Very Sorry looking CL55 ....

[Howard]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercedes-CL55...63QQihZ009QQcategoryZ9895QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What do we reckon was the cause of the fire then ? 3000w stereo install with 5 amp fuse ? rival drug lords protecting their turf ?

 

[pammy]

how sad

 

[BenzComander]

Think the rear nearside quarter would cut out!!

 

[NW_Merc]

A jilted girlfriend perhaps .....

 

[merc man]

well what can i say, im not allowed to say that i know the guy, but smoking can kill and if it was my wife she would be dead!

 

[Howard]

LOL

Ooooops !

 

[MangoMan]

Sorry, but definately looks electrical to me....The owner even says the Wiring Loom is destroyed.

 

[glojo]

well what can i say, im not allowed to say that i know the guy, but smoking can kill and if it was my wife she would be dead!

I am curious as to how the owner kept the car. In this modern age I thought insurance companies had contracts with salvage companies?

Did the owner actually claim, or perish the very unlikely thought, was it insured? Did the incident happen on the road?

I take on-board your point about smoking, but my first thought was arson?

Sorry to ask so many questions

Regarding MangoMans point, I think that fire would destroy part of any wiring loom?

Regards,
John the nosey

 

[MangoMan]

I am curious as to how the owner kept the car. In this modern age I thought insurance companies had contracts with salvage companies?

Did the owner actually claim, or perish the very unlikely thought, was it insured? Did the incident happen on the road?

I take on-board your point about smoking, but my first thought was arson?

Sorry to ask so many questions

Regarding MangoMans point, I think that fire would destroy part of any wiring loom?

Regards,
John the nosey

Yes John, I hear what you are saying re: insurance, etc. Strange???

But the reason for my belief that it was, or is electrical is that it looks like the fire started in or in front of where the Battery is situated, and migrated to the rest of the car. Photo attached.

Has anyone seen a battery go up..... Scary es-aitch-one-tee!

 

[glojo]

But the reason for my belief that it was, or is electrical is that it looks like the fire started in or in front of where the Battery is situated, and migrated to the rest of the car. Photo attached.!

Hi MangoMan,
Please do NOT think I doubt what your saying, I am by nature a very inquisitive pain in the proverbial. Your point is very validand of course a possibility.

I'm sure there is a perfectly acceptable, logical explanation.

Regards,
John

 

[Fandango]

Pity there's no pictures of the interior, might have been useful to estimate costs...

Just waiting for the usual "bit of T-cut and polish" comment.

 

[Dieselman]

Pity there's no pictures of the interior, might have been useful to estimate costs...

Just waiting for the usual "bit of T-cut and polish" comment.

Not this time, but I'm sure a bit of leather reconnolisation would soon fix it..

 

[Dieselman]

I am curious as to how the owner kept the car. In this modern age I thought insurance companies had contracts with salvage companies?

Did the owner actually claim, or perish the very unlikely thought, was it insured? Did the incident happen on the road?

Hmmm. Interesting thought Sherlock.

 

[glojo]

Pity there's no pictures of the interior, might have been useful to estimate costs...

Just waiting for the usual "bit of T-cut and polish" comment.

Nah,
I think it would need something more like this:

 

[grober]

Engine and gearbox would be a good buy for someone with an existing car with a blown engine/transmission. Sourcing new wiring and electrical components which probably include the ECU AND ABS/ESP units etc would probably cost as much as the £5,500 asked for the car??

 

[SG CL500]

... in or in front of where the Battery is situated, ...

Assuming it's no different for an AMG CL the battery is in the boot.

 

[fuzzer]

Pity there's no pictures of the interior, might have been useful to estimate costs...

Just waiting for the usual "bit of T-cut and polish" comment.

Looks well beyond t-cut and polish.

Back to black and some electrical tape

 

[stats007]

Assuming it's no different for an AMG CL the battery is in the boot.

That's what I thought.

Brick through the window and a petrol bomb?

 

[andy_k]

looks electrical or very localised to the area around the passenger foorwell to me.

Anything thrown through the windows would have had to go in through the side (the windscreen looks as though it melted) and would probably have caused a more central fire.

Cigarette end dropped in the footwell could easily cause that kind of damage.

Andy

 

[Fandango]

Nah,
I think it would need something more like this:

pic

better late... I suppose