Some VW GTI(?) gets burnt -- literally.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/800/

 

damn that sucks alot all that hard work gone up in FLAMES

 

Repost from not too long ago, but a good (or should I say sad) one.

 

I wonder how that happened.

 

had a old reliant that went up like that, parked it went into a store saw whole bunch of smoke when i got out. noticed it was from my car, and my jaw dropped. it was a piece of crap car but it got me where i needed to go. nothing you can do when it starts going like that!

 

i think the heat wrap probably caused it, ive seen header wrap on a wrx go up in flames before, but damn, that sucks

 

That's kinda what I was thinking.

 

I never leave home without one

 

heat wrap going up in flames? am i the only 1 whos noticed that? how on earth could heat wrap spark a fire, and y isnt this dude suing to get a new car if it did

 

when it gets soaked in oil it can combust

What really sucks is the fire would have probably smothered itself in the engine bay if the guy would have just kept his hood closed.

Rookie mistake. Remember, if you have a fire in your engine bay KEEP YOUR HOOD SHUT!!!!!!

 

^^ Good tip

 

yeah, it was likely header wrap. That stuff gets oil or whatever on it, and then just the ambient heat will cause it to combust. Scary stuff.

 

If memory serves me right, didn't it come inside through the dash?

 

yeah it if finally came in through the dash too, still say if he would have kept his hood closed chances are it would not have spread

 

Oh man, that sucks.