Posted on 07/09/2018 1:45:26 PM PDT by DFG
It looked like a scene from a movie this weekend at a gas station in Kirkwood, Missouri.
Emergency crews responded to the Mobil gas station at about 8 p.m. Saturday after a luxury car caught fire.
Photos have gone viral across social media of the blue Lamborghini engulfed in flames.
A video also posted socially appears to show what may have led to the fire. In the video, a van at a nearby pump drives off with the gas nozzle still attached to the car, pulling the hose away and spraying gas onto the Lamborghini.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfaa.com ...
A gentle tap like that... WHOOMPF
This one was caused by another vehicle, a van, drove off with the hose still attached...................
Was the driver of the van drinking an Orange Mocha Cappuccino?
I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee catch on fire after the AC clutch seized and basically the belt fried itself. It didn’t take 10 seconds for the whole thing to unfold.
You can put out fires with urine, by the way.
I will leave it at that.
Reminds me of my old Pinto!........
The best part is the gentle *ping* sound right before the explosion.
I read the article before I post.
All engines are going to have very hot exhaust manifolds. High-performance turbos can easily exceed 1,000 degrees.
You popped the hood and peed. Don’t lie.
Where’s the fun in that?.......................
They, and Vegas, and even Gremlins, were cute cars. They just weren’t made to last any longer than a rusty can of Campbell’s Soup.
It didn’t “break into flames” it was engulfed in flames. Wonder how much the owner has to pay in insurance.
I’ll avoid that wiener-roast.
Car fires are not that rare. Everyone should have at least one of those small extinguishers in the glove box if nothing else.
I have seen some very nice cars (mostly old restored ones) that went up really really quick. Gas leak, gas keeps pumping, hot engine, WHOOF.
Newer cars at least have rollover switches that stop the gas pump if the car rolls over.
Hopefully it covers what is left when the van owner’s liability is maxed out.
Of those three, the last of them I still see on the road is an occasional Pinto..........
Apparently you didn’t read the article.
Wow, you are a serious FReeper. Not only didn’t read the article, you didn’t get beyond the Title.
Huzzah.
(Just messin. Couldn’t help it.)
I don’t believe that.
So there are some that have not succumbed to rear-ender fires after all.
Wasn’t the problem one of a filler neck behind the license plate, as in the older style of American car? Except there was no beef to a Pinto, so a rear end strike would breach the neck and generate sparks. The Vega and Gremlin had side filler necks I believe (I know the Vega did).
A few years ago I saw a Vega or two on eBay, which had had a V-8 installed in it and was living in a low-rust area.
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