Car fire on halloween-burnt shell remains

Charkly

Registered User
well guys-i have horrible news. my gorgeous tbird is no more-i got a flat tire on route 51 in morris new york and had to park it on the side of the road on halloween. I tried to flag a small green or black car down that passed, only to have what i believed to be an egg thrown at me from an open window. now this **** me off-so i yelled, thanks for the ride *****. The car slowed down, so at this point i walked to a friends house to avoid a beat-down and to call my dad who had my spare tire in the back of his truck. He was at work for another hour or two-so when my friends dad asked me to go with him to oneonta I said ok b/c id be waiting anyway. Well-we leave, drive past the car and all is ok. By the time we returned, within 1.5 hrs later, the road is blockaded by fireman, police, and ambulances. Apparantly my car had somehow caught on fire, and then exploded. Someone then called 911, and the fire department responded and put the car out, then used the jaws of life on the hood, pass. door, and the trunk to check for trapped people-not that it mattered much, the car burnt so bad that the springs tempered, the tires burnt, all the glas melted, the dash was gone, and the car was nothing but a shell-the motor caught fire too, and is likewise destroyed. When i arrived on the scene the police treated me like a criminal, even though i was nowhere near the car when the fire caught-i told them i was with my friends dad, and he vouched for that as well-I even bought gas with a credit car but the cop insisted i was lying to him-"your nitrous tank exploded-" "whys there a battery in the trunk" he said, to which i responded i dont have nitrous, and the battery is for weight distribution. "dont **** lie to me he says-I dont care about your car, tell me the truth" after about an hour of what can only be called an interogation, I was allowed to go home and morn the loss of my pride and joy. I would rather have lost my right testicle than my car. Ive spent every penny ive earned for the past 2 years on my car, only to have it ripped out from under me. This matters not to the police mind you-they dont even care about who or what caused the fire-they didnt even take it to start an investigation. No witnesses-nothing. Just the shell of my candy apple pearl bird. Time to start over now-Im going to be in the market for another sc soon, so ill be parting out all my bolt ons to afford a new bird. My ins. company is investigating soon, so ill let you guys know what comes up, and post before and after pics tomorrow. Mike.
 
wow

wow, i cant believe that. it had to have been those morons that threw an egg at you. damn, that made my heart start pounding as i was reading that, im sorry. i wouldve started crying forever, and to make it worse have the police do that to you. im sorry dude, let us know if anything happens. i hope it all works out for you one way or another. man that burns me up. no pun intended....
-Damon
 
next time tell the police to **** , remember you never have to talk to the police, just be like call my lawyer ***** ;)
 
I"m in upstate NY...

But I'm right up here in Albany.

Yo, that really **** blows major chunks. About how long were you with your car initially? Sounds like maybe 20 mins, half an hour? I seriously doubt that the fire started from a hot engine or something. It had a chance to cool off.

But I'm thinking it is more of a "halloween prank" than anything else.

The reason why the cops treated you like **** was cause they thought "insurance fraud" how conveinient it is for an owner fed up with their car and wanting a big payoff to drive their car off the side of the raod anf toss a match to it.

You really should raise a **** stink to have a arson specialist look at it. Even if you have to shell some money out. If the arson specialist determines that this was due to foul play... the police will investigate further. Did you get the licence plate number of the car that passed you and they tossed the egg at you?

Oh and never leave your property if you think it is threatened. That is one of the reasons why manufacturers supply cars with tire irons too. :D
 
lol tire irons ;) I got a mini baseball bat pure aluminium :-D in my car lol so any one can try and bring it and i will smash thier heads in :-D
 
What an awful story. Really sorry to hear about your loss! :mad: I hope the effers who did this get to spend an eternity in hell sitting in your SC after they lit it up.

Good luck!
 
Man that sucks...BAD. I would do whatever it takes to know the cause of the fire. I can't believe people today.

-Steve
 
sorry man, i'd like to see some pics of the before and after. Also some mods that were lost. Its really too bad, and i can relate to the cops being such ****.
 
before pics link-news

Well, my insurance company is going to investigate, and theyre taking copies of my receipts for the car, and sending them to a total loss specialist to determine what the car was worth-they also said i will more than likely be able to keep whats left of her for free. Heres a link to my posted pics on the site, and a list of mods.

http://www.sccoa.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36138


or search charkly or first posted pics-lemme know if it works. With any luck, ill have after pics tom, and more news. thanks for the concern and care guys-this really sucks that this ***** happened. Mike.
 
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And to think i was just admiring ur car on that thread a few days ago. I was so impressed w/ that man! That sucks harsh ***... did u get a make or model of the car that they were driving? I know it was green or black but what kind of car? **** kids man. I know i'm one of them but to set a car on fire or leave a guy stranded on the side of the road... especially throw an egg when he's asking for help?! on halloween of all times! I was recently stranded w/ my brother, sister, and cousins... I tried to flag down a purple van (we're on the side of the the freeway btw like... 5 clicks from bridal falls) and he just waves and keeps going... the **** heads on this planet man... I dunno... i can't offer u anything except that i might get a couple bolt-ons for ur funds and if you find out who threw the egg (whether they lit the car or not) tell me and i'll fly there to beat their heads in... thats pathetic! We'll have half the club there to kick the daylights outta them... now thats what i call teamwork!! I smell a cover pic already!
 
Man im sorry... thats the worst thing ive heard in a long time. thats as bad or worse than me gettin my prize rx-7 with 10 g's worth of MODS stolen and never recovered. Im so sorry,, good luck.
 
I know cops can make you feel bad, but let it go and remember it takes a certain kind of person to be one. We need more detectives instead of patrolman picking on inocents. I would raise cain and get the Fire Dept to investigate. Give police and fire what ever description you have of those guys. Something else may have happened and it can add up. Ignore that power hungry guy. If he was smarter he would go become a detective.

93 is my favorite and you put the new front on. What a shame but hey make your next one better.
 
Gotta add to this one

End of may last year, my garage caught on fire. MY friend was keeping his 95 Tbird lx w/sc gfx, tints, system, chome wheels, in my garage for safe keeping from his sick x girlfiend and her new boyfriend. Well, she happends to drive by one night, mind you, I live on a dead end, so you have to drive past twice. We notice, figure, were screwed. So, earlier that week, his garage got 2 big boulders through the windows, and the tarps that were keeping the windows covered. I figured that they wouldn't touch my house, wrong I was. I'm tryin to sleep one night, hear an alarm go off. About 1 AM. go outside, see nothing. Go back to bed. % min. later, I hear a horn being layed on. So I go outside to check it out. It's comin from my garage. I open the door, out somes smoke, and his car is gettin toasty. I move my sc from in front of the garage door, and call police. In the end, my garage, his bird, and my moms cougar were toast. To top it all, he didn't have insurance, it expired a few weeks prior. After the fire, we found white pellets all near his car, and there was this strange odor in the garage. Arson investigators found the use of desiel fuel with fertilizer which creates a napalm of some sort. This was all in his car, under the car, and under his hood in the engine compartment. His hood cable was also cut after the hood was closed and he had two 3in. long slashes in his driver side tires. The officer investigating kept insisting on us for doing it. He was out partying with my sister and friends, and were coming back to my house when I called him and informed him of his car on fire. All in all, nobody was convicted, and his x's boyfriends best friends both had prior arson convictions, and refused to come into the station for a lie detector test. Pretty crappy. I'm feelin your pain on this one. His car was a similair color, maroon red, with chrome lx wheels, tints, shaved moldings, lowered 3 in., and full sc kit. I hope all works out for you.
 
In regards to the above post (pearl95sc, just incase sum1 posts b4 me) thats pathetic. Why did she want to ruin his car? I mean, either he did something really mean to her or she's just a big *****!! Crap. If someone did that to me i'd take a bat to their cars one nite... hell, I'd screw up that car w/ a bat bad! Break a couple windows and pour some milk on the seats, throw in some eggs. Just wait til the summer hits and the interior heats up, no one is going to wanna park beside the car never mind get in!! Thats pathetic... o man, if sumone did that to my car... o man i'd be in trouble by the end... I'd kill 'em! I'd beat the crap outta the x's new bf.
 
It's like this

motocross_masta, in your response to the above post.....

This chick is a nutcase. She's on medications and is diabetic. I used to think she was alright, but there were a couple of times when even I was like WTF! He was always faithful to her and did everything close of taking a bullet for her. He's been gettin his crap back in order. He gotta new girl, new place to stay, even got another thunderbird. His ex sees him with this new girlfriend, and the crap starts again. His new girlfriend was gettin harrassed be his ex while at her job. His ex still makes false claims, examples include "he chased us down and threw stuff at my car and house" in order to get warrants for his arrest without reason. Then, they don't show up for court, and they call-in and continue it until it gets thrown out be lack of showing up. Last thing I know of, he made a false claim against her for some dings on his cars rear pillar, saying she swung a pipe at it and dented it up. She and her sick boyfriend got warrants, arrested, and owe him somethin like $1200 in damages. She hasn't given him any troube in recent months, but from what i've come across through different people, she's still tryin to find out where he lives at currently to bring in more crap. Before his ex got exclusive with her new boytoy, and even after now I think about it, she'd get mad at him for dating and doing other chicks even after they were apart. If you had seen what i've seen, and dealt with what I have, you would understand much better. As of now, she and her associates are not allowed within a 1/2 mile of my residence, police order. We all did warn him to stop messin with her way before this had happened, but he's stubborn. He got himself into odd situations, and payed dearly. Nobody deserves what happend to him, but there are screwed up people in this world.

Chalky, sorry about stealin your thread here. My freinds car was almost identical to yours. Once again, sorry to hear about your ride. Nobody deserves to have things like this happen to them
 
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keep in mind she needed a wax in the first one and it wasnt bright so the paint was in its purpleish stage instead of being bright, but it still looked better than this after pic......
 

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sorry to hear. I hope you had Full coverage on it, at least could get some money back. if that happened to me now, i would cry and not get a dime back, because i only have liability, due to it would be to expensive for full coverage (1000 more), and they would only give me back Kelly Blue book value with is way low, but i have Tooo much money in mine anyways.. i want to look into special kind of insurance (and i'm going to go to this liscensed apraiser this spring also to get a value so i can show a car insurance company) so i can cover at least 3/4 of my toy, incase something bad happens and i'm screwed to.. Like that old saying "What goes around comes around" hopefully this/these people that did this something will happen back to them, and hopefully you get finacially lucky in the future for your loss ... Alex L
 
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