RX8 Explosion - RX8Club.com

Apr 23, 2009 | 05:31 PM

briann

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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?

Apr 23, 2009 | 05:37 PM

shazy

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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.

Apr 23, 2009 | 05:39 PM

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uhh holly %$#@ whats the original link? i wanna c this.

Apr 23, 2009 | 05:50 PM

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What did they do to it? How did they let that happen?...I am speechless.

Apr 23, 2009 | 05:59 PM

exsequor

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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.

Apr 23, 2009 | 05:59 PM

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interior fire, probably electrical or a lit cigarette or something..

OBVIOUSLY not related to anything in the engine bay.

Apr 23, 2009 | 06:22 PM

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Quote:

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.

Apr 23, 2009 | 06:45 PM

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looks like insurance fraud if you ask me

Apr 23, 2009 | 06:49 PM

Razz1

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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.

Apr 23, 2009 | 07:36 PM

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Everyone please its a repost for god's sake

Apr 23, 2009 | 07:43 PM

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That'll buff right out.

Apr 23, 2009 | 07:43 PM

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Oh, sorry
Mods feel free to delete this thread then lol

Apr 23, 2009 | 07:50 PM

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clogged cat and he parked over a mcdonalds bag

/thread

Apr 23, 2009 | 07:51 PM

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Finish this thread...

Apr 23, 2009 | 07:54 PM

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that wasnt a clogged cat

it was NAWWWS!

sorry i couldnt resist

Apr 23, 2009 | 08:05 PM

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Car still looks beautiful to me!!

Apr 23, 2009 | 08:39 PM

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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.

Apr 23, 2009 | 10:11 PM

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mmm like the wheels - are they on e-bay yet ? ........ CRAAAARK !

Apr 23, 2009 | 10:28 PM

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dang man repost or not thats sad and troubling and why the hell...nvm

Apr 23, 2009 | 10:45 PM

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Huh. There is an airbag in the seats.

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:21 AM

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Man, I need to get a set of those seats.

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:56 AM

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oh yeah!

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serious weight reduction

Apr 24, 2009 | 11:51 AM

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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.

Apr 24, 2009 | 12:21 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross_Dawg

clogged cat and he parked over a mcdonalds bag

/thread

lmao

Apr 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?