"tapzz" (tapzz)
09/02/2013 at 05:54 • Filed to: jaguar, london
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"tapzz" (tapzz)
09/02/2013 at 05:54 • Filed to: jaguar, london | 1
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A late summer sun and the weirdly concave surface of the 'Walkie Talkie' skyscraper in the city of London melted a bloke's new XJ, as well as a HVAC engineer's Vauxhall van. The worst affected parking spots are now closed.
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ASheep
> tapzz
09/02/2013 at 07:10 |
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Wow... How did they stuff that up? Seriously, how did that get through the design phase without someone working out that at certain times of year it's gonna burn shit?
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tapzz
> ASheep
09/02/2013 at 07:43 |
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It's London, aka the smoke; home of the pea soup fog, drizzle, sleet and rain!
The idea that you can have too much sunlight is pretty much inconceivable there :-)
Pixel
> ASheep
09/02/2013 at 07:45 |
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Because architects design buildings, rather than engineers.
The Disney Concert Hall in La was partially covered in polished steel, shockingly, it reflected the LA sun into businesses & homes opposite it and heated them up like ovens.
nafsucof
> ASheep
09/02/2013 at 09:45 |
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It's not so much the design phase as much as thermally efficient glass. I've been hearing about people getting new replacement windows and melting the siding off of their neighbors house. They reflect all the heat. Seems to me the sidewalk will be turned into tar pits if you move the car. Maybe they ought to put a solar panel there.
davedave1111
> ASheep
09/02/2013 at 10:50 |
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I suspect because the story's not actually true. For starters, you can't legally park on Eastcheap. Moreover, it's an absolutely remarkable coincidence that the alleged hotspot is in exactly the same place as the legendary starting-point of the Great Fire of London.
I'm guessing it's some kind of publicity stunt. Being one of the nicknamed blocks in the City is worth some extra on the rent, so the developers have a real incentive to get everyone talking about their building. And the 'businessman' whose car was allegedly damaged runs a company involved in property development.
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davedave1111
> tapzz
09/02/2013 at 10:52 |
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Very dubious story. CAM aren't known for their journalistic integrity; they are known for printing stories at the behest of their advertisers.
captain_spleen
> davedave1111
09/02/2013 at 12:02 |
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It's also in the BBC news, for whatever that's worth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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davedave1111
> captain_spleen
09/02/2013 at 12:28 |
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Not worth that much - everyone's picked the story up now, but they don't bother checking these days.
The whole thing just doesn't ring true. Claims of 'buckled panels', but only a £1k repair bill? That's the cost of a new wing mirror. I also don't believe the sun could get hot enough to melt metal panels enough to make them buckle without setting fire to any non-metal bits of the car.
It wouldn't be the first time I was wrong about something, of course, but I'm extremely skeptical.
JohnPlayerSpecial
> tapzz
09/02/2013 at 15:33 |
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Even the sun doesn't like those fake plastic c-pillars on the XJ.