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VWGirl
03-12-2009, 12:46 AM
Cause this:
http://vwgirl.ramva.org/images/dexter/paintedtrim1.JPG

can very quickly become this:
http://vwgirl.ramva.org/images/dexter/RIPdex.JPG


I never leave home without one anymore...
Brown Man
03-12-2009, 12:50 AM
wow that sucks

im guessing it was an electrical problem that started the fire?
VWGirl
03-12-2009, 01:01 AM
I don't really know... it happened a long time ago... and I saw a couple burnt cars today so it just reminded me... it's not just aircooled VW's... I have seen brand new BMW's, Audi's, new VW's, Honda's etc do it... a fire extinguisher is cheap insurance...

It started behind my fan shroud, but the only thing over on that side is the starter... so who knows... i had just cleaned out my car and my extinguisher wasn't in it... I won't leave home without one anymore... it was an expensive lesson to learn :(

So just in case you guys hadn't thought about it I wanted to throw that suggestion out there to you... you never know... a week later i was driving home and i stopped to help a girl that had a new beetle that was on fire (while her and the two guys that stopped to help her just kinda watched it burn)... in her case it didn't put it out... but it cant hurt to try and if you hit it when it starts it will probably put it out
89preludesi
03-12-2009, 01:04 AM
I hate to see a clean Beetle go down like that .
FasTech
03-12-2009, 01:05 AM
Damn, that really sucks.
VWGirl
03-12-2009, 01:17 AM
It was an autostick too... and all my friggin tools that were in it got all nasty too... there is a pic somewhere of my melted timing light... the lens had somewhat survived lol

I still use some of my burnt up tools actually... car fires smell gross
MeanMugen
03-12-2009, 01:23 AM
i have/had but now its expired supposedly...
punkr6
03-12-2009, 01:23 PM
the old bugs are notorious for catching on fire, Sorry Bro.
Brian*
03-12-2009, 01:25 PM
That SUCKS!
X-Runner
03-12-2009, 01:31 PM
the old bugs are notorious for catching on fire, Sorry Bro.

He is a she, bro.
eg mike
03-12-2009, 01:34 PM
too much weight no need :P

j/k
oneSLOWex
03-12-2009, 01:45 PM
DAMN! sorry to hear about that
Thighs
03-12-2009, 01:46 PM
gas lines directly over distributors usually arent a good combo. lol. and im sure the horse hair seats smelled pretty bad on fire.
punkr6
03-12-2009, 01:46 PM
He is a she, bro.

Dang-O Mang-O
jdm eg99
03-12-2009, 02:21 PM
if my car set on fire stop n bring sum marshmallows ill be rich !
mocha latte cupcake
03-12-2009, 02:32 PM
i wouldn't have left home with the bug..in the first place.
vinayak
03-12-2009, 02:56 PM
A lot of people put the gas filter after the fan shroud right before the carb. The lines get old spring a leak and dowse the ign. coil and boom, rolling fireball. The best place for the filter is to lift the gas tank and put it there.


That is what a 1971?
punkr6
03-12-2009, 03:50 PM
i wouldn't have left home with the bug..in the first place.

X2
Nitro
03-12-2009, 03:52 PM
:eek: damn!!!
£G2♣
03-12-2009, 04:14 PM
just because of this, ima go make sure i have no open ended wires spliced up any where, i know i did a half ass electrical some where around my headlights, just to be ima check that ish out
ATL_EG
03-12-2009, 05:35 PM
hot bug
speedminded
03-12-2009, 07:05 PM
Cause this:
http://vwgirl.ramva.org/images/dexter/paintedtrim1.JPG

can very quickly become this:
http://vwgirl.ramva.org/images/dexter/RIPdex.JPG


I never leave home without one anymore...Just don't mount it to the a-pillar like every idiot and their kitchen extinguisher. The mount wouldn't even hold up in a 5mph crash much less a serious accident lol!
BKgen®
03-12-2009, 07:08 PM
hmm... and all this time I just thought fire extinguishers were for guys like Paul Walker.
B00STedSvT
03-12-2009, 07:16 PM
I see Civics with Chromed out fire extinguishers on the Passenger Pillar All day in G-nett LoL..Mexicans Gotta have SOME kind of Insurance
Master Shake
03-12-2009, 08:05 PM
oh, wow, that really sucks.
that car looked really nice.
i had a fire in my car due to letting someone else put a CD player in my car. cabin filled with smoke in like 5 secs. i was lucky i just happen to have the fire extinguisher in my that i just happened to be taking to my buddy's that he had shipped to my house so his lady wouldn't bitch about him buying "stupid shit".
i saved my car though, and only messed up my dash a little bit. nothing serious.
Dville nismo
03-12-2009, 08:35 PM
that sucks ass!!!
VWGirl
03-13-2009, 01:06 AM
it's a 74 so no horsehair... they switched to foam injection in 74 (though i swear they still smell like the horse hair) and the fuel filter is okay in the engine bay so long as it is not on the pressure side of the pump... who uses leaky fuel filters?

was just a suggestion based... thought pics might put it in to perspective... this tore me up for days when it happened... i was heart broken FOR A LONG TIME! I gave away the car and I think it became a dune buggy
VWGirl
03-13-2009, 01:07 AM
fire does interesting things to the metal... this became garage art

http://vwgirl.ramva.org/images/dexter/licenseplate.JPG
OhMyGodfather
03-13-2009, 04:25 AM
was this on 675 about a month ago?
Frög
03-13-2009, 05:00 AM
Just don't mount it to the a-pillar like every idiot and their kitchen extinguisher. The mount wouldn't even hold up in a 5mph crash much less a serious accident lol!

http://www.rennline.com/images/FE01.jpg

http://www.devwebsphere.com/porsche/images/epsn0009.JPG

Next on my list..
Brady
03-13-2009, 05:49 AM
only a dumb cunt lets her car burn down.


i kid. i kid. that sucks.
Gutling
03-13-2009, 06:24 AM
lol first thing i did was run new fuel lines on my beetle and ghia and put the filter under the tank. and a fire extinguisher rides shotty with me always
VWGirl
03-13-2009, 08:05 AM
was this on 675 about a month ago?

no, it was on 75 in FL in july 2005
Mad Mike
03-13-2009, 10:27 AM
A long time ago a saw a video of a VW golf catch fire and the drive and passenger Just watched it burn until the fire department got there. Since then I have a ABC fire extinguisher in every car I've owned.
I've had to use it too. cheap insurgence for sure saved my car.
rbwdriven
03-13-2009, 12:07 PM
we watched years ago one of the guys we raced with drive by two corner workers shaking a fire extinguisher at him as he drove his golf of fire.

He did not know it when he went by the first one, then the second. He realized it and then it was too late.

The car had just been fully built it was on its first shake down lap.

"x" many thousand dollars down the drain.
amandDA
03-13-2009, 01:13 PM
wow thaT sucks... it was a very clean car indeed!
jwrape
03-13-2009, 01:18 PM
Greasy VW with not enough ventilation. Those were known for fires, so were fiero's
santacruz77
03-14-2009, 10:31 AM
two kids just died in athens after crashing and then burnt to death they were only 16 and 17
nismo1987
03-14-2009, 11:40 AM
Ya my cuz bout two weeks ago on his way to work his system caught on fire.... Good thing he had a fire extinguisher in the car b/c if he didn't his SRT-4 would have looking the same!!!!
bondo
03-15-2009, 01:03 PM
that blows so bad
Frög
03-15-2009, 01:12 PM
On second thought, I would just let it burn.. If there is any kind of small fire, I would rather the whole car burn and get a new one than having to fix the fire damage..
grnteg
03-15-2009, 04:55 PM
german fail
Frög
03-16-2009, 12:07 AM
german fail

LOL

I guess the only cars to ever accidentally burn are German..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3319933315_6d81f77ed9.jpg
VWGirl
03-16-2009, 08:46 AM
LOL

I guess the only cars to ever accidentally burn are German..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3319933315_6d81f77ed9.jpg

Are Hondas German now?
Atlblkz06
03-16-2009, 10:15 AM
Good point, hard to disagree here.

However, most cars that burn down are either old or they have something done to them (mods). Would you bother if you had a stock car?
VWGirl
03-16-2009, 10:19 AM
all the pics of this car are labeled as honda, including the one he posted from the location he posted ;-) so i think it's safe to say it's a honda since the person who took the pic said they saw the honda logo on one of the wheels... though i have seen honda wheels on other cars...

but anyhow... a lot of the cars that burn are new... in 98 my parents 96 chevy truck burnt (but luckily it was raining so the rain put it out)... the BMW that burned the same week as mine was brand new... the new beetle that burnt the same month as mine wasn't very old... so i wouldn't bank on a new sock car being safe just because... i would bank on having a fire extinguisher just in case
Frög
03-16-2009, 11:13 AM
Are Hondas German now?

What is sarcasm?

I thought I made it more than obvious..
VWGirl
03-16-2009, 02:18 PM
What is sarcasm?

I thought I made it more than obvious..

perhaps... but i am drugged enough right now that nothing is obvious so i am not going to even try to figure out what you said or why... i'm gonna focus on whether or not i can drive without making my car look like that one
Axix23
03-16-2009, 02:18 PM
all turbo cars should have a fire ext/big towel in their cars too...
Jimmy B
03-16-2009, 02:43 PM
thats what insurance is for.. to pay for your car in case somethign happens to it..
VWGirl
03-16-2009, 03:35 PM
thats what insurance is for.. to pay for your car in case somethign happens to it..

some cars arent really replaceable...
Frög
03-17-2009, 02:35 AM
^ good point.

But for now, Ill rely on insurance..
UpSideDownDesi
03-17-2009, 03:13 PM
i drink lots of water, just in case if i forget my extinguisher, i can hose it down. :P
frankXVX
03-17-2009, 09:10 PM
A long time ago a saw a video of a VW golf catch fire and the drive and passenger Just watched it burn until the fire department got there. Since then I have a ABC fire extinguisher in every car I've owned.
I've had to use it too. cheap insurgence for sure saved my car.

I Must do the same i cant let my babys burn
Got Milk?
03-18-2009, 10:12 PM
nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

that car looked better for its age than most cars today.
VWGirl
03-19-2009, 12:39 AM
nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

that car looked better for its age than most cars today.

Thanks... I drove that car for 6 years off and on... was a great car, never let me down :(