Yellow Ferrari in flames at Lalor Park

Express · 12-11-2016, 02:31 PM

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Yellow Ferrari in flames at Lalor Park

ZENON KOSMIDER,
The Daily Telegraph

12 November, 2016

See Web link below for video of fire

A QUICK stop at an ATM has ended up costing one man a whole lot more than expected when his Ferrari burst into flames.

In a terrible start to a Saturday morning, the man is believed to have parked his Ferrari on Freeman St, near the Northcott Rd intersection in Lalor Park, to stop quickly at an ATM.

When he returned to his car, he noticed flames coming from the rear of the vehicle — which he unsuccessfully attempted to extinguish.

Hot ride goes up in flames. Picture: Adam Taylor

The vehicle has been towed away. Picture: Adam Taylor

A wipe over with ArmorAll will be needed to restore this interior. Picture: Adam Taylor

NSW Fire and Rescue attended the incident, about 9.30am and worked to extinguish the fire.

The incident is being treated as not suspicious by police, and the luxury car has been towed away from the scene.

Flaming Ferrari.

Rough way to start a Saturday. Picture: Adam Taylor

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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...b2da2c79da8f25

.:4:. · 12-11-2016, 02:33 PM

Another backyard chemist..... that happened only 5 minutes up the road from me.

gcg2503 · 12-11-2016, 02:55 PM

It had to set itself on fire out of shame from the rims the owner defiled it with

Express · 12-11-2016, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gcg2503

It had to set itself on fire out of shame from the rims the owner defiled it with

A self inflicted mercy killing.

XR6_power · 12-11-2016, 03:15 PM

They paid all that money, for a flash car that has burnt to the ground. I can't remember any Falcons or Territories doing that, unless someone set them
on fire of course...

aussie muscle · 12-11-2016, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_power

They paid all that money, for a flash car that has burnt to the ground. I can't remember any Falcons or Territories doing that, unless someone set them on fire of course...

still, it'd be heartbreaking to have it happen, especially if you loved the car.

it must have been a fairly hot fire. it looks like the aluminium has melted off the rear fender.

pursuit57 · 12-11-2016, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

still, it'd be heartbreaking to have it happen, especially if you loved the car.

Surely he's insured and can get himself a replacement to ease the pain !
But really needs to think about what aftermarket rims can go with it...

XR6_power · 12-11-2016, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

still, it'd be heartbreaking to have it happen, especially if you loved the car.

it must have been a fairly hot fire. it looks like the aluminium has melted off the rear fender.

Sorry, that was a nasty comment to make. You wouldn't wish this on your worst enemy. Although, if they were driving this car around without insurance, that's a pretty silly thing to do..

GXL078 · 12-11-2016, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_power

They paid all that money, for a flash car that has burnt to the ground. I can't remember any Falcons or Territories doing that, unless someone set them
on fire of course...

Only the Everest that did it on the road test fairly recently.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/busin...be3b7b875a04cd

Ferrari of a certain type have a habit of overheating the rear brakes and setting fire to the bodywork.
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...25779200013F40

Ben73 · 12-11-2016, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_power

They paid all that money, for a flash car that has burnt to the ground. I can't remember any Falcons or Territories doing that, unless someone set them
on fire of course...

This is a weird place for an arson attack to occur, driving down the road with the owner in the car.

This ferrari fire has nothing to do with Falcon's or Territories.
All makes of car catch on fire randomly all the time. It's unlikely you will see it happen, but a google search will find almost all makes and models of car on fire in the middle of a random road.

Yes I am A Ferrari fan. If this car is highly modified it would be interesting to see what caused the fire.

XR6_power · 12-11-2016, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben73

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This is a weird place for an arson attack to occur, driving down the road with the owner in the car.

This ferrari fire has nothing to do with Falcon's or Territories.
All makes of car catch on fire randomly all the time. It's unlikely you will see it happen, but a google search will find almost all makes and models of car on fire in the middle of a random road.

Yes I am A Ferrari fan. If this car is highly modified it would be interesting to see what caused the fire.

Well well, it's amazing what you find on Google! I've been a car enthusiast since boyhood (a good 30 years) and have never heard of inherent problems with the Australian built Fords catching on fire. (I don't remember any recalls relating to faults causing fire)

It's not to say I disagree with you that they have caught on fire. (you've provided evidence of one!) One can only surmise that a few here and there have had shoddy repairs done (or arson attack!), resulting in a four wheeled bonfire where no one's having much fun!

devilcv8 · 16-11-2016, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by gcg2503

It had to set itself on fire out of shame from the rims the owner defiled it with

We were discussing this at work on monday as the owner was a project manager for our IT vendor at our site. No one was really surprised at his actions. third party insurance only, leaving his cash and card at the ATM which was stolen, standing by while a "good Samaritan" stole his laptop and other goods. The karma bus is real. This story is proof.
While a few people eventually feel sorry for him, the first reaction has been laughter

Yellow_Festiva · 16-11-2016, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by devilcv8

We were discussing this at work on monday as the owner was a project manager for our IT vendor at our site. No one was really surprised at his actions. third party insurance only, leaving his cash and card at the ATM which was stolen, standing by while a "good Samaritan" stole his laptop and other goods. The karma bus is real. This story is proof.
While a few people eventually feel sorry for him, the first reaction has been laughter

Wonder if he was smart enough to choose a 3rd party policy with fire and theft cover?

I recall they only pay up to $5k....

**DJM83** · 12-11-2016, 03:15 PM

Anyone see the turbo in the last picture?

Yellow_Festiva · 12-11-2016, 05:41 PM

That car was for sale very recently on carsales.

Twin turbo, heavily modified. Lots of $$$ put into it.

Was cheap as well.

Perhaps we will hear more about this.

Yellow_Festiva · 12-11-2016, 05:44 PM

Yep. Not there anymore.

Yellow_Festiva · 12-11-2016, 06:05 PM

Just said on the news he bought it 3 months ago for 100k.

I'm sure it was still for sale a month ago.

383hq · 12-11-2016, 06:31 PM

That car was on an online auction prior to the car sales add.
Didn't sell at the auction for $100k.
Fuel /oil line fault over exhaust on a mega dollar supercar - it's all just a coincidence, and any allegations of a jewish stocktake will quickly be dispelled

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=au

malazn mafia · 12-11-2016, 08:10 PM

Ferraris really don't age well, that model looks ugly as sin, burnt out or not.

Wretched · 12-11-2016, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Ferraris really don't age well, that model looks ugly as sin, burnt out or not.

Looks are subjective but...I think these aged quite well.
250 GTO -

288 GTO

250 GT Berlinetta

Modern Ferrari's (1995 onwards) i agree with you, but they are a case of form following function.

turbodewd · 12-11-2016, 10:54 PM

Worst. Rims. Ever.

FG50T · 13-11-2016, 01:15 AM

No one who gives a damn about a Ferrari wouldn't put aftermarket wheels on it. Never.

Secondly, turbocharged too? Screams drug dealer to me.

commodorenutt · 13-11-2016, 03:12 AM

Reminds me of this yellow Lambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYpRTEcyqGw

Must be something with the colour......

Edit: seems it's not uncommon in any colour Lambo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qCHqEIRC2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Swlt6jF7Y

monzie · 13-11-2016, 02:42 PM

After market wheels, lowered, heavy engine mods, the colour, no insurance and to top it all off, the number plate.

Looks very sexy now.

roddy1960 · 13-11-2016, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by commodorenutt

Reminds me of this yellow Lambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYpRTEcyqGw

Must be something with the colour......

Edit: seems it's not uncommon in any colour Lambo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qCHqEIRC2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Swlt6jF7Y

G'day , A slightly longer version of this clip shows this car and a Ferrari street racing among the slowing traffic ..re a link I posted on same clips pretty much that you already did..There are a lot of these on YT.... The aventador has a real issue here , lots catch fire as we've discovered .
.Always seems to initially catch fire near the left tail light then spreads real quick..Don't know what these things cost but it's pretty terrible such a fault like this is so common..
Seems to happen when drivers rev hard the engine while stationary and I suspect being a rear engine there isn't enough cooling going on or they don't bother with decent thermo fans or something..Race engines , not least F1's get real hot real quick on the grid too..as do V8 Supercars just sitting waiting..The Dubai Lambo is a classic of that....Cheers Rod..

Ford17 · 13-11-2016, 10:06 AM

Something I recall from many years ago, which I didn't think was quite right at the time, was an interview with one of the members of the band "ZZ Top".

Turned out that despite them being associated with custom hot rods, one or two of them were also avid Ferrari collectors.

The comment which struck me was something along the lines of Ferrari road cars were of terrible quality, and the main reason they were produced was to fund their real ambitions, being F1 racing.

That sort of rings true now, with multiple instances being reported of them catching on fire.

MethodX · 13-11-2016, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford17

Something I recall from many years ago, which I didn't think was quite right at the time, was an interview with one of the members of the band "ZZ Top".

Turned out that despite them being associated with custom hot rods, one or two of them were also avid Ferrari collectors.

The comment which struck me was something along the lines of Ferrari road cars were of terrible quality, and the main reason they were produced was to fund their real ambitions, being F1 racing.

That sort of rings true now, with multiple instances being reported of them catching on fire.

During the old days maybe yes.

Anyway its not only Ferrari's catching on fire.
http://jalopnik.com/why-porsche-911-...off-1567011597

And Lamborghini is German now.... bye bye.

PaulXR50 · 14-11-2016, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

During the old days maybe yes.

Anyway its not only Ferrari's catching on fire.
http://jalopnik.com/why-porsche-911-...off-1567011597

And Lamborghini is German now.... bye bye.

Funny you mention the Porsche one, i think thats the one Richard hammond had which caught fire and Clarkson bought him Porsche oven mitts...

As for the Ferrari, is to bad the wheels only weren't burnt..

Interceptor · 13-11-2016, 07:38 PM

maybe he thought a flame job was just the perfect look to go with the wheels!

low_72 · 13-11-2016, 09:56 PM

The 458's have had heaps of issues with fires.. i would own it in a heart beat... well before the fire...