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Old May 16, 2005 | 07:16 AM
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From: R.I.P. Peter Geoffrey Brock
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VW GTI burns up

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=SRgtiFIRE
no mater what kind of car it is its painful to watch.
so much for the pepboys fire extinguisher
Old May 16, 2005 | 08:43 AM
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Ouch....that would suck so bad! ! !
Old May 16, 2005 | 09:33 AM
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damn.. i'm sooo glad i carry a full size extiguisher in the car... although it might not have helped the situation
Old May 16, 2005 | 12:25 PM
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dang.

reminds me of that one time i saw a new jaguar, with dealer plates still on, pull over to the side of the road with smoke pouring out beneath the hood. Open his hood, only to find the whole engine bay on fire. bad.
Old May 16, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Red face

at least the rims are still good
Old May 16, 2005 | 04:45 PM
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Man, that went up fast.

*NOTE to Self... Get extinguisher mounted in car ASAP.
Old May 16, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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Any idea how this started?
Old May 16, 2005 | 05:09 PM
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daym what a waste thats a nice car. always loved eurosport. wished it was a honda on fire
Old May 16, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by XenoWolf
Any idea how this started?
looks like the heat wrap around the turbo went up
Old May 16, 2005 | 05:55 PM
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ouch...i'd be crying if i were him, loss of my beloved car....
if and when i turbo my car ill be very sure to have a full size fire extinguisher handy
Old May 16, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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i am buying myself a fire extinguisher for my car....



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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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got this from another forum, but this might be the car in that vid?

http://www.dubobsession.org/vdub/ProjectR20/
Old May 16, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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looks like it, dammmmnn and he's making hella power too .. >< that bites monkey *****
Old May 17, 2005 | 03:00 AM
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That really, really sucks...

This may be off-subject, but did anybody notice that he cut the music in the video for a second so you can hear him grunt out a fart?

Anyways, lesson learned, fire extinguisher added to the shopping list.
Old May 17, 2005 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by maku
got this from another forum, but this might be the car in that vid?

http://www.dubobsession.org/vdub/ProjectR20/
looks exactly like it, same gauges silicone hoses steering wheel. LAME!



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