So my RX-8 Caught on fire today
So today I was with some buddies at a mall and I drove my car over a median not paying attention. The car was stuck on the median and could not pull it self over it. We tried pushing it off the median for about 15 minutes with no luck. The car wasn't able to get itself over the median by itself as only the back left wheel was touching the ground and the rest of the car was resting on the median. After about 15 minutes we saw smoke coming from somewhere so I immediately turned it off. We assumed it was just smoke from the tires. My friends went inside the mall to go get help to push the car off the median while I stayed by the car.
Well the smoke kept coming and I noticed it was now coming from under the hood. I lifted to the hood to investigate and saw the smoke was coming from somewhere in the back of the engine bay. About 5 seconds after that the entire engine bay went up in flames followed by an explosion from somewhere in the engine. 10 minutes after that my precious RX-8 was engulfed in flames while I watched hopelessly with about 80 people watching and taking pictures. I can not think of anything that would have started a fire in the engine. We were definitely giving the clutch a work out while we were trying to get it unstuck but I've never heard of a clutch starting a fire. Only thing I can think of is the Cat caught on fire but I think I would have noticed that earlier than I did. Either way sad day for RX-8 owners everywhere. GREAT pics/Videos will follow if people are at all interested EDIT: Ill have the pics up tomorrow. |
Wow - that really sucks .
any grass on the median ? |
holy shit, sorry to hear that...
+1 for pics and video |
Originally Posted by Brettus
(Post 3001937)
Wow - that really sucks .
any grass on the median ? I have the vids on my phone and my friends phone Ill have them up Tomorrow for sure |
I wouldn't mind betting it was caused by your cat
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Originally Posted by Brettus
(Post 3001971)
I wouldn't mind betting it was caused by your cat
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damn that sucks....and kinda scares me.... i dont want that happening to me.
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+1 for pics and video
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Oh man. Sorry to hear about your car dude.
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yeah most likely it's your cat that touched something it shouldn't touch when you jammed it on the median
rotary cat runs uber hot, fyi |
wow man that sucks.
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shit man that blows... hope insurance takes care of you.
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cat got really hot and started a fire. rose up to enginebay. sucks.
how will you explain it to insurance? :P |
Originally Posted by always.anthony
(Post 3002003)
cat got really hot and started a fire. rose up to enginebay. sucks.
how will you explain it to insurance? :P Whatever I can to get as much money as I can :P Hoping insurance covers what I still owe on the car |
say you had a flat tire and pulled over on the median because you were losing controle.. then fire happend.
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Bummer. Sorry about the car dude!
I don't think trying to get the car off the median had anything to do with the fire. Something likely happened when the car rolled on the median. Whatever the cause, you should be ok insurance-wise as long as you have full coverage. Good luck! |
Originally Posted by icey?
(Post 3002016)
say you had a flat tire and pulled over on the median because you were losing controle.. then fire happend.
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If the frame or cross brace was resting on a concrete or asphalt part of the road or curb it is also possible that the thin cross brace was pushed up and grounded into the hot wire of the starter, although this is less likely than the exhaust starting the fire on some dry grass or brush.
Did the fire start on the passenger side or the driver side? |
Originally Posted by icey?
(Post 3002016)
say you had a flat tire and pulled over on the median because you were losing controle.. then fire happend.
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That's what insurance is for. I don't think they have any reason for not covering it.
I bet you wished you would have called a tow truck now. |
wow that sucks.. Get the video or pics up though
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let me get this right.
You high centered your car and left it running? After about 15 minutes we saw smoke coming from somewhere so I immediately turned it off. I'm glad no one was hurt, but Darwin catches the slow ones. |
Originally Posted by Jeff Dickinson
(Post 3001933)
I drove my car over a median not paying attention.
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sucks..
another one bites the dust.... |
That sucks amigo. I hope all turns out well. We've all made mistakes, it just sucks when you make a big mistake.
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