Anyone know what this car is?

L-M · 07-01-2011 8:09pm #1

Taken in Ul in Limerick (not by me)

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smokie2008 · 07-01-2011 8:10pm

407 maybe?

edit: (Just googled a few pics, think it is a 407)

L-M · 07-01-2011 8:12pm

That rear door looks like it's off a Passat, but the door handles look a bit high to be from a Passat...

fonecrusher1 · 07-01-2011 8:14pm

Its knackered whatever it is!

Looks a bit like a mark 1 skoda superb?

Plug · 07-01-2011 8:15pm

smokie2008 wrote: »

407 maybe?

Damm you!:D

qz · 07-01-2011 8:20pm

That is quite clearly the 2011MY Hydramobile 9000.

mle1324 · 07-01-2011 8:23pm

smokie2008 wrote: »

407 maybe?

edit: (Just googled a few pics, think it is a 407)

Maybe its the angle of the shot but does the side mirror look a bit too near the front to be a 407 ?

fonecrusher1 · 07-01-2011 8:24pm

Well what is it OP?:pac:

Absurdum · 07-01-2011 8:27pm

ambulance

fletch · 07-01-2011 8:28pm

Astra saloon?

mle1324 · 07-01-2011 8:31pm

fletch wrote: »

Astra saloon?

If your on about the 98-03 model then nah doubt it, look at the brake lights, they curve around from the back to the side in the op photo.

alanmc · 07-01-2011 8:32pm

607?

cruizer101 · 07-01-2011 8:34pm

No idea what the car is but just like to say thanks OP. I was driving by and saw cops going into UL, little curious. Then 2 fire brigades and an ambulance. Curiousity got the better of me and I drove through but they wern't letting people down that way. My curiousity is now sated, cheers.

.Longshanks. · 07-01-2011 8:37pm

fletch wrote: »

Astra saloon?

Me thinks so too. The 2007-10'ish version
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mle1324 · 07-01-2011 8:44pm

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

Me thinks so too. The 2007-10'ish version

+1 the back window does look very much like it.

hi_im_fil · 07-01-2011 8:51pm

How did someone end up going in there?!

Zonda999 · 07-01-2011 8:56pm

Astra saloon i think so too

fonecrusher1 · 07-01-2011 9:00pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Zonda999 wrote: »

Astra saloon i think so too

Tired of going from page 2 back to page 1 to compare.

Yeah its looking like the astra alright. Do the rear lights match though?

shawnee · 07-01-2011 9:05pm

Could be anything from a focus to a peugeot, but it doesnt really matter as its not yours and its well and truly fu.....:D
Hope whoever was driving it got out of it !

cozzie55 · 07-01-2011 9:10pm

+1 astra saloon. Would have guessed it before i saw the other comments

bazz26 · 07-01-2011 9:17pm

It looks like an Astra saloon alright. It's snowing here in Limerick since about 4pm, that road I presume towards the Concert Hall in the UL campus, has a pond at both sides of it with only a high curb between the pond and road. It is possible the car skidded, who knows though, maybe the driver was suddenly taken ill and lost control?

Doesn't look like there was much lying sleet/snow in the picture at the time anyway.

mgbgt1978 · 07-01-2011 9:45pm

Jebus lads, are the UL exam results out already ????

ShiresV2 · 07-01-2011 9:51pm

bazz26 wrote: »

It is possible the car skidded, who knows though, maybe the driver was suddenly taken ill and lost control?

Or the woman in the SatNav told him to drive into the pond.

L-M · 08-01-2011 1:14am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNSaE63lLFw

According to these lads it's an Opel (And no, that's not my ignorance in the video :L)

johnos1984 · 08-01-2011 3:41am

Out of interest if the engine stalled before it hit the water and suffered no damage would the car be ok once it dried out?

x in the city · 08-01-2011 3:58am

that car is fu|||d whether is stalled or not!

08-01-2011 5:08am

johnos1984 wrote: »

Out of interest if the engine stalled before it hit the water and suffered no damage would the car be ok once it dried out?

Nope, ignoring the engine but when a car is immersed in water like that obviously the water gets everywhere, it will take months if not years for it to dry out from the likes of the instrument panel etc. All interior screws on trim etc that are hidden from view which typically are not stainless steel anyway will rust within a few weeks of the car being flooded. There can be no confidence in anything electrical that works after the car drying out, corrosion can short out anything anytime after the flood. Anything flooded like that should be written off so that it can never be on the road again.

Years back I had to get a specialist on a site I was working on to certify lifting equipment, sound chap who I got on well with. He was telling me how he had a new Rover 45 diesel the previous year which his wife drive through a flood, as luck would have it the engine was ok but water had gotten into the cabin. Luckily enough for them the car was stolen a few days later and burnt out

The Snipe · 10-01-2011 7:52pm

Here is some photos showing more of the damage, and would make what type of car it is easier to ID.

http://xtremegraphics.org/press/accidentul/

_Conrad_ · 10-01-2011 8:03pm

saw the video of that on youtube, and heard about it on the night but was nowhere near it. I'd love to know what they were doing that they ended up going into the pond. they have to have been messing or a very bad driver as that's a straight road there. It's pretty amusing all the people on youtube leaving comments saying "did he die?" or "omg were they drowned" etc, because it's only about 3 feet of water

johnos1984 · 10-01-2011 8:04pm

Its an auld fella that was pulled from the car so I'd say its a simple case of hit ice and skidded in.

Probably panicked and hit the brakes

ronaneire · 10-01-2011 8:06pm

It's an Opel Astra alright, well spotted!

Hope the old man was alright after it.

andyseadog · 10-01-2011 8:09pm

so its not a focus saloon? :mad:

_Conrad_ · 10-01-2011 8:11pm

yes, hopefully he was grand, though he seems to be or it would have bene in the radio etc. However, he must have been going far too fast if he skidded so badly and at such speed as to be able to mount that curb and ge the whoel car over into the fountain. A sensible person would have been going slowly due to the snow falling, and also due to hte fact that it's a university campus with many people walking all over the place and small roads so you need to be careful anyway

_Conrad_ · 10-01-2011 8:13pm

andyseadog wrote: »

so its not a focus saloon? :mad:

no

_Conrad_ · 10-01-2011 8:13pm

andyseadog wrote: »

so its not a focus saloon? :mad:

.............

feck, posted that twice

wingnut · 10-01-2011 10:39pm

_Conrad_ wrote: »

It's pretty amusing all the people on youtube leaving comments saying "did he die?" or "omg were they drowned" etc, because it's only about 3 feet of water

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/did-he-died--2

andyseadog · 10-01-2011 10:43pm

_Conrad_ wrote: »

no

you've dashed my hopes and dreams :mad:

thats my car spotter career out the window

The Snipe · 11-01-2011 12:01am

For those asking about it, The old fella hit a bollard, swerved and went up the curb, must have skidded on the ice on the lake for a second before it broke, and ended up inside - he was then rescued by a fire rescue team, where he was put into the firetruck to warm up before an ambulance arrived to check him out.

andyseadog · 11-01-2011 12:05am

XiledSniper wrote: »

For those asking about it, The old fella hit a bollard, swerved and went up the curb, must have skidded on the ice on the lake for a second before it broke, and ended up inside - he was then rescued by a fire rescue team, where he was put into the firetruck to warm up before an ambulance arrived to check him out.

that must have been terribly unpleasant.

could have been a whole lot worse though

Anyone know what this car is?

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