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> Sad day for this 918 owner, Torched at the gas pump
Maltese Falcon
post Sep 28 2014, 11:43 PM
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Looks like this new 918 owner had an awful experience at the gas station.
Jalopnik has the story, apparently the driver started to move away from the pump + still had the nozzle attached to the car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
The fuel filler is in the area near the sail pillar, and the twin hot exhaust exits are up top of the engine grille.

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Maltese Falcon   Sad day for this 918 owner   Sep 28 2014, 11:43 PM
Sleepin   :barf:   Sep 28 2014, 11:57 PM
Tom   No one ever said you needed smarts to buy one of t...   Sep 29 2014, 02:57 AM
billh1963   No one ever said you needed smarts to buy one of ...   Sep 29 2014, 09:17 AM
Wdunster   No one ever said you needed smarts to buy one of ...   Sep 29 2014, 01:33 PM
soltino   No one ever said you needed smarts to buy one of ...   Sep 29 2014, 03:14 PM
RobW   Oops. :hissyfit:   Sep 29 2014, 08:44 AM
CptTripps   I guess the battery tray over the longitudinal was...   Sep 29 2014, 09:07 AM
dlkawashima   sev-vPCkVII   Sep 29 2014, 09:24 AM
JRust   :WTF: Those pumps are supposed to have a break aw...   Sep 29 2014, 09:33 AM
scotty b   :WTF: Those pumps are supposed to have a break a...   Sep 29 2014, 01:45 PM
7TPorsh   gas tank isn't up front?   Sep 29 2014, 09:36 AM
veekry9   carefully fill without spilling fuel onto paint...   Sep 29 2014, 09:39 AM
Captain Obvious   He should have hung the hose up in the pump recept...   Sep 29 2014, 09:54 AM
biosurfer1   I never understand how this happens. I've fill...   Sep 29 2014, 10:06 AM
JRust   I never understand how this happens. I've fil...   Sep 29 2014, 10:21 AM
mgp4591   I never understand how this happens. I've fi...   Sep 29 2014, 01:28 PM
396   [quote name='JRust' post='2091635' date='Sep 29 2...   Sep 30 2014, 05:40 PM
Maltese Falcon   The fuel nozzle+hose assy. is approx 8', just ...   Sep 29 2014, 01:26 PM
Maltese Falcon   Just awful   Sep 29 2014, 07:12 PM
914_teener   He hit the dot bots rolling out of the gas station...   Sep 29 2014, 07:14 PM
Maltese Falcon   Do you think there was time to grab this fire exti...   Sep 29 2014, 07:19 PM
ben*james   Do you think there was time to grab this fire ext...   Sep 29 2014, 08:26 PM
Beeliner   Not once have I failed to put the gas nozzle back ...   Sep 29 2014, 07:28 PM
Maltese Falcon   Not once have I failed to put the gas nozzle back...   Sep 29 2014, 08:07 PM
balljoint   Not once have I failed to put the gas nozzle back...   Sep 30 2014, 09:06 AM
Woody   Fuel tank is right behind the driver stacked above...   Sep 29 2014, 08:06 PM
Chris Pincetich   Dibs on the front calipers! :D   Sep 29 2014, 08:43 PM
Ductech   I would have sacrifically thrown my Stupid Human b...   Sep 29 2014, 09:43 PM
Tbrown4x4   Call it genetics, but the fire extinguisher is not...   Sep 29 2014, 09:55 PM
SchwarzHorse   Ambulance-chasing lawyer's accomplice ? :idea...   Sep 29 2014, 10:52 PM
JmuRiz   Ambulance-chasing lawyer's accomplice ? :ide...   Sep 30 2014, 07:50 AM
pete000   Easy come easy go for these folks. Probably will o...   Sep 29 2014, 11:07 PM
speed metal army   Yikes! Those are some ugly wheels! :D   Sep 29 2014, 11:17 PM
Mark Henry   I guess the hooker he picked up was really hot...   Sep 30 2014, 06:50 AM
ThePaintedMan   Now THERE'S a DAPO....   Sep 30 2014, 07:19 AM
r_towle   Self service pumps in my area are setup so when yo...   Sep 30 2014, 07:32 AM
Maltese Falcon   Some footage from the gas station cctv shows the 9...   Sep 30 2014, 09:01 AM
Maltese Falcon   At the point of ignition he was still standing nex...   Sep 30 2014, 09:06 AM
Maltese Falcon   Last pic is the inferno taking the 918 back half. ...   Sep 30 2014, 09:16 AM
eric9144   DONOR CAR! :beer2: Seriously though, what a...   Sep 30 2014, 10:11 AM
7TPorsh   DONOR CAR! :beer2: Seriously though, what ...   Sep 30 2014, 10:14 AM
KELTY360   DONOR CAR! :beer2: Seriously though, what...   Sep 30 2014, 10:54 AM
7TPorsh   I would buy it back and make a lounge chair out of...   Sep 30 2014, 10:12 AM
Maltese Falcon   Fuel tank is in the same location as the CGT, but ...   Sep 30 2014, 11:25 AM
Maltese Falcon   The lucky survivor+short time 918 owner, no it...   Sep 30 2014, 11:28 AM
914_teener   The lucky survivor+short time 918 owner, no it...   Sep 30 2014, 08:57 PM
Maltese Falcon   The lucky survivor+short time 918 owner, no it...   Oct 1 2014, 12:21 AM
naro914   Funny...in NJ they pump your gas too and won't...   Sep 30 2014, 12:43 PM
championgt1   Willie Wonka! :confused:   Sep 30 2014, 12:43 PM
Chris H.   Willie Wonka! :confused: :rotfl: I'v...   Sep 30 2014, 02:03 PM
Porschef   [quote name='championgt1' post='2092139' date='Se...   Sep 30 2014, 06:12 PM
ripper911   A Clockwork Orange...still a crazy flick after 4...   Sep 30 2014, 09:41 PM
ThePaintedMan   #Firstworldproblems   Sep 30 2014, 01:05 PM
mgp4591   Looks like his name could be Chauncey LeDouche... ...   Sep 30 2014, 01:27 PM
RobW   Must have been a tough walk home.... Thanks for t...   Sep 30 2014, 01:40 PM
Elliot Cannon   Lots of arrogant "I would never do anything t...   Sep 30 2014, 02:03 PM
RobW   That's a lot of male eye lashes!   Sep 30 2014, 04:48 PM
dlkawashima   Gene Wilder + Malcolm McDowell = ... http://www.9...   Sep 30 2014, 05:00 PM
stugray   If he was not in the car when it caught fire, then...   Sep 30 2014, 05:04 PM
type2man   From the gas station footage it looks like he did ...   Sep 30 2014, 05:08 PM
naro914   ^^ Agree. Look at the pictures in post 36 and 37. ...   Sep 30 2014, 05:15 PM
Johny Blackstain   maybe design flaw... :agree: People are stupid...   Sep 30 2014, 05:34 PM
Rand   Wonder what this does for the ratings of Dragon...   Sep 30 2014, 05:29 PM
Olympic 1.7   Little OT but here is some bad design for you Its...   Sep 30 2014, 06:00 PM
edwin   They didn't use a gt3 oil pump did they?   Sep 30 2014, 09:08 PM
veekry9   After purchasing the 918 spaceship to get to De...   Oct 1 2014, 02:13 AM
Woody   Just for what its worth, the fuel door wont even o...   Oct 1 2014, 06:27 AM
RobW   Just for what its worth, the fuel door wont even ...   Oct 1 2014, 06:33 AM
7TPorsh   My guess is he was cleaning up the spilled gas and...   Oct 1 2014, 09:10 AM
Woody   There is a very substantial firewall in between th...   Oct 1 2014, 11:26 AM
mepstein   There is a very substantial firewall in between t...   Oct 1 2014, 11:52 AM
blackmoon   Pimp daddy was really hot that night   Oct 1 2014, 02:51 PM
Dr Evil   He looks like a less-old Mic Jagger   Oct 1 2014, 04:42 PM
veekry9   Definitely making a fashion statement,but then,why...   Oct 1 2014, 05:07 PM


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