big set back in my car build :(

[Imarvin240]

well i am finally getting enough time to write and put pics on my computer about the set back. i had been buying and storing all of my parts in my house, to eventually put it all together at once...didnt work out that way. At 12am on December 7th, the house went up in flames. hah it was a huge fire...23 fire departments had to come out, over 300 fire fighters, 50+ fire trucks and water tankers, and it lasted for nearly 8 hours. about 2 hours in the tankers and trucks ran out of water, so they pumped water from every place available...they pumped the water out of the pool, out of the lake, and they were even pumping water out of a creek down the street. also, the 25mph winds that night didnt help at all, it was blowing it towards the rest of the house and was only stirring up the fire more.


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I lost nearly $35,000 in car parts alone hah its horrible to say but its true. I had anything from my OS Gikon twin plate clutch, takata harnesses, all the way to custom fuel rail, injectors, brake setup, turbo setup by full-race, AEM standalone hah tons of stuff. But in the end, luckly the my family and my english bulldog made it out okay and ALSO, that the fire was not our fault. A week before the fire, we had a guy come and do a heating system in the house and he was supossed to use triple wall piping and he only used single walled piping, and the insurance company already found all of the evidence and they say its an easy case. Another plus is that its not just your average one man heating company, it was a nation wide company so hopefully insurance will cover all of the losses...including the car parts.

I cant give enough thank yous to the fire department who saved what they could of the house. they said about half the house is a complete loss and the other half of the house is repairable but has TONS of water damage. the fire department did an outstanding job though. the house was also a business, brandywine manor house, (its in honey brook, pa) which will hopefully be back up and running in the spring, Lord willing. Anyways, thats the story of the delay on my car build. hopefully i can get things rolling again in a few months hah im very optimistic, its just car parts hah it can all get replaced. well, hopefully you enjoyed my story and hopefully i can get a build thread going in two or so months. Thanks for reading guys.

[gijoe69]

That really sucks man! well at least no one was injured...car parts and other stuff can be replaced so wait for you big million dollar settlement!

[zooopreme]

Wow, at least, you weren't in the building. Sorry about your losses, does insurance cover this kind of stuff?

[kouki-gymkhana]

That's horrible, man! Good luck getting back on your feet.

[KrazyS13]

Wow, sorry to hear about this. That was one hell of a fire, you and your loved ones were lucky!

Get the best attorney you can, and sue the hell out of that hvac company!

[240boosted]

WOw sorry about the parts atleast your ok

[J3123MY]

In a sadistic way, you are gonna come up a lot of money. Glad your family is ok. Sorry about your house and parts, but you should have more than enough money after you work everything out.

[Lil_D]

holy shit thats crazy atleast no one was hurt

[andyv316]

wow thats crazy. glad no one was injured. best of luck to you.

[Weedm]

optimism! you have it.

[WholeGrainS13]

sorry to hear that man. im glad everyone's okay. thats what matters most.but im still glad to see youre not giving up on your build after all this and good luck

[ZX88]

dude that sucks.

[n8RPS13]

Crazy glad that your family is ok though

[irritatedmax]

mega sucks but the important stuff is ok.

[Backintoans13]

Fuck your parts, thankfully you and your family are ok and no one got injured. Be thankful you get to live another die and get to build another project.

[fckillerbee]

good god....any idea on why?

also....please mention if we can help in any way shape or form.

[anarchyperf]

Wow that is awful. Good luck getting back up on your feet

[whitefedorafilms]

wow thats where my stepmom is from. i hope everything is gonna get covered. good luck.

[Drifting-pedobear]

im pretty sure your not allowed to burn things in cali to get rid of it.
i know its illegal here in Washington.

pool survived, so its all good. parties can still happen

[Imarvin240]

thanks for all the support guys. yeah, im kind of sure i shouldnt have a problem getting everything covered since it was the heating company's fault. we actually finally moved out of the hotel a couple days ago, so that was great...starting to go nuts in there hah.

[Nick_04K]

Fuck! Thats the shits. At least the family is okay.
Get a huge check from the insurance company or sue the heating company haha...Then build your sick fucking car with the $$$$.

[tricky_ab]

Damn man, parts can be replaced...People can't! It's great to hear that everyone made it out (Even the dog!).

[chiboy002]

things happen for a reason, yeah that's a lot of money in shit that probably will take a long time to replace but it coulda been worse

[mrchomponthis]

thank god you and your family are okay

[CamryOnBronze]

Wow, that's terrible man. So glad to see that you and your family are safe! I hope you guys come out ahead after dealing with all of this.

[S-Nation S13]

damn..i just read this and was like..holysh!t...im gald everyones ok, parts are parts rather lose them, then family..settlement should get you back on your feet...at least i hope

[tricky_ab]

Thank god for home owner insurance! I know in Some states they don't require you to have any but in Canada you can't purchase a house without it. I hope they come through and if you used CC's to make your purchases, then you've got billing proof right there.

[ROOSEY]

wow man that was a crazy fire glad everyones okay. good luck getting all your money back and a new home.

[dudermagee]

damn that looks scary
glad you, your family, and your pets made it out ok
GL with rebuilding everything

[illvialuver]

that shit sucks soooo bad, well luckily everyone is okay, sounds like you had some baller parts, but nothing too rare, plus it is not your fault, so hopefully you come up big time.

[BoostSlideWayz]

Im sorry for your loss. Have any idea on what could have started the fire ???

[kojiki88]

I'm sorry for your loss. Thankfully no one got hurt and everything else can be replaced. Good luck

[stockbee]

Glad to hear everything is going to work out alright, but it still sucks that happened.

[TwItCh]

damm that sucks but parts can be replaced not people good thing no one was hurt

[upsdude]

god is telling you to leave the janky 240's alone and get a decent car :)

[blueshark123]

sorry to hear but atleast ur safe and the car can wait

[psulja]

that is crazy! sorry to hear.. hopefully you get back on your feet soon. glad to see you're doing okay and you're being so optimistic about it all.

[EnjoiNISMO]

Damn thats crazy, Thats always stuff you hear about but never think it will ever happen. Glad everyone made it out okay including the dog!

Hope everything gets better bro. Sorry to hear.

[mkezzo16]

Like you said ..parts can be replaced..glad you were able to make it to 2011 with us..feeling how ur staying positive about the situation..Im sure you'll be back to your build in no time

[stone184]

That sucks man! Good luck with everything in the future!

[Imarvin240]

Thanks again everyone! Found some car parts in the house today hah only had to search under about 2 feet of wood, stone, ect. hah my sway bar was bent at about a 45 degree angle :( I'll have to take some pics of this stuff. So far, none of the parts are actually useable but eh, insurance should be able to cover it. I think some of the parts i had in my storage unit, i will be selling soon just because the build will not be started again for at least a few months. Also, i think since i lost most of the parts, il go in a different direction with the car...since im basically starting from scratch. But just so everyone knows, i will not give up on this build :)

Thanks again for the support, everyone! Means alot.

[Future240]

Fuck dude that blows. I really am glad you all made it out ok. I hope that company pays for everything 5X over.

[doomviillain]

things happen for a reason, yeah that's a lot of money in shit that probably will take a long time to replace but it coulda been worse
I personally hate this saying because if something bad happens I can never define the reason, or get an answer to why it happened. I Hate the saying, HATE IT! But ur right it coulda been worse dude, a human life is far more valuable than material things. The parts can be replaced, but yourfamily cant. In this situation it might be hard to be optimistic but u gotta always look on the bright side of things...sorry for ur losses, best of luck to ya.

[Silverbullet]

I feel your pain. We lost our apartment to a fire a few months ago: Apartment fire in Ghent area of Norfolk| wavy.com (http://www.fox43tv.com/dpps/news/local/apartment-fire-in-ghent-area-of-norfolk_3621625), and just last week the house we moved into was robbed over Christmas weekend.

Just be aware that you can claim the things you lost as Causality Losses in your federal taxes.

[redline racer510]

Get an attorney quick and how ever much you lost financially due to the fire do not settle. Take them for every penny they got and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Sorry for the loss I know how it feels.

[HAWAII]

Wow! to the post above me. What kind of thinking is that?

First off I'm sorry about the fire and the damages it caused you and your family. Glad to know that you are healthy to survive and live to tel about it. I am happy to know that your family is all OK.

To the poster above me, I am not really sure where you are coming off saying "take everything that they got" I do realize that it is the heating company's fault but did you not think about their family that has nothing to do with what the heating company owner did?

Taking everything is GREED, and that will kill you my friend. Let them pay for all the physical damages and other damages that occured, Fine them and take away their heating license so they don't do it to someone else BUT leave some to them so they can get back on their feet after everything has been said and done.

That should be the way it is and not, "TAKE EVERYTHING THEY GOT" you are not going to get far in life with that attitude.

[Imarvin240]

well, its time to update the status of the house hah. we have been taking it down for a couple months now and have been cleaning up all of crap from the burned down sections of the house. there is only about 2/3 of the house left standing...and another 1/3 still needs to come down but the snow has stopped that from happening for a little bit hah. we were trying to keep the one stone wall that was part of the garage...but yesturday the wind thought other wise and decided to take it down :(

on another note, the insourance company decided that they would cover my car parts even though they should ony be insouredby an auto insourance...they only agreed to because we had a long talk with them about it. well...here are some pics of its current state.

they have gone through about 30 of these dumpsters now.
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you can see that where the one guy is standing, was a room hah not anymore!
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the big mess from the garage is all cleaned up!
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the wall that we had wanted to keep :(
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thank you again for all of the encouraging words and everything guys...truly means alot.

[Om1kron]

fuck, like you said, they're just car parts. Look on the bright side now you can go borg warner with your full race turbo set up if you're silly enough to build a 240 and not buy a lambo with that arab money the insurance company will pay you.

=)

And most of all your family and dog is safe.

[97240TB]

Sorry to hear about the house and the parts, but it's great to hear you and your whole family (Dog included.) Got out safe and sound. Goodluck with your case and Hopefully you can get everything back up and running as soon as possible!

[J90lude]

Fuck, that sucks bawls. You and your family are lucky tho.

[90white240]

Better for the wall to have fallen now then later.... Glad to hear everything is working out for you bud.

[blueshark123]

any pics of the burnt car parts so people on here can get all butt hurt lol

[jesse_s13]

nasssstty fire man. Good luck on your upcoming build.