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Is a Stage 1 a Series lll? I thought it was an interim model, post Series but pre Defender. Does it have coil or leaf springs?

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Lucky! What sort of vehicle - noting the doors have gone. Aluminium? Land Rover?

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That looks like an LC300.

Edit: Channel 7 says that it was a brand new LC.

Talawana Track: Couple’s near death experience as car bursts into flames in isolated outback adventure | 7NEWS

Turns out that most of the LC300's exterior panels are aluminium, other than the rear 3/4 panels which are steel - and which you can see didn't melt.

Why 2022 Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series buyers might pay higher insurance premiums to cover the costly repairs of damaged aluminium alloy body panels - Car News | CarsGuide

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Bull bar survived, so probably steel.

Emphasises why you need to keep a bag of essentials somewhere that you can grab. Wonder if they had a fire extinguisher?

Edit: they had time to grab quite a lot of stuff out of their car - but I'd guess that they didn't have a fire extinguisher.

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Is a Stage 1 a Series lll? I thought it was an interim model, post Series but pre Defender. Does it have coil or leaf springs?

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It is a Series 111 Stage 1 - has leaf springs.

So just how does a brand new 4WD spontaneously ignite??

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So just how does a brand new 4WD spontaneously ignite??

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Perhaps grass caught up around the DPF? Or something not going well with accessory wiring. Or just plain old manufacturing defect. Cheers

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So just how does a brand new 4WD spontaneously ignite??

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Often its modifications to the vehicle.

A mate is an auto leckie,he was saying he cant understand why there are not more vehicle and van fires,considering the number of dodgie jobs he sees all day.

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Did you change the picture format, Ron? How jolly clever. [smilebigeye]

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No, I used the Windows Snipping Tool to select a portion of the image and saved that. I then uploaded that.

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So just how does a brand new 4WD spontaneously ignite??

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DPF fire . No doubt whatsoever .

My 2013 Iveco 4x4 Drivers Handbook specifically says , "never drive through or park over dry grass or leaves due to danger of DPF fire" that's not the exact quote but to that effect . So what's the point of a 4x4 then ?? And a Iveco DPF is a good 300mm higher off ground than Toyota.

QAS was trialling an Iveco waiting for RFD flight when it set fire to the surrounding area .

I subsequently removed my DPF . EPA says its illegal to modify emissions equipment 'without due cause' . Well that in my opinion is 'due cause' .

I declined my 1st D4 order because it had been fitted with a DPF as a 1st day window vehicle even though the order was deliberately placed after the window closed so as to avoid the DPF.

In one of the TV interviews the owner says that a warning light came on and they got out and saw a fire under the car - you'd think that the fire would be caused by grass around the exhaust or DPF but would that trigger a warning light?

Edit: "really well prepared" ..... except it appears that they didn't have a fire extinguisher.