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  1. Tarek307

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    #1 Tarek307, Sep 20, 2022
    Well guys, i just flew to France to check out a 355 (wouldnt' buy one overseas without doing own leg work) this was a very well maintained car, with a great enthusiast owner..so no fault on the owner, stuff just happens.C'est la vie ..thank God we weren't hurt, at first when pulling off we could not get the doors open from inside, until i pulled on the lock itself, the center lock would not work and door just wouldn't open..its a 94 but still had an alarm system for locking/unlocking.

    Thankfully i hadn't paid for the car yet, but either way the owner was an absolute gentleman and i doubt that would have mattered. It was always my dream to drive a F355 or C2S in the Cote D'Azur and i was so close, lol , but i never even got to drive it myself :( Seeing the Carbon Buckets melt to nothing was also very sad..yes she had carbon buckets, tubi headers, tubi exhaust..

    *The car was always serviced on time , 2 days ago the owner washed in anticipation of me coming and called and told me it didn't sound right on deceleration, and it did make gurgling sound today when he was driving every time he would decelerate ..we were actually on our way to the mechanic to get that checked out, owner suspected it maybe something with fuel injectors or plugs..i did comment while we were driving that the car smelt like it was running rich..

    Here is a link to the video


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  2. mclaudio

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    #2 mclaudio, Sep 20, 2022
    Yikes! Glad no one got hurt.
     
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  3. Zamboniman308

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    #3 Zamboniman308, Sep 20, 2022
    NO!!! :(
     
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    #4 desmomini, Sep 20, 2022
    Wow...Talk about an experience! Glad everyone is ok.
     
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  5. Zamboniman308

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    #5 Zamboniman308, Sep 20, 2022
    Please inspect those fuel systems everyone! There's a small rubber elbow by the rollover that easily cracks. If you smell fuel don't drive!
     
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  6. ShineKen

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    #6 ShineKen, Sep 20, 2022
    Horrible
     
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    #7 johnk..., Sep 20, 2022
    Wow. Glad you and owner weren't hurt. Too bad, but it's just a car. Owner will be covered. Another reason I like spiders. Don't want to be trapped in a burning car.
     
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  8. Senshi458

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    #8 Senshi458, Sep 20, 2022
    wow very scary with the doors, I agree some with John but the first I thought I would open the targa roof on my car and jump out.
    Glad you and the owner not hurt, very sad the car was great + the owner did take good care of it.. so strange
     
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  9. calder1

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    #9 calder1, Sep 20, 2022
    Damn, Glad your both Ok Tarek.
     
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  10. Mirek

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    #10 Mirek, Sep 20, 2022
    Wow. You have to be kidding me. That’s for sharing !
     
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  11. radback

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    #11 radback, Sep 20, 2022
    That's a terrible video. One of the worst I saw for a long time.
    The owner didn't have a fire extinguisher?
    This is the first thing I bought when I got my 355.

    So, do you know the reason of the fire?
     
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  12. energy88

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    #12 energy88, Sep 20, 2022
    Incredible that happened at that particular time. Glad you weren't driving or had paid yet. Hope the owner comes close to recouping the "almost sold" price from his insurance.
     
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  13. Targatime

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    #13 Targatime, Sep 20, 2022
    Holy ****, that is terrible. Clone of my car. I hate to see artwork destroyed.

    Any chance you can put the clear turn signals in your luggage and bring them back for me?
     
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    #14 Targatime, Sep 20, 2022
    Everyone please put a fire extinguisher in your car!
     
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    #15 Zamboniman308, Sep 20, 2022
    I carry 2. A traditional and an element. Hopefully never needed, but there are too many examples of needing not to.
     
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    #16 ShineKen, Sep 20, 2022
    I think it's time to update the 355 Fire Extinguisher thread.
     
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  17. bertrand328

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    #17 bertrand328, Sep 20, 2022
    Sorry for that and happy nobody was hurt. Did this car was offered for sale in France ?
     
  18. Tarek307

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    #18 Tarek307, Sep 20, 2022
    I have one of the element ones in my personal 355 but I doubt that would have helped at all w this fire..you’d need a big canister where u can stand a little back w a fire like this
     
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  19. ShineKen

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    #19 ShineKen, Sep 20, 2022
    Probably like the ones you can option on a Scud and up.
     
  20. Targatime

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    #20 Targatime, Sep 20, 2022
    Is there a thread that documents the common fuel leak points? All things being equal I would rather replace aging stuff and not have a fire vs trying to put out a fire with an extinguisher.
     
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  21. Tarek307

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    #21 Tarek307, Sep 21, 2022
    My theory on this one is every time he decelerated and we heard that sort of gurgling sound it was fuel that wasn’t combusting , maybe the injectors were shooting out fuel that wasn’t getting burnt and just accumulated ..who knows..it’s very sad because this was such a good car…owner really cared for it for over 10 years..

    we think it just decided to commit suicide rather than being sold off to someone else!!
     
  22. C'dwic

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    #22 C'dwic, Sep 21, 2022
    It’s very unfortunate all that... but as said elsewhere, we all know, the 355 are so capricious that I have no doubt that she could have refused to leave...yeah… strange the story of doors…all is strange when we know how Jean take care about his 355…yeah all must check this :
    The fire could come from else where but we see sometimes some strange repair
     

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  23. Zamboniman308

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    #23 Zamboniman308, Sep 21, 2022
    Cringing looking at these repair photos..
     
  24. lanab

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    #24 lanab, Sep 21, 2022
    First picture is my car before i totally restored the engine, it hadn't been recalled for the fuel lines and block and it smelled fuel strongly everytime i was driving, just matter of time before the fuel line bursted.
    As you can notice some previous owner just used a simple rubber line without the stainless braid, when i removed the rubber it all cracked in small dry rubber pieces, the stainless braid is there of a reason because the fuel pressure is high.

    So replace the whole fuel lines new block if you haven't done the fuel recall yet.
     
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  25. INRange

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    #25 INRange, Sep 21, 2022
    I'm so glad everyone is okay......looks like it was a perfect day for a drive. It is just heartbreaking to see that happen.
     
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