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Old 03-11-08, 12:16 PM
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Default Co worker's moms car

Co worker send me these pic earlier.. all of the sudden his mom's car smoke when she was driving... she pull into a lot and it caught on fire.... all the door was lock and it won't open caure the bettery was dead... she was stuck inside the car when this happen



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Old 03-11-08, 12:20 PM
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shouldn't there be a manual way to unlock the door?!
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Old 03-11-08, 12:23 PM
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Hopefully she's fine. Too bad for the Mercedes...
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Old 03-11-08, 12:40 PM
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wow Hope she made it out ok.
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Old 03-11-08, 12:57 PM
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wow that sucks! yeah, shouldn't the car unlock manually? if not, then that's a serious problem...
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sorry to hear about that, but the door lock thing sounds really strange as I'm sure that year mercedes had the manual tab you could probably just pull up to unlock?
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Old 03-11-08, 01:20 PM
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yes, i have owned one of those before. its like a 1994-95 C class, possibly 280. Yes, it does have th manual taps, but i guess it took her a while to realize. in a panic-y situation, its hard to think. i see they sawed off part of her hood? lol
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Old 03-11-08, 03:24 PM
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I can imagine that. There's no way to pull the unlock ****/switch in the X5 manually when it's at locked position.

Did she made out ok?
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Old 03-11-08, 03:29 PM
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She parked it right next to a gas station? I bet that gas station clerk was flipping out when he saw a car engulfed in flames roll in.

I hope she made it out okay. From these pictures, it looked like she could have crawled into the back seat to try to get away from the heat.
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Originally Posted by Woogie
She parked it right next to a gas station? I bet that gas station clerk was flipping out when he saw a car engulfed in flames roll in.

I hope she made it out okay. From these pictures, it looked like she could have crawled into the back seat to try to get away from the heat.
no kidding, porkchop sandwich!!!
glad shes ok....but do they know what caused it?
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Old 03-11-08, 05:27 PM
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some sort of faulty wiring I assume?
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Old 03-11-08, 06:11 PM
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damn thats crazy...got some nice rims though, or at least she did
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Old 03-11-08, 06:39 PM
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That suxs I would be freaking out to and forget about the manual locks.
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Old 03-11-08, 07:30 PM
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I bet mom's son riced out the car with illegal mods and caused to catch fire.
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Old 03-11-08, 07:33 PM
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That's pretty scary, hope she came out without a scratch ...
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