My condolences for all the Porsche fans out there...

kscarrol · 02-17-2022, 07:37 PM

Car transport full of Porsches on fire and adrift in the Atlantic...

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/burning...atlantic-ocean

Tommy-G · 02-17-2022, 07:43 PM

Scheduled to Rhose Island, lots of upset East coasters about to happen

F30lolz · 02-17-2022, 07:48 PM

2022 Porsche 911, never seen sea salt nor fire. Took on as trade. Don’t need to sell but testing the waters. I know what I got so don’t lowball me or else.

M_Six · 02-17-2022, 09:29 PM

VWs caught polluting the air again.

shoei · 02-17-2022, 09:38 PM

We should check to make sure Sedan_Clan 's new toy isn't onboard.

Or is it "wasn't" onboard?

Oldgixxer · 02-18-2022, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by F30lolz

2022 Porsche 911, never seen sea salt nor fire. Took on as trade. Don’t need to sell but testing the waters. I know what I got so don’t lowball me or else.

Will you accept my vehicle on trade? It's easily worth much more than I paid a few years ago

Sedan_Clan · 02-18-2022, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by shoei

We should check to make sure Sedan_Clan 's new toy isn't onboard.

Or is it "wasn't" onboard?

That ship was bound for the east coast. My car is still at the port of Emden awaiting a vessel bound for the west coast. Phew!

chassis · 02-18-2022, 07:28 AM

Bentleys and Lambos mentioned.

F30lolz · 02-18-2022, 08:39 AM

I wonder if any vehicle(s) were untouched, would they still declare it a total lost because it was still exposed to the elements? 25% off MSRP or no markup?

infinitekidM2C · 02-18-2022, 11:06 AM

Ok who's got a boat? Let's go get that shite dogs.

TiMSport · 02-18-2022, 11:12 AM

Lets go!

kscarrol · 02-18-2022, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by infinitekidM2C

Ok who's got a boat? Let's go get that shite dogs.

Photo of first meeting of the crew...

KevinC · 02-18-2022, 12:40 PM

Ponder this - what if the fire started IN one of the cars - i.e. a battery fire in an EV. A VERY different insurance claim situation, no doubt, than if the ship itself had caught fire, and probably something that VWAG wouldn't want to be made public. That's a LOT of cheddar going up in smoke out there.

Sedan_Clan · 02-19-2022, 01:00 AM

That boat and the cars on it are finished.

F30lolz · 02-19-2022, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by KevinC

Ponder this - what if the fire started IN one of the cars - i.e. a battery fire in an EV. A VERY different insurance claim situation, no doubt, than if the ship itself had caught fire, and probably something that VWAG wouldn't want to be made public. That's a LOT of cheddar going up in smoke out there.

Would be interesting to see a full report/pics and who’s insurance will have to pay for either 4k cars (if they’re all deemed a total loss) or one cargo ship.

M5Rick · 02-19-2022, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

That boat and the cars on it are finished.

That looks very bad, what is then done with this? I'm guessing tow it in somewhere for any salvage what might be left then it goes to Gujarat in India to be cut up..

Sedan_Clan · 02-19-2022, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

That boat and the cars on it are finished.

That looks very bad, what is then done with this? I'm guessing tow it in somewhere for any salvage what might be left then it goes to Gujarat in India to be cut up..

The vessel will be towed to a port, secured to ensure its safe enough to unload and then it'll be dismantled.

M5Rick · 02-19-2022, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

The vessel will be towed to a port, secured to ensure its safe enough to unload and then it'll be dismantled.

It appears burnt severely from end to end looking at it closer so if there is no salvage after inspection they may just take it with the melted cars for dismantling.

chassis · 02-19-2022, 10:03 AM

Shows the fate of previous ro/ro accidents.

The insurance company and others will make a judgment whether or not any cargo salvage is possible. If not it will be cut up, cargo and all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ssel_accidents

Robin_NL · 02-19-2022, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by chassis

Bentleys and Lambos mentioned.

That ship set sail from Emden, Germany . That's exactly 98 miles from where I live. Been there once about 25 years ago.
About 1.5 hours drive....

Cheers
Robin

TiMSport · 02-19-2022, 12:40 PM

Sounds like the fact there are EVs onboard that vessel has made this a very messy situation.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a3...0Non%20Openers

Maynard · 02-19-2022, 02:46 PM

How could you have a ship dedicated to auto transport that doesn't have the same level of fire suppression that you see at a gas station - some kind of foam that would stop a fire from spreading? This isn't a boatload of Kia's after all - some of them probably had matching humidors that cost more than my M2.

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