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Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
rubbernecker
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Date: January 23, 2008 10:56AM
did anyone else see that isuzu trooper up in flames between exits 57 and 55 on 66w last saturday afternoon? what the hell happened? i forgot to follow up on it that night, sorry if this is old news.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
oldcarsbreakdown
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Date: January 23, 2008 10:57AM
well shit maybe his engine blew up or something genius?
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
Motorist
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Date: January 23, 2008 10:57AM
rubbernecker Wrote:
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> did anyone else see that isuzu trooper up in
> flames between exits 57 and 55 on 66w last
> saturday afternoon? what the hell happened? i
> forgot to follow up on it that night, sorry if
> this is old news.
It caught on fire. That is what happened.
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> did anyone else see that isuzu trooper up in
> flames between exits 57 and 55 on 66w last
> saturday afternoon? what the hell happened? i
> forgot to follow up on it that night, sorry if
> this is old news.
It caught on fire. That is what happened.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
rubbernecker
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Date: January 23, 2008 11:42AM
good call!! thanks, nova.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
joe
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Date: January 23, 2008 03:16PM
oldcarsbreakdown Wrote:
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> well shit maybe his engine blew up or something
> genius?
Usually engines don't catch fire when you blow them. It depends what the problem is though. Maybe if there was a loss of oil pressure then the friction would become great enough to make enough heat to catch something on fire.
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> well shit maybe his engine blew up or something
> genius?
Usually engines don't catch fire when you blow them. It depends what the problem is though. Maybe if there was a loss of oil pressure then the friction would become great enough to make enough heat to catch something on fire.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
ITRADE
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Date: January 23, 2008 03:20PM
Trying to think what would catch fire? The windshield wiper vessels? The rubber belts? Thats gotta be a LOT of friction buildup for heat to conduct as far as the belts.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
ferfux
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Date: January 23, 2008 03:30PM
THat was Meade's car. THe sexual tension between his ego and his penis was too much and he burst into flame.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
MMMKay
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Date: January 23, 2008 04:30PM
ferfux Wrote:
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> THat was Meade's car. THe sexual tension between
> his ego and his penis was too much and he burst
> into flame.
Somebody has Meade on the mind today.
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> THat was Meade's car. THe sexual tension between
> his ego and his penis was too much and he burst
> into flame.
Somebody has Meade on the mind today.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
duh
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Date: January 23, 2008 07:46PM
I'm surprised that there aren't more car fires. Modern engines have electric fuel pumps, fuel injection, etc. This is some pretty high pressure stuff compared to the old mechanical fuel pumps and carburetors.
A fuel line ruptures and the shit sprays everywhere.
A fuel line ruptures and the shit sprays everywhere.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
Gravis
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Date: January 23, 2008 09:34PM
99% of independent car fires (meaning no car accident) are caused by dumbfucks who see the oil light come on and continue driving because they will "take care of it later." that's how you get a carbecue.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
Lurker..
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Date: January 24, 2008 12:55PM
The guy didn't get much sleep the night before so he stopped at Starbucks to get some coffee. He put the coffee in the front the seat and then moved the papers into the back seat because he did want to get any coffee on the papers.
The papers were coated thermalex which is highly flamable. A truck drove by with a broken a bubble mirror and instead of the mirror being convex it was concave. At that time of day the sun hit the concave truck mirror and that caused a focused beam of light to hit the thermalex papers igniting the papers.
That's why you should never put tiny bubble mirrors on side view mirrors.
The papers were coated thermalex which is highly flamable. A truck drove by with a broken a bubble mirror and instead of the mirror being convex it was concave. At that time of day the sun hit the concave truck mirror and that caused a focused beam of light to hit the thermalex papers igniting the papers.
That's why you should never put tiny bubble mirrors on side view mirrors.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
Take a Stand
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Date: January 24, 2008 12:59PM
Gravis, are you making up stats again.. :-)
According to the NTSB the leading cause is electrical fires. Either from a faulty fuel pump, relays or batteries. The second is leaking, gas lines, oil return line ( turbo), or the new hybrid batteries. Ive also seen serp belts almost catch on fire.. that was pretty funny, so much smoke someone came outside and asked if we need the FD called.
Just remember 80% of all stats are made up on the spot..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/2008 06:33PM by Take a Stand.
According to the NTSB the leading cause is electrical fires. Either from a faulty fuel pump, relays or batteries. The second is leaking, gas lines, oil return line ( turbo), or the new hybrid batteries. Ive also seen serp belts almost catch on fire.. that was pretty funny, so much smoke someone came outside and asked if we need the FD called.
Just remember 80% of all stats are made up on the spot..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/2008 06:33PM by Take a Stand.
Re: Car on fire on 66W??
Posted by:
Gravis
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Date: January 24, 2008 07:58PM
Take a Stand Wrote:
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> Gravis, are you making up stats again.. :-)
that is not true... 97.34% of the time!
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> Gravis, are you making up stats again.. :-)
that is not true... 97.34% of the time!
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."