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VW microbus survives the LA fires around it untouched!
2025-01-21
They're tough as Trump!
Posted by:3dc

#9  Its all tastes of Ghost of Kyyyyv. Even has a surfer babe in it. Because the media would never stage an event to persuade public opinion, no no no.

If the vehicle is real, I would posit the vehicle was used to escape, had a little radiant heat damage while doing so, windows got busted out from crime, and transported to location for a photo op.

And even if true, if even, then The Magic Bus did more than the LMAO LAFD Leadership to stop the fire.

Think about it, no matter how ditzy an early 20 rich surfer girl may be or how nice the neighborhood, one would not curb park a mint vintage 1970s VW. There are no sweep marks around the vehicle like you snow people culture know, and -nobody- else was curb parked in the entire shot?

Are there any license plate shots? There must be, right, if they were able to do a personal story piece, correct?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-21 20:09  

#8  Channelflipping inaug stuff, been noticing ads for new-ish VW EV Buzz thingy. Coincidence? Opportunistic cleverness? Or...? Nah, probably just coincidence.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-01-21 19:10  

#7  I don't believe any of that story.

Windows broken no smoke damage. Clean street so street sweeper got under it. No other car carcasses.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-21 14:48  

#6  Wow. I guessed the color of the van and was correct. Eerie how so many blue items compared to other colors survive these type events...
Posted by: mossomo   2025-01-21 12:51  

#5  ..here you go, a close up.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-21 10:51  

#4  Nope.

Looks generated.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-21 10:25  

#3  We call them VW Bulli. Owned one of them when I was young. They last forever and you could repair them with a hammer and a screwdriver.
Posted by: European Conservative   2025-01-21 10:22  

#2  Could water be seen dripping from the vehicle's headlights ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-21 07:26  

#1  

Given the radiant heat generated by such fires exceeds 500F++ and Automotive paint begins to burn and release flammable vapors at temps around 390F.

Plus, it is parked on a street already sweep clear of any other trash and burnt materials commonly found littering the streets.

I am doubting it was located anywhere near where it is now pictured or claimed to have been during the fire.
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-01-21 06:31  

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