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As a mechanic, I have never seen any vechicle burn like that vechicle. I know it has a high pressure EFI system, but it has one way valves and other safety fe

by dano416 13y ago

As a mechanic, I have never seen any vechicle burn like that vechicle. I know it has a high pressure EFI system, but it has one way valves and other safety features. It looked like someone poured lighter fluid throughout the car. I imagine the Government has access to odorless flamable fluid? As the my own paranoia, I am not thrilled about even talking about this incident. I'm definetly more concerned about privacy since the NSA reporting. I am also using DuckDuckGo, but it's horrid right now.

JshWright 13y ago
As a firefighter, I've seen many cars burn like that. That's what vehicle fires look like. Car interiors are _full_ of flammable stuff. Seat cushions, plastics, rubber... etc... The energy output of a burning car is really incredible.
- derleth 13y ago
  As an experienced Internet denizen who has seen dozens of conspiracy theories play out, the person I'm responding to is playing a fool's game and will be shouted down and ignored by everyone who wants a neat little conspiratorial story to go with their morning breakfast. Clear, simple explanations are death to conspiracy theories, so they are ignored and the people who make them are vilified at every turn.
  - pessimizer 13y ago
    The 'utterly dismissive of the possibility' people are also all over discussions like these, dismissing speculation with arguments that tend to amount to "oh, please!" and "oh, come on!" In fact, these discussions usually amount to amateur physicists insisting that somewhat unusual phenomena are physically impossible (usually citing retired fire chiefs, their uncle who is a mechanic, and 'common sense'), and a bunch of authoritarians replying with "Oh, please - tinfoil hat!" I'm surprised that people don't know how eager cars are to burn esp in light of this recent fire: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-06/news/chi-california-limo-fire-20130506_1_town-car-partition-five-women http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-06/news/chi-calif... There wasn't even a crash and five women burned to death during the time it took to notice the fire, communicate that to the driver, pull over, and open the back door.
  - JshWright 13y ago
    Don't even get me started on the fuel load of your typical commercial office (e.g. the 80th or 90th floors of the World Trade Center).
mzs 13y ago
The FF is right, I've seen a Jetta and what I can only nail down as far as a GM B-body that looked like that after car fires. The ones instead which you see at the pick-n-pull after fires were only localized fires like the electrical fire from the radio that melted my center console. I've seen some odd ones at the yards that had fires near the gas filler and what must have been an electrical fire in a taillight. Most with fire damage had greasy engine bay fires though near the battery or under a carb. Those cars still contain many valuable parts, and that's why you see ones like that only.

by dano416 13y ago

JshWright 13y ago

As a firefighter, I've seen many cars burn like that. That's what vehicle fires look like. Car interiors are _full_ of flammable stuff. Seat cushions, plastics, rubber... etc... The energy output of a burning car is really incredible.

derleth 13y ago
As an experienced Internet denizen who has seen dozens of conspiracy theories play out, the person I'm responding to is playing a fool's game and will be shouted down and ignored by everyone who wants a neat little conspiratorial story to go with their morning breakfast. Clear, simple explanations are death to conspiracy theories, so they are ignored and the people who make them are vilified at every turn.
- pessimizer 13y ago
  The 'utterly dismissive of the possibility' people are also all over discussions like these, dismissing speculation with arguments that tend to amount to "oh, please!" and "oh, come on!" In fact, these discussions usually amount to amateur physicists insisting that somewhat unusual phenomena are physically impossible (usually citing retired fire chiefs, their uncle who is a mechanic, and 'common sense'), and a bunch of authoritarians replying with "Oh, please - tinfoil hat!" I'm surprised that people don't know how eager cars are to burn esp in light of this recent fire: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-06/news/chi-california-limo-fire-20130506_1_town-car-partition-five-women http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-06/news/chi-calif... There wasn't even a crash and five women burned to death during the time it took to notice the fire, communicate that to the driver, pull over, and open the back door.
- JshWright 13y ago
  Don't even get me started on the fuel load of your typical commercial office (e.g. the 80th or 90th floors of the World Trade Center).

mzs 13y ago

The FF is right, I've seen a Jetta and what I can only nail down as far as a GM B-body that looked like that after car fires. The ones instead which you see at the pick-n-pull after fires were only localized fires like the electrical fire from the radio that melted my center console. I've seen some odd ones at the yards that had fires near the gas filler and what must have been an electrical fire in a taillight. Most with fire damage had greasy engine bay fires though near the battery or under a carb. Those cars still contain many valuable parts, and that's why you see ones like that only.