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Old 05-23-19, 11:30 AM
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Default Luxury cars destroyed in house fire...OUCH

https://www.local10.com/news/local/f...LBx_BpZXccfvaI

Among the cars destroyed were an $80,000 2013 Nissan GTR, $430,000 2016 Bentley Moulsane, $350,000 2018 Porsche 911 special, $28,000 1973 Volkswagen Thing and a $130,000 2018 Tesla Model XB100B.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said a $27,000 Harley Davidson was also burned in the fire, as well as two golf carts and two personal watercrafts.

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That’s a lot of nice cars.
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If you are going to custom build a home with a mega garage for your car collection, why wouldn't you have a sprinkler system installed in the garage?
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thats gonna be a large insurance claim
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in california, that house would've burned down completely.

you guys and your concrete homes.
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hmm a garage fire with a tesla being present. Dont rule that out
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Horrible to hear; but wouldn't all of us like to be in his shoes with a settlement check from the insurance company and in the market to buy 6 cars? =)
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its for the most part newer cars so easily replaceable. My heart isnt broken
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Originally Posted by Wandl
Horrible to hear; but wouldn't all of us like to be in his shoes with a settlement check from the insurance company and in the market to buy 6 cars? =)
Ummm....no. Fire damage to your house can't be fun to deal with...
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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
hmm a garage fire with a tesla being present. Dont rule that out
That is most likely being looked at:

"I had heard, actually, that it maybe was a battery tender," Bauer said. "But the Tesla, when they pulled the Tesla out last night, you could hear it while it was on the flatbed. You could hear things popping within the Tesla."


From another article:

According to the local fire department who arrived at the scene the fire started in the garage and spread quickly and intensely. “This was a very, very, very heavy fire,” said Chief Stephen Gollan, the spokesman for the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, who spoke with The South Florida Sun Sentinel. The call came in at 8:52 p.m. local time and wasn’t under control until 9:40 p.m. Gollan stated that it took additional crews to be called in, totaling 50 firefighters on the scene, to put out the raging fire.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/28164/...rsche-and-more
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