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Old 04-22-2007, 04:09 AM   #1
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my car....flames.....
So tonight i was leaving a friends house to a party, when my car desides to have a gas leak and blow up..... I was driving to a party, when i noticed the rpm's wouldn't go higher and i was pushing the gass pedel to the floor, so i down-shifted to get the rpm's to shoot back up and when i did nothing happened so i pulled over. When i did so i turned the flashers on and when i did the car busrt into flames on the passenger's side of the car my best friend Rachelle was in the car and she was soo shocked that I had to basically get her out of the car about 5 seconds; soon after we got out the car, it burst into flames like a burnt piece of steak.....the fire department said it was a gass leak..



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Click the image to open in full size.this pic is the engine bay...




Click the image to open in full size. this pic is the left fender...





my car is origonally a grey color but now its white..the headers burnt off....







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Old 04-22-2007, 04:15 AM   #2
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holey ****!~! I hope no one was hurt?
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Old 04-22-2007, 04:19 AM   #3
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WTF! WOW! OMG!@#*&#$(# Thats SO UNREAL, is that possible, thats crazy, im glad to hear everybodys alive, that seriously needs to go under investigation. Wow... im am... sppeechless, thats so crazy, omg i can't stop looking at those pictures, is that even real? omg omg omg, crazy...
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Old 04-22-2007, 04:22 AM   #4
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WTF?! Ditto on the hope everyone is OK.
Stock or modded? Just wondering if something that was done might have caused it - to save others the same fate.
Damn that is terrible looking.
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Old 04-22-2007, 04:34 AM   #5
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glad no one was hurt... first story of this, seems to be an isolated situation. i'm guessing the 8 was modded. glad though everyone was okae.
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Old 04-22-2007, 06:10 AM   #6
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WT..? i thought it was another shoot flame thread.. glad you're ok..
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Old 04-22-2007, 06:49 AM   #7
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Whoa! I opened this thread thinking I would see a fancy flame paint job. Glad to hear that you both got out in time. That is not a good way to die.
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Old 04-22-2007, 07:06 AM   #8
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i opened this thread thought it was flame coming out of exhaust ....


DAMN...if it is stock...mazda is going to be paying some BIG $$ to you....
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Old 04-22-2007, 07:28 AM   #9
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Holy crow! I hope you're both ok! WOW!
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Old 04-22-2007, 07:53 AM   #10
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You said "the headers burnt off". Are you reffering to a mod?
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Old 04-22-2007, 08:32 AM   #11
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Old 04-22-2007, 08:38 AM   #12
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Arson is a good way to cast off a supposed lemon. Of course maybe one of your rotors cracked again.
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Old 04-22-2007, 10:04 AM   #13
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WOW. good thing you guys got out in time.. that's scary.
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Old 04-22-2007, 10:06 AM   #14
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yah fire deparment said it was a fuel leak... i remeber getting out of the car and there is a 20 ft line going back of fire... like in back to the feauture...
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Old 04-22-2007, 10:08 AM   #15
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and yes we got out ok... but if we were there another 5 secs... we'd be toast.
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Wow, I am speechless. Glad you're ok!
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Old 04-22-2007, 10:24 AM   #17
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I cleaned the images up a bit so we could see more detail. I'm suprised the windshild did not break out.

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glad no one was hurt... first story of this, seems to be an isolated situation. i'm guessing the 8 was modded. glad though everyone was okae.
Not quite the first. Remember arosenkrans a few months back? Hers spontaneously combusted while parked. I believe they traced it to a fuel leak in the engine compartment.

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Coils are burnt!
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Old 04-22-2007, 11:12 AM   #21
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Based on all the work you said your 8 had it is official...my 8 is a P.O.S.
there is a good chance someone made a mistake on the third engine you had put in.
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Old 04-22-2007, 11:26 AM   #22
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Old 04-22-2007, 11:52 AM   #24
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o yes i agree with the mistake... and here are some better pics...
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Click the image to open in full size. at the top right of the picture is the hood... burnt to discombobulation.... o and part of the hood was left on the Freeway...

Click the image to open in full size. my car is orgianl ti-grey

Click the image to open in full size. bumper burnt off.

Click the image to open in full size.engine bay...

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Old 04-22-2007, 11:59 AM   #25
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holy ****!!
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