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Post by Pacifico on Oct 11, 2023 17:14:00 GMT
You're not in the clear yet Dappy. It's just been reported on the 4pm GB News bulletin that the Luton airport fire was caused by a lithium battery on a diesel car. Quite plausible - Range Rover Hybrids are not the most reliable of things..  |
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Post by Red Rackham on Oct 11, 2023 17:22:05 GMT
You're not in the clear yet Dappy. It's just been reported on the 4pm GB News bulletin that the Luton airport fire was caused by a lithium battery on a diesel car. Quite plausible - Range Rover Hybrids are not the most reliable of things.. Proper Range Rovers, L322 series, also have less than an enviable reputation. Fortunately I have a good one, probably because I look after it and put so few miles on it. |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Oct 11, 2023 17:33:50 GMT
Oh dear. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Oct 11, 2023 18:58:01 GMT
Stop Press:
Rumour has it the fire started at en EV charging point. No doubt more to follow, lol.
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Oct 11, 2023 19:23:49 GMT
Of course it did. And if it didn't actually start with an EV or PHEV then it was certainly made worse by their presence.
Diesel vehicles generally do not burn explosively.
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Post by buccaneer on Oct 11, 2023 20:36:25 GMT
Sounded dodgy as soon as they were in a rush to say it was a diesel.
Let's face it, these EV vehicles aren't safe.
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Post by Red Rackham on Oct 11, 2023 20:52:05 GMT
Of course it did. And if it didn't actually start with an EV or PHEV then it was certainly made worse by their presence. Diesel vehicles generally do not burn explosively. Well yes I agree, thinking back I've driven all sorts of vehicles over the years and in all sorts of conditions the vast majority of which, in fact all of them I think, had diesel engines. Yet in spite of the conditions I am struggling to remember an engine that burst into flames. As you know diesel has quite a high flash point which in most conditions makes it safer than petrol, and a damned sight safer than electric. |
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Post by patman post on Oct 11, 2023 21:06:19 GMT
Sounded dodgy as soon as they were in a rush to say it was a diesel. Let's face it, these EV vehicles aren't safe. Could the media have been asked if the fire was started by an EV?
Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 8:39pm:
Fire chiefs investigating a huge fire at an airport's multi-storey car park believe it started from a diesel car.
The more concerning point is that the multi-storey car park is reported to have had no sprinkler system.
It's cheapskates charging electric scooters in their homes that seem to be causing EV fires...
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Post by Pacifico on Oct 11, 2023 21:20:17 GMT
Sounded dodgy as soon as they were in a rush to say it was a diesel. Let's face it, these EV vehicles aren't safe. Could the media have been asked if the fire was started by an EV? Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 8:39pm:
Fire chiefs investigating a huge fire at an airport's multi-storey car park believe it started from a diesel car. The more concerning point is that the multi-storey car park is reported to have had no sprinkler system. what do you expect for a £10 ticket to Spain?. It's a low-cost airport so corners will be cut. |
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Post by patman post on Oct 11, 2023 21:35:27 GMT
Could the media have been asked if the fire was started by an EV? Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 8:39pm:
Fire chiefs investigating a huge fire at an airport's multi-storey car park believe it started from a diesel car. The more concerning point is that the multi-storey car park is reported to have had no sprinkler system. what do you expect for a £10 ticket to Spain?. It's a low-cost airport so corners will be cut. But it's not a building to house unwanted refugees — it's where hard up and underpaid Brits, that have screwed by the Tories for thirteen years, park their second-hand old cars while they take their cheap vacations... |
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Post by Pacifico on Oct 11, 2023 21:46:34 GMT
what do you expect for a £10 ticket to Spain?. It's a low-cost airport so corners will be cut. But it's not a building to house unwanted refugees — it's where hard up and underpaid Brits, that have screwed by the Tories for thirteen years, park their second-hand old cars while they take their cheap vacations... you wanted cheap flights - you got them. Stop complaining. |
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Post by Bentley on Oct 11, 2023 21:49:16 GMT
Sounded dodgy as soon as they were in a rush to say it was a diesel. Let's face it, these EV vehicles aren't safe. My thoughts too. |
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Post by Bentley on Oct 11, 2023 21:52:31 GMT
Of course it did. And if it didn't actually start with an EV or PHEV then it was certainly made worse by their presence. Diesel vehicles generally do not burn explosively. Well yes I agree, thinking back I've driven all sorts of vehicles over the years and in all sorts of conditions the vast majority of which, in fact all of them I think, had diesel engines. Yet in spite of the conditions I am struggling to remember an engine that burst into flames. As you know diesel has quite a high flash point which in most conditions makes it safer than petrol, and a damned sight safer than electric. When I worked in North London a few years ago the factory next door leaked 1000 litres of diesel into our small shared courtyard. I phone the fire brigade and they said that it was not a great danger . Had that been petrol we probably would of been evacuated immediately. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Oct 11, 2023 22:15:53 GMT
Well yes I agree, thinking back I've driven all sorts of vehicles over the years and in all sorts of conditions the vast majority of which, in fact all of them I think, had diesel engines. Yet in spite of the conditions I am struggling to remember an engine that burst into flames. As you know diesel has quite a high flash point which in most conditions makes it safer than petrol, and a damned sight safer than electric. When I worked in North London a few years ago the factory next door leaked 1000 litres of diesel into our small shared courtyard. I phone the fire brigade and they said that it was not a great danger . Had that been petrol we probably would of been evacuated immediately. We had a similar spill, someone was filling a 200 litre drum with diesel. It wasn't a quick pump so knowing the nozzle would switch the pump off when the drum was full he went to the workshop for a cuppa. The filler or nozzle for some reason didn't switch the pump off, and he had a rather a long tea break. The only reason it was discovered was because someone said 'can you smell diesel'? We went to the workshop door and looked out to see a concreted area about twice the size of a tennis court under an inch of diesel. I remember it was a 32000 litre tank, I cant remember how much was wasted but the fuel figs for that month were defo massaged slightly lol. |
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Post by Bentley on Oct 11, 2023 22:19:25 GMT
When I worked in North London a few years ago the factory next door leaked 1000 litres of diesel into our small shared courtyard. I phone the fire brigade and they said that it was not a great danger . Had that been petrol we probably would of been evacuated immediately. We had a similar spill, someone was filling a 200 litre drum with diesel. It wasn't a quick pump so knowing the nozzle would switch the pump off when the drum was full he went to the workshop for a cuppa. The filler or nozzle for some reason didn't switch the pump off, and he had a rather a long tea break. The only reason it was discovered was because someone said 'can you smell diesel'? We went to the workshop door and looked out to see a concreted area about twice the size of a tennis court under an inch of diesel. I remember it was a 32000 litre tank, I cant remember how much was wasted but the fuel figs for that month were defo massaged slightly lol. Lol. |
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