  • #6
    SirLemonhead
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    Was definitely a BMW


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  • #7
    davemeade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭davemeade1


    It was a BMW, the driver pulled over when he noticed smoke. Was a ball of flames soon after he got out. No accident or anything. Any damage to the car was done by fire or fire brigade.


  • #8
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    Was this a modern car with loads of electronics built in ? I'm wondering now at what possible death traps a supposedly safer modern car could be. Having a kid strapped into the back and a child lock you can't switch off due to the same electrical fault is a daunting prospect . I'm glad I always keep a small fire extinguisher in the boot .


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