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My car caught on fire

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Loges
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yep. just like the title says.

I was driving back from class today and i started smelling what seemed like a campfire. except the smoke stayed with me for about two minutes. I pulled over to a side road and as i came to a stop, smoke started to come inside through the air vents. I opened my hood and smoke was pouring out so i kinda freaked out cause my car is my baby.

Luckily I had a fire extinguisher in my car so I sprayed the bottom of the manifold (that's where it looked like the fire was coming from). I got the fire out and eventually got it towed to my indy shop where they're hopefully gonna tell me what happened.

apparently early 2000 vw's are being recalled for heat shield issues. If thats what started the fire, then volkswagen will pay to repair it for free.
Mar 31 2009 8:46PM
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ecjibme
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to be honest the second i read the title of this thread i started laughing....

but that said thats reallly sucky

Mar 31 2009 8:48PM
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hartig
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heeey this happened to me about 2 months ago in my 94 accord.. except it was due to a short in the horn..

i almost shat myself too
Mar 31 2009 8:49PM
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Loges
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dude i was so dumbfounded. i mean, i never thought that would happen to my car. ever. at first i just stared at the smoking hood going fml, i was totally in shock.
Mar 31 2009 8:50PM
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twin-tip-hero
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wow damn dude that really sucks, hope that V-DUB picks up the tab on that shit.
Mar 31 2009 8:53PM
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hartig
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haha not to steal your thread, but when it happened to mine, i wasnt in it at the time, and i walked outside of the mall and saw some random dude rubbing snow on my bumper, and i was freaked out..
then i realized it was smoking and we opened the hood and threw a bunch of snow on it
Mar 31 2009 8:53PM
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Loges
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hahaha sorry to laugh but if I saw some random dude rubbing snow on my bumber i'd throw out a serious wtf?

but what was the damage to your car?
Mar 31 2009 8:55PM
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Tinga
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our tractor caught on fire one time...
Mar 31 2009 8:55PM
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spruitm
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good thing your prepared or else you would have had to stand there and watch it burn
Mar 31 2009 8:59PM
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steezeaholic.
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i think i can guess what happened to you now haha
Mar 31 2009 9:00PM
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hartig
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yeah i literally just stared at him until i realized there was smoke coming from my grille.. haha

and no real damage, only 1 out of 2 horns work now (why there are 2, i have no idea..), and a lot of black ash
Mar 31 2009 9:00PM
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Loges
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seriously... I stared at it for about a minute in shock, then i finally came to and remembered that i had the extinguisher with me. 40 dollar purchase to save a 6000 dollar car..hopefully
Mar 31 2009 9:02PM
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el_trick_de_vic
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wow that really stinks.. its a good thing that you drive prepared!
Mar 31 2009 9:07PM
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benk
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i saw this a while ago..


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Mar 31 2009 9:14PM
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GreenStezz
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jump it.............
Mar 31 2009 9:16PM
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Loges
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I would've cried if it got to that point.

not to mention i had all my skiing stuff with me.
Mar 31 2009 9:16PM
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BigM1218
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^damn dude thats scary
Mar 31 2009 9:17PM
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steezeaholic.
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that would have really sucked if your ski stuff burned.. but atleast you'd be getting new skis soon
Mar 31 2009 9:19PM
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0123456789
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this thread may have convinced me to get a fire extinguisher
Mar 31 2009 9:19PM
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BigM1218
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yea same
Mar 31 2009 9:21PM
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Loges
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best decision i made. i would've been fucked otherwise.

at least its getting warm out side i can ride my ninja.
Mar 31 2009 9:25PM
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0123456789
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next time i get some money i think ill be picing one up.
Mar 31 2009 9:27PM
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el_trick_de_vic
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totally random but once my sleeve caught on fire in the middle of p.f.chang's .. not gunna lie it was some crazy shit
Mar 31 2009 9:35PM
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BigM1218
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well on the topic of things on fire.... last week a girl in my school lit her pants on fire while trying to light a cig in lunch. it set off the fire alarms and the firemen had to come, we missed like an hour of school, it was sweet and hilarious
Mar 31 2009 9:38PM
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An10a_Eng
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youre like the guy on the carfax commercial...THIS CAR IS HOT!!!!
Mar 31 2009 10:21PM
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Loges
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alright so I got news from the shop. It looks like my exhaust burned a hole through the heat shield which started the fire. so volkswagen is paying for the repairs.

hallelujah!
Apr 2 2009 10:35PM
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steezeaholic.
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yay! no more second job ;0
Apr 2 2009 10:36PM
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Loges
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haha i know what a relief.. I'll be able to enjoy my summer now.
Apr 2 2009 10:37PM
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Microcosm
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wow dude shit. I'm gonna go buy an extinguisher asap too. I mean.. a quick spray and it's no biggie versus watching my car in fucking flames. I literally just wrote myself a note to get one. glad to hear it all worked out in the end.

related: the other day in school someones batter caught on fire or something and we had to evacuate. when we were allowed back in it was time for me to go to that room. it was pretty funny walking in and seeing a bunch of firemen standing around and then realizing that's why we had left the school for a bit.
Apr 2 2009 11:00PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I lit a car on fire once, but it was the back seat.  Saved the car too.  Didn't save the seat.
Apr 2 2009 11:50PM
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special_k10101
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maybe i should get one...
my mom has a saab 900, and one of my parents knows a guy who was driving a similar model saab and put his hand down on the center console only to realize it was burning hot.  he stopped the car and got out, and soon his car was engulfed in flames.  kinda scary.
Apr 3 2009 1:32AM
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0123456789
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your moms a baller! is it an old style 900 or new? old=baller new=meh.

but ya on my 9-3 the console gets superrrr hot adn so do cd's, but its not a big deal casue so far nothing has lit on fire haha
Apr 3 2009 1:36AM
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factory81
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Go faster so the air puts the flames out.

jk

Yeah cars catch on fire. Pretty scary shit.

Proceed to stop the car and walk the fuck away, grab stick, take said stick and poke marshmellow, and let the good times roll.

While this is occurring, if you didn't have full coverage on your car, now would be the time to get on the phone and get that.
Apr 3 2009 1:36AM
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Z_rob
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all i could say to that was holy shit and kinda chuckle

but hopefully the people were alright?
Apr 3 2009 3:07AM
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[BRI]noceros
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i looked at the title and read the thread because, i thought it said "My mom caught on fire"
hahahaha
Apr 3 2009 6:47AM
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00_Koda
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Sucks man
Apr 3 2009 8:48AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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That would suck
Apr 3 2009 12:59PM
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hartig
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thats horrible
Apr 3 2009 1:01PM
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Loges
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i have the cheapest insurance possible so it definitely wouldn't have been covered.
Apr 3 2009 2:45PM
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Peter.
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hahahaa

well at least VW is paying for it
Apr 3 2009 4:01PM
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OMGWTFBBQ
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oh of course... its a ford...
Apr 3 2009 6:27PM
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special_k10101
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haha, still, that's kind of sketchy...

my car is a '95 saab 900 SE turbo convertible (claim)

the retractable roof doesn't work (unclaim)
Apr 4 2009 1:07AM
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Loges
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picking up my car tomorrow! hopefully no more random fires..
Apr 4 2009 1:09AM
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0123456789
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yea lots of verts stop working eventually. i roll a 2000 9-3 turbo
/claim haha.


Apr 4 2009 1:09AM
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steezeaholic.
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i will cry if it fires again yeah
Apr 4 2009 1:11AM
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i got the fire department on speed dial..
Apr 4 2009 1:14AM
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steezeaholic.
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claim
Apr 4 2009 1:15AM
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0123456789
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i can tell you know your way around the english language!
Apr 4 2009 1:16AM
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Loges
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i dun taught her there language yesterday so be easy..
Apr 4 2009 1:19AM
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steezeaholic.
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my bad man
Apr 4 2009 1:19AM
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0123456789
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haha just joshin holmes.
Apr 4 2009 1:21AM
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