my car. . . caught. . . on. . . fire!!!!
10-28-05, 05:18 PM
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well ive been thinking it over, about gettin one...yeah i think i will. glad yours wasnt bad. if it was me i probably would have freaked out and ran in circles around the taco bell till the whole think burnt up....not really, but thats gotta be so scary.
10-28-05, 06:19 PM
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Your quick actions? What about the highly trained crew of Taco Bell....The Tacoites? If it wasn't for their quick thinking with the pitcher of water....what would of happened?! Oh and then they spit on your food for walking up to the drive through window. But in all seriousnous(sp?) You sure are lucky, and I'm glad all you have to do is replace the plug wires.
Mike
Mike
to Taco Bell.
10-29-05, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Improved FD
perhaps it's already been stated, but never pour water on an electrical fire....you should know better
Or as we say, put the wet stuff on the red stuff!
10-29-05, 05:52 AM
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Paul,
Damn man. I'm glad to hear that you and the car made it out of that event ok. I about **** a brick when I saw who started this thread!! With all of the work you have done to your FD it would've been a tragedy for it to go up in flames!!
Off topic, but where in the hell is your little brother stationed now? I haven't heard from him since I left Lajes.
Zach
Damn man. I'm glad to hear that you and the car made it out of that event ok. I about **** a brick when I saw who started this thread!! With all of the work you have done to your FD it would've been a tragedy for it to go up in flames!!
Off topic, but where in the hell is your little brother stationed now? I haven't heard from him since I left Lajes.
Zach
10-29-05, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Improved FD
perhaps it's already been stated, but never pour water on an electrical fire....you should know better
Perhaps the post should be rephrased to: You might want to think twice about pouring water onto an engine fire, as they are usually gasoline-fed, and all pouring water does is spread the flames...
10-29-05, 09:17 PM
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Any good fire extinguisher that doesnt use ABC drychem? That **** can get corrosive (it is midly acidic, dont leave it on bare metal!) and is a bitch to clean, especially if its on something hot or in rubber, fabric, etc.
Also, its ******* useless if its on a fuel thats above the flashpoint. Someone left some cooking oil on a heating element until it was heated until it caught fire in my house once... all I successfully did was dust my kitchen with yellow ****. I had to pour the ******* oil down the drain!!!
Would Halon be a better idea? What about CO2? The thought of getting yellow **** on the inside of any decent car, or its engine bay (BLEH at a FD getting fucked up like that
) is sickening.
Also, its ******* useless if its on a fuel thats above the flashpoint. Someone left some cooking oil on a heating element until it was heated until it caught fire in my house once... all I successfully did was dust my kitchen with yellow ****. I had to pour the ******* oil down the drain!!!
Would Halon be a better idea? What about CO2? The thought of getting yellow **** on the inside of any decent car, or its engine bay (BLEH at a FD getting fucked up like that
) is sickening.
10-30-05, 03:28 PM
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fart on a friends head!!!
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Originally Posted by Kento
His engine was shut off, and regardless, unless the cup/pitcher he was using were metal, it's doubtful any energy would be strong enough to use him as a path to ground.
Perhaps the post should be rephrased to: You might want to think twice about pouring water onto an engine fire, as they are usually gasoline-fed, and all pouring water does is spread the flames...
Perhaps the post should be rephrased to: You might want to think twice about pouring water onto an engine fire, as they are usually gasoline-fed, and all pouring water does is spread the flames...
about to post pictures of the culprit. . . as well as the fix.
Last edited by rotorbrain; 10-30-05 at 03:40 PM.
07-17-06, 11:39 PM
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I have to add... (and sorry about your scary situation)... it's amazing... even when these cars burn up or break down, we still manage to gather a crowd. A few years ago my car overheated coming off the highway. We managed to drive it to a local gas station where it exploded again... so it was sitting under the lights, with the hood up... green radiator fluid pooling up and pouring away from the car...
First two cars pulled up, guys pulled up in front of the pumps, but immediately walked over to my car and started asking me questions. Kind of ignoring the fact that I was having a BAD night. Then one guy calls his friends..."blah blah blah, rx7... blah blah, come over here... blah blah, sweet!"...
Three more cars pull up... and a crowd starts to form... I'm just standing there like... UMM... my car is kind of hurt right now... could you give it some room?
First two cars pulled up, guys pulled up in front of the pumps, but immediately walked over to my car and started asking me questions. Kind of ignoring the fact that I was having a BAD night. Then one guy calls his friends..."blah blah blah, rx7... blah blah, come over here... blah blah, sweet!"...
Three more cars pull up... and a crowd starts to form... I'm just standing there like... UMM... my car is kind of hurt right now... could you give it some room?
07-18-06, 02:24 AM
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Dude my favorite part of the story is the way that the Taco Bell workers responded. Glad it was nothing serious. I hope nothing else happens.
I still can't get over "that's why you gotta take it to a shop" HA! Most shops do shitty jobs on piston engined cars, but a rotary! Hahahahaha
I still can't get over "that's why you gotta take it to a shop" HA! Most shops do shitty jobs on piston engined cars, but a rotary! Hahahahaha
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