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Bet A Ford Wouldnt Have Melted ;)

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Having a laugh at the news in London:

http://news.sky.com/story/1136349/walkie-talkie-skyscraper-beam-melts-cars

Basically, a new skyscraper dubbed the 'walkie talkie' has been reflecting heat down to the streets below. The temperature on the streets reaches up to 80 degrees if not a bit more.

A bloke parked his shiny Jaguar XF on the street in the area of the these concentrated rays, and his shiny jag ended up melted and warped!

The temperature on the street was the best part of 80 degrees celcius!

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    Yeah but Ford cancelled those vehicles in the same class... I suspect they knew this would happen ;)

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    Yeah but Ford cancelled those vehicles in the same class... I suspect they knew this would happen ;)

    Either that or the only thing left would be the Ford platform underneath :D

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    lol ;)

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    No a ford would not have melted indeed, it would have rust away! ha ha. I do drive by this building ever so often and no one parks there not because of the sun... but because parking has been suspended... another way of putting it is that the traffic warden will find lifting your wipers and putting yellow slips under it fun what trick!

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    dont the engines get made in the ford engine plant in bridgend too :afro:

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