Stay classy, Fisker

mndsm wrote: So, if one of the lipos for my RC car (oh god, it's a drift RC car... I must be a hooligan) explodes in my ms3, burns the car down, and takes my apartment with it... who do I sue? Turnigy, the makers of the battery? The company that made the charger? Castle for not properly wiring my speed control allowing it to explode? Tamiya for designing a faulty chassis? There's so many possibilities!

Are you claiming to have inside knowledge that it was something inside the Fisker and not the car itself that caused the fire? Given that fire investigators have actually been there and pinpointed the car itself as the cause, you need to come up with some actual, y'know, evidence before making bizarre claims like that.

If my brand new car burned down my house then I sure as hell would expect the manufacturer to pony up for repairs. To expect otherwise is just dumb.

In reply to dculberson:

No, he was referring to the lithium-ion battery installed in the fisker, which is similar in chemistry to the li-po batteries popular in rc now

Lipos and Li-ions are very different. Li-ions are MUCH safer (and heavier).

dculberson wrote: If my brand new car burned down my house then I sure as hell would expect the manufacturer to pony up for repairs. To expect otherwise is just dumb.

If my brand new car burned down my house, I'd make a claim with the insurance company and let State Farm worry about getting their money back from Fisker. Well, actually, no, because there's no way I'd ever buy a Fisker. A Miata, an Elise, and a Seven put together would cost less and probably even weigh less!

Strizzo wrote: In reply to dculberson: No, he was referring to the lithium-ion battery installed in the fisker, which is similar in chemistry to the li-po batteries popular in rc now

And the battery is an original component of the car, so the car is what started the fire if the fire started with the battery. But the investigators did say that the fire did NOT start with the battery.

@codrus: Agreed there, and that might be what's going on any way.

Really- I was being a smartass. My theory is this. Fisker is doing a terrible job on PR for this one,and they're properly screwing the pooch on it. but in all fairness, it has not been proven to date that the car started the fire. As stated, there were other mitigating circumstances that may well have contributed to the guys house burning down. MY point was that likely if my RC burns down my car and subsequently my home and my things, it could be operator error in not caring for the RC correctly, just as much as it could be in the faulty design of any number of components on said RC. Until the investigation is complete, we just don't know. Fisker needs to keep their damn mouths shut and let the insurance and the gov't do their job. If the guy was an idiot and had his sex doll plugged into the wrong grid, we'll find out. If the car spontaneously combusted because Fisker designed it wrong, we'll find out.

Investigation is complete. That was in the article.