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Imperial
05-13-2005, 11:11 PM
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=SRgtiFIRE


I MUST warn that this is not for the faint of heart. The poor car is all I can say.
mitssn
05-13-2005, 11:20 PM
I'm gonna cry---seriously---That hurts...
robvel80
05-13-2005, 11:22 PM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Arts_1_8t
05-13-2005, 11:27 PM
noooo!!!! :eek:
SYNYSTAGLI
05-13-2005, 11:33 PM
fuck...I would have cried right then and there....then run across the street and find a real extinguisher, that lil can they had couldn't put out a damn pan fire.....some real sad shit :(
PDVR6
05-13-2005, 11:35 PM
Thats rough.
FunkTron
05-13-2005, 11:40 PM
1.8 T...hmm....was that an E-05?
SYNYSTAGLI
05-13-2005, 11:40 PM
The owner of the car is on another site I frequent.....

5 years in the making, my project is now gone.

Started out being the first 1.8t in the rochester, ny region (purchased in 3/00). Started out a mellow life that quickly blossomed into quite a time consuming effort. Last night the car decided it had to one up me, do something to top all the other issues I'd created in it. At roughly 8pm last night (5/10) white smoke started to come from the dash/floor vents which my passenger claimed were hot -- not the typical oil burning smoke I'd first thought it to be. Minutes later with lots of help of my friends I was in a losing battle to put out a fire. Diddnt take long to use up two small fire extinguishers with small flair ups continuing to popup. Eventually the fire department had to come....

I'm thank full my passenger and myself were not injured in anyway. Thank full that insurance should take care of the rest.


http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wOTE5MzU2NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wOTE5MzU1NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg
FunkTron
05-13-2005, 11:41 PM
wow!!! i wonder if he got the change out of the ashtray???
SYNYSTAGLI
05-13-2005, 11:44 PM
wow!!! i wonder if he got the change out of the ashtray??? I can give him your contact info If you wanna ask....
:rolleyes:
addicted2thevr6
05-13-2005, 11:47 PM
damn man that really blows. they should have closed the doors and everything so it didnt have oxygen to burn, and then hopefully there would be no back draft. that really sucks man.
Paul
05-13-2005, 11:54 PM
all that money, and no fire suppression system... which btw runs ~600 for AFFF =\
OMANI7
05-14-2005, 02:42 AM
Thats saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad :(
I could have cried tooooooo :(
GTi_01
05-14-2005, 11:56 AM
:( a lil piece of my heart just broke.. i would prob cry if i seen that happening to my car and i couldnt stop the fire..
sandiegobmx
05-19-2005, 11:13 AM
I've seen the same happen to a civic right in front of me. Surprisingly, no one has asked the most important question of all: what caused the fire? That would seem like the last thing I'd want to happen to my car.
sandiegobmx
05-19-2005, 11:16 AM
By the way, that was extremely hard to watch.
RavinJetta
05-19-2005, 11:37 AM
crazy. Very sad indeed
GTIcrazy
05-19-2005, 11:54 AM
Brutal. Nice looking car too. How helpless must he have felt???
anothercoolJTI
05-20-2005, 10:54 PM
<cries> I want his wheels. <cries> *wipes face* That s a horrible scene to witness, and that fact that it was his own ride! That was like "Faces of Death" for cars. It looked like his down pipe may have started the fire resting against that aluminum heat shield with "fiber-glass in it. im gonna check mine now!!!