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WATCH: Rare Porsche 918 Spyder on fire next to Ontario gas station
http://globalnews.ca/news/1587708/watch-rare-porsche-918-spyder-catches-fire-at-ontario-gas-station/

When it was all over the owner just laught according to the gas station attendant in Toronto Canada

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Re: Million Dollar Canadian 3 week old Porsche goes up in flames.
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2015, 17:58:35 »
At least that Porsche can be replaced, with a newer model year if he has the right insurance.  Still have to wonder how the lithium behaved in that fire.  Yikes.

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Re: Million Dollar Canadian 3 week old Porsche goes up in flames.
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2015, 19:19:55 »
Unfortunately that particular Porsche cannot be replaced.  There were only 918 of them made, and only as a 2015.  They are sold out.  Don't know how insurance handles that, just a payout I guess.
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Re: Million Dollar Canadian 3 week old Porsche goes up in flames.
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2015, 12:54:42 »
I recall Richard Hammond testing the 918 on Top Gear.  In the comments afterward I think they commented that "only three" had caught fire.  That was a year ago.  Maybe that's part of the Porsche plan to make them even more rare.  ;)
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