When sh1t goes sour, garage fire with my e30 in there UPDATE

[tomislav]

I'm afraid i haven't got any pictures to upload cos i was balling my eyes out at the time but my track prepped e30 touring which has been my pride and joy for the last 5 year went up in smoke last night.

945pm there was a fire noticed by my neighbour, by the time i got to the garage it was too late, the e30 is toast, as is the rest of the garage and contents.

I cant remember feeling this gutted for a long time, proper pit of my stomach stuff.

Worst thing is its booked in for its MOT today, just finished getting it ready.

And wed 15th i was supposed to be at a DWYB at santa pod then 7th sept i was taking it to the Nurburgring.

Gutted, totally, absolutely gutted.

RIP Angel, G661XPM

[Barx325i]

that is ridiculously cruel. The absolute definition of irony. I hope your insurance company are forthcoming & there are no loopholes in your home contents cover. Just hope all works out, that is seriously seriously harsh

[tomislav]

Well the car was insured fully comp with an agreed valuation and ALL mods declared, even down to brand names and the pads fitted to it and the house insurance should cover the garage contents so hopefully, fingers crossed, there'll be some light at the end of the tunnel.

Proper gutted tho, so much time, effort, money, blood, sweat and tears have gone into that car.

[Barx325i]

Those being the things you can't get back.. I stick to the addage that every cloud has a silver lining, but also, when all said and done, noone was hurt. your cat wasn't in there..

[tomislav]

No one got injured and its only possessions involved, and i hate cats lol

[Speedtouch]

Sorry to hear this, dude. Any idea what caused it?

[Sanchez]

Shame dude, i read your build thread with great enthusiasm.

Goes to show its always best to declare everything to the insurers.

[Topblag]

Really sorry to hear this. Real pity that you lost all those snap-on tools also, that'll be expensive for the Insurance to replace

[suchy]

Ouch

Gutting I'd imagine!

[tomislav]

I actually have lost a sh1t load of tools, the garage is a wreck.

I did actually declare EVERYTHING to the insurance tho so thats one good thing.

Still feel sick tho

[polsta]

wowsers, must be hard to stomach, feel for you man

[magpie]

what i nightmare !

my stomach turned then and it's not even my loss.feel for ya fella.

[ross2009]

i had this happen to me once many years ago spent all that money on a car and the garage goes up i lost out big time on that i know how you feel its absolutly gut wrenching feel for ya mate

[Captain_Birdseye]

That puts things in perspective. Bad.

[kangman]

is your e30 complete toast? anything salvageable...

[tomislav]

I think the rear suspention might be worth having but the insurers took the car today so i've got to wait to see what they say really.

Rest of it is toast.

Guess i'll be taking the vw passat round the ring next month

[G-Bear]

Really gutted for you, sorry to hear it. Hopefully the insurance payout will redeem some of your spirits to start on another...

[Tom_Maverick]

aaaah, this is really sad.. gutted for you man..
I guess at least you'll get some cash but it never makes up for the effort you put in to a car.. don't let it put you off!

[George]

Sorry to hear this

[tomislav]

Off the back of all this, i think 90% of the parts for my m20b28 rebuild have survived

[rix313]

That's shit mate sorry to read that. I'd be besides myself if that happened to mine. Any idea what caused it?

[Andy325i]

Gutted for you. Glad you and yours were safe.

[zaust]

Also gutted for you. Makes me feel sick thinking about it.

[e30-EVN]

very very sad news, i dont blame you for ballin your eyes out mate. id have done exactly the same and would feel no shame in it to.!

feel for you mate

[tomislav]

Week and a half on and the insurance are still dragging their heels!

[ross_jsy]

I have a feeling it's going to take months mate, insurance companies are an absolute disgrace when it comes to paying out based on past experience

Hope it gets sorted soon

[adit]

only another couple of months to go then

very sorry to read this. how quick were the fire brigade to arrive?
really lucky it didn't happen in the middle of the night i guess

[tomislav]

Fire brigade turned up in less than 10 minutes but we've had all the assessors round now for the buildings and contents and the garage needs a whole new roof, on a 3 car garage thats a big job! Dads well happy lol.

Also, spoke to my car insurance today, they're talking to the underwriter because the car didn't have an MOT at the time of the fire.

Is anyone an insurance expert on here? There was one guy but i cant remember his name. Can anyone help?

Car was booled in for its MOT the very next day, and i have proof of that. I'm a fully qualified Audi tech as well as an MOT tester so i know my sh1t, that car was in the best condition its ever been that night

[magpie]

try Beemerlad [Lee] .

[rich318i]

do you know how it started?

[Cloggy Saint]

do you know how it started?

With a key I should imagine.

Feel for you mate, hope the insurance company do the decent thing and cough.

[rich318i]

the fire lol

[Demlotcrew]

Bad times, hope all goes well with the insurance company!

[bab-91]

Gutted for you!

I'm not sure what would be worse...

finding out it was arson or an electrical fault

[rich318i]

new law mate last year. has to have tax, insurance no MOT needed as car is not on the road as you say you garage it = cover... or on a SORN = no cover

if there was a MOT on the car before with that mod you got, you shouldn't have no probs really as it wasnt on the road at the time of the fire

Dont take any shit from them have everything in writing via email