Sad end for a Mustang

[aussiblue]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-0...ys-car/9737662 Volcano in Hawaii.

[zipping]

That's something you don't see every day.

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Another video of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Staj4f0t6_4

[GO FURTHER]

I wonder if the owner would be covered by insurance being a natural Volcano disaster?

They would be covered by fire though... And technically it could be argued that the car caught fire.

[40RDT]

Pretty cool event to catch on video

[johntolhurst]

Hard to produce the evidence

Free Mustang, for any takers. :-) if you can dig it out of the rock.

[malazn mafia]

Misread title as “sad end for mustang” and was expecting an article announcing the discontinuation of the mustang altogether as Ford tightens it’s belt on “no passenger car” policy

[stefcio007]

Thousands of years from now archaeologists will dig it up and use it as an example of ancient combustable engines of the past.

[marty351]

Originally Posted by stefcio007

Thousands of years from now archaeologists will dig it up and use it as an example of ancient combustable engines of the past.

If it was a Commodore, archeologists would find this...

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by marty351

If it was a Commodore, archeologists would find this...

Is that Bent8 or MethodX ?

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Is that Bent8 or MethodX ?

I'd say the later.

[Hemihunter]

didn't have enough time to move it

[jpd80]

maybe it wouldn't start?

[marty351]

Insurance job?

[DJR-351]

Well according to the caption below the video in the first post (click on it) it was abandoned....

Fiery lava consumes abandoned car

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-0...ed-car/9737636

....far from the best model of the marque anyhow imo

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by marty351

Insurance job?

I heard on the radio a Hawaiian journalist said some people were evacuated so quickly that they wouldn't have had time to pack anything.
More to go with gases rather than a lava threat she said.

[mike_nofx]

Originally Posted by Ben73

I heard on the radio a Hawaiian journalist said some people were evacuated so quickly that they wouldn't have had time to pack anything.
More to go with gases rather than a lava threat she said.

Yeah exactly. And hardly going to risk your life for a $3k Mustang.

[FairmontGS]

No cover for natural disaster I'd say.

[aussiblue]

Thousands of years from now archaeologists will dig it up and use it as an example of ancient combustable engines of the past.

I think what wasn't burnt would be melted and indistinguishable from the lava rock.

[aussiblue]

Further explanation here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/u...cano-lava.html

The car needed a jump-start, and its owner, Mike Hale, had no time to spare.

He had returned on Saturday to his home in the Leilani Estates neighborhood on the island of Hawaii, where eruptions from the Kilauea volcano had forced residents to flee. Mr. Hale had thought he would be able to pack up his tools, dishes and camping gear. But as he and his companions started choking on the hazardous fumes released by volcanic activity, he realized they needed to get out.

The group drove away, leaving his dead car, a banged-up 2004 Ford Mustang that he sometimes rented to tourists, parked next to his mailbox on the side of the road.

By the time Mr. Hale tried to get back the next day, both would be gone. But their fate had been captured in video footage that would spread across television news and social media.

He also has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mik3hal3 and he is really not having too much luck or fun.

[aussiblue]

His facebook page documents the unfolding tragedy including the loss of his home and he has now also a Go fund Me page that those wanting help him can donate to.

[aussiblue]

Note the facebook link I provided probably won't work unless you have a facebook account that you open before clicking on it; otherwise search for Michael W Hale Hawaii in facebook.