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My car caught on fire tonight....

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Old 11-05-08, 07:20 PM
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Damn Jeff thats crazy..insurance should cover it
Old 11-05-08, 10:41 PM
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I feel your pain...
Old 11-06-08, 06:41 AM
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Maybe they should make some sort of battery blanket....
Old 11-09-08, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ElitistK
it does help, but with the turbo sitting so high up and so close to the battery, tragedy might still happen =\. stock twins is fine because it's sitting very close to the engine.

i noticed that a lot of turboed is/gs catches on fire more than supra/sc. Maybe the battery has to do with it; just a correlation that i'm seeing so far.

haha this is scaring me in doing my turbo. so i would have to relocate mine also. im wondering if optima's can catch on fire
Old 11-09-08, 03:08 PM
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Batteries can catch on fire or explode depending on how they feel since they do release a bit of hydrogen. Anyway did insurance come yet jeff?
Old 11-10-08, 05:45 PM
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jeff, any new news? Hope all goes well..........
Old 11-11-08, 07:16 PM
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I thought this was a sick joke since I didnt see any pictures, but now I know its true. Dont worry, like everybody else said, the good thing your ok. As long as there is life, anythings possible. Im glad I havent seen the pics cause that would hurt me. For me your car is a masterpiece and really, I love that car. Youll be up in no time smoking m5sand lambos
Old 11-12-08, 02:23 AM
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oooooooooooo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Old 11-12-08, 06:19 AM
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Holy crap J. I know I've been gone for a few weeks but man I hate to see this happen. I'm sorry that this happen to you but I guess The good news is that you didn't get any further damage like the whole car catching fire or anything plus you didn't get hurt. I don't know much about insurance so i can't lead you in the right direction but good luck with this and i hope you get taken care of and are back on road soon.
Old 11-12-08, 07:34 AM
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whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? I havent come to the site lately but dayam. I'm sure insurance will cover but im sure they're gonna raise ur premiums like whoa. glad you came out okay though. Hmm maybe those ricers who put fire extinguishers in their rides wasn't a bad idea after all.... seriously glad ur alright.
Old 11-12-08, 05:22 PM
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oh no!!!! im sorry to hear that man
Old 11-12-08, 05:28 PM
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so what's the news?
Old 11-12-08, 07:17 PM
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Last I heard Insurance covered it as for that I dunno whats up.
Old 11-12-08, 07:59 PM
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that's cool if they covered it
Old 11-16-08, 11:33 PM
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Hey Jeff I know how you feel now. My Evo just caught of fire today, randomly. I think it was something electrical.
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