The Italian heat wave so fierce it melted a car
A British tourist has caught a car literally melting in the summer heat on camera.
While holidaying in Caorle in Italyās north, 48-year-old John Westbrook from Kent, London discovered the embattled vehicle ā a Renault Megane.
Mr Westbrook was driving past on a 37-degree day when he happened to notice a carās fixtures, window mirrors and window fittings were dripping onto the road, he told MailOnline.
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āWe drove past and just couldnāt believe what we were seeing. Bits of the car were literally dripping off on to the road,ā he said.
āEven bits of the bumper were melted and the wing mirrors were starting to buckle.
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āI guess the moral of the story is donāt trust French cars.ā
Mr Westbrook, who was on holiday with his family, said they were spending most of their time indoors.
āAs soon as you walk out of the hotel itās like walking into an oven,ā said Mr Westbrook.
Italy has been sweltering through a killer heatwave this summer.
Reports say 140 pensioners have died as temperatures have stubbornly remained in the high ā30s.
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