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Old 04-23-2009, 05:31 PM
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RX8 Explosion
I was browsing the 3 forum once again and stumbled upon this thread







http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=132272.0
Holy crapp
Makes me want to cry
Is this old news here?
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Old 04-23-2009, 05:37 PM
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Yeah it's a repost.

Those people are so ignorant about our cars It makes me want to punch some of them in face for being so dumb. Then I'll tell them how a rotary engine works.
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Old 04-23-2009, 05:39 PM
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uhh holly %$#@ whats the original link? i wanna c this.
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Old 04-23-2009, 05:50 PM
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What did they do to it? How did they let that happen?...I am speechless.
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We suspect a clogged cat..or maybe insurance fraud. I'm pretty sure that was the conclusion of the original thread about it.
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interior fire, probably electrical or a lit cigarette or something..

OBVIOUSLY not related to anything in the engine bay.
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Old 04-23-2009, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by alz0rz
interior fire, probably electrical or a lit cigarette or something..

OBVIOUSLY not related to anything in the engine bay.
Yeah. the engine plastic cover wasn't even burnt.
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looks like insurance fraud if you ask me
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Old 04-23-2009, 06:49 PM
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No the guy was having problems with the RX8. Nothing related to the fire got very frustrated and the way the fire happened and they way the owner posted lead us to belive insurance fraud.

Especially when someone who worked with car fires looked at the shots.
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Old 04-23-2009, 07:36 PM
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Everyone please its a repost for god's sake
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Old 04-23-2009, 07:43 PM
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That'll buff right out.
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Oh, sorry
Mods feel free to delete this thread then lol
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clogged cat and he parked over a mcdonalds bag

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Finish this thread...
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Old 04-23-2009, 07:54 PM
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that wasnt a clogged cat

it was NAWWWS!

sorry i couldnt resist
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Old 04-23-2009, 08:05 PM
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Car still looks beautiful to me!!
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Everyone please its a repost for god's sake
I've never seen it before. So let me look in peace.
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Old 04-23-2009, 10:11 PM
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mmm like the wheels - are they on e-bay yet ? ........ CRAAAARK !
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Old 04-23-2009, 10:28 PM
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dang man repost or not thats sad and troubling and why the hell...nvm
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Huh. There is an airbag in the seats.
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Old 04-24-2009, 04:21 AM
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Man, I need to get a set of those seats.
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Old 04-24-2009, 04:56 AM
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serious weight reduction
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Is anybody else wondering why someone was taking pictures of the pictures on the monitor or whatever?

I'm curious how this whole thing resolved itself. I want to know if it was insurance fraud.
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Originally Posted by Ross_Dawg
clogged cat and he parked over a mcdonalds bag

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lmao
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Old 04-24-2009, 06:55 PM
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"Its called engine fire rotarys are known for this. My dad almost died when the 13b of us rx7 blew up and the flywheel came out doing about 15000 rpms there's still a hole in the road from when it happened 25 year ago lol"

WTF... Seriously, 15,000 RPM?
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