WELL...last night was an interesting night. Here's how it started:

I received a phone call from my brother (Adam) he says "Noah, Andrew's car's on fire", I replied with "Get the F- out of it", Adam responds with bring a fire extinguisher...I say "where", Adam says more or less its 2 blocks away from our shop. So I took off running with my fire extinguisher in hand (those of you who know me, I don't run that well) but seriously I made it to them in about 1 minute. I emptied the extinguisher into the engine bay... but it was so hot it didn't put it out totally, so Andrew asks a police officer whom just arrived if he had a fire extinguisher and he replied with "we'll wait for the fire dept", Andrew was like WHAT!!! So he asks another police officer if he has one and the officer went to his car and grabbed it, and out of nowhere here comes Adam with a random bucket of water, he threw it on it and it still wasn't out... at this point the police officer douced the engine bay with it......finally it was done and out.

Hopefully in the next couple of days we'll be able to dive into it and see where it originated from and what caused it.

Here's how RS TURBO stands today.

*and NO the car was not just worked on...

-Noah

omg... that's crazy! any clue or guesses how this happened?

hoooowwwllly crap! that sucks man.. it could've been way worse. good luck in finding out what caused it

ohh man =(

sorry to hear Andrew

Oh man that sucks big time. So are you going to be able to fix it? I hope so Andrew's car is one of the nicest GC's around! :( Good thing no one was hurt though!

Oh no Andrew!!!!!
You just got that thing done. :( I now think this car is cursed.

Glad u two were alright....but damn, standing next to it this morning i got such a bad headache....the CF hood smells so bad!! lol So Andrew....I guess Im not riding shotty with u to Mt. Hammy...im sorry that this happened so soon after getting it all back together...right when you got it registered too. Sorry man.

I'm sorry to see that, man :(

it's weird this would happen to a car that's babied so much.

shoot, it'll probably still pull on me...

Oh man, I am so sorry to see that.....<cries> that was such a sweet car too....Glad noone was hurt....but damn....

RIP lil scooby, we will never forget. ;)

Will insurance cover it? Please tell me it was insured.

-Ted

it probably covers the car, but not the motor or any of the mods =(

That sucks, that car was sick. :(

OMG. +1 for the car being cursed! That's terrible.

Jeremy

RIP :(

Regards
Preston

it will live on just like adam's car lives on. it'll be back in no time. with more power ;-)

sorry to hear (and see). Hopefully this one will rise from the ashes

yea dude. That sucks, hopefully you guys can get her up and running again.

Larry

Thanks for the support everybody! If it's not one thing it's another. And whatever it is, seems to be f-n jacked. I don' t think i've ever been more discouraged with anything. Maybe it's a sign!!

permanently speechless!

hopefully i can get my own 12pack @ Hammy, i'm gonna need it...Cya all there!!!

Dang bro, Sorry Andrew!

I don't know what to say, Andrew I am truly sorry this happened to your car. Your car is one if not the favorite RS I have ever worked with.

Mike

it will live on just like adam's car lives on. it'll be back in no time. with more power ;-)
thats what i said when i was at the shop today...i know it will be even more badass when its resurected! :D but man did the smell of melted CF ever give me a bad headache :( i hope all goes well for you andrew!

man sorry to hear Andrew. Seems like you just got all the bugs out and this happens. Glad to hear nobody got hurt. cya around the shop sometime.


Nick

Oh no!!!! That ****in sucks Andrew. I just saw the car yesturday. Sorry for your loss dude. =(

**** ANDREW THAT SUCKKKKS... anyways, i am sure you guys are already underway figuring out the problem...good luck and i hope that all turns out well, or not too expensive i should say...

Rocky

I am literally sad. :( One of my favorite Imprezas. Good luck Andrew.

DUDE!!!!!! That freakin blows. That car and andrew along with it have been through a lot.

I think it's time to make that thing a pure track car. Pick up an sti for the daily.

Sorry to see that happen to such a nice Scooby!

If it helps, we'll take you down to Hammy (not that you don't have a full spectrum of offers already), and I hope your RS comes back badder, stronger, and more powerful...

startin all over is gonna be tough!

Sorry to hear/see that Andrew! Don't worry, when clouds form, its not far off that we'll see sun again...

This is a sign from the suby gods, right?

i havnt met you yet, but my condolences

good luck with any future plans and just be greatful you werent harmed

damn, teh sux0rz mang. so what caused it? injector leak maybe?

that's really aweful. Looks like a lot of it just got de-pretty-fied though, and not totally ruined. Tough times though.

Man Andrew, that just sucks... Luckly the car doesnt look permenantly damaged. The frame got saved, but the strut towers might be structurally weak now... Im glad someone was nearby with water and fire extiguishers, I didnt have that option :(

Wtf?

Wow, glad to hear Andrew is OK. You might want to take a look at that fuel rail system. Looks like things originated from the left hand side up high in the engine bay, near the fuel rails on the passenger side.

Sorry to hear that man,
Bill

Dang, Andrew... This sucks. Let me know if you need anything...

Thanks everyone, we haven't really spent any time on it yet until the insurance company looks at it. Afterwards we can start tearing things out to get to the root cause. As it is now I'm leaning towards a bad coil, I think it may have shorted out. Really don't think it was a fuel related fire, but am not ruling it out ofourse, given the location.

I can say this: Today we bought a couple Auto Specific (Foam) Fire Estinguishers to carry in our cars from now on. Definately don't want to be helpless again if it were to ever happen to me. Luckily, being in downtown made it possible for the Police to come quickly and for me to run around and find a hose and bucket behind a building late at night. Imagine if we were somewhere on the freeway in the middle of nowhere, waiting and watching. Don't want to think about it :(

-Adam

sorry dude.

rebuilding?

if not... this car has given us a lot of memories

i say rebuild.

w3rd

sd

This is a sign from the suby gods, right?

that's not a sign....

http://www.subydude.com/video/video_dump/rsturbo.wmv

that's a sign!

:)

sd

Damn, sorry 2 hear about it. :(

ahh geez. That sucks dude. :(

Rebuild her. You must. :)

Too bad buddy...I really hate to see that :(

Note: When putting out an engine bay fire, DO NOT open the hood. Just pop the hood then put the extinguisher nozzle under the front of the closed but popped hood and spray - this greatly decreases the oxygen available for buring and restircts the flames. It really does work, then wait a few minutes before you open the hood.

Exactly what Whit said, we did see it flare up once when it was originally opened, then kept it closed and they used the fire estinguishers on it through the vents and hood scoop.

It will be rebuilt, fortunately the fire was contained in the engine bay. If it had another hood on it right now, you couldn't tell that there was a fire. Ofcourse there is some work ahead of us, but that's normal for this car ;)

-Adam