John Brown
John Brown SuperDork
1/2/11 7:25 p.m.

I don't actually know if this an EF CiViC so I PunFAIL as well.

http://www.autospies.com/news/This-Is-What-Happens-When-A-Burnout-Goes-Wrong-60515/

wbjones
wbjones Dork
1/2/11 7:29 p.m.

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

those are cans of beer they're using to try and put out the fire aren't they ?

Ignorant
Ignorant SuperDork
1/2/11 7:30 p.m.

it's not an ef

Zomby woof
Zomby woof Dork
1/2/11 7:33 p.m.

And then there's this burnout gone wrong

John Brown
John Brown SuperDork
1/2/11 7:43 p.m.
wbjones wrote: LOLOLOLOLOLOL those are cans of beer they're using to try and put out the fire aren't they ?

Yes, yes they are.

John Brown
John Brown SuperDork
1/2/11 7:49 p.m.

then there is this dorktard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMCFSo_ouw

John Brown
John Brown SuperDork
1/2/11 7:50 p.m.

then there is this dorktard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMCFSo_ouw

Ignorant
Ignorant SuperDork
1/2/11 8:20 p.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lhIbBwl60

or this guy.

T.J.
T.J. SuperDork
1/2/11 8:24 p.m.

Do burnouts count if your car is chained to some immovable object? I never understood burnouts...at least not since high school and I am the one paying for the tires.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
1/2/11 8:31 p.m.
Ignorant wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lhIbBwl60 or this guy.

I do believe he will be kissing goodbye to more than his $600 for tires after that one.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
1/2/11 10:11 p.m.
John Brown wrote: then there is this dorktard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMCFSo_ouw

My first thought in Burnout Fail

Rufledt
Rufledt HalfDork
1/2/11 11:54 p.m.

Youtube has led me to believe all burnout-catastrophes are the result of dorktards. Well, not just youtube, I also had this one friend in high school...

ShadowSix
ShadowSix New Reader
1/3/11 12:34 a.m.

This truly is some well-deserved schadenfreude I think

aussiesmg
aussiesmg SuperDork
1/3/11 5:52 a.m.

XA Falcon downunder FAIL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfGSBSSzqU&feature=related

JThw8
JThw8 SuperDork
1/3/11 7:37 a.m.

I guess my question is what really happened to cause the fire? Mythbusters did a whole thing on tires igniting from burnouts and were completely unable to get a tire to ignite. They even went as far as to spray fuel on the tire but could never manage any fires.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve SuperDork
1/3/11 7:51 a.m.

In reply to JThw8:

Tires are made up of many different rubber compounds, and vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and from one style of tire to another. My guess is that the rubber dust from one is more flammable than the dust from another.

bravenrace
bravenrace SuperDork
1/3/11 8:06 a.m.

In reply to John Brown:

Stupid kids. Why are stupid kids so stupid? I have two teen boys, and they aren't even as smart as they were when they were 10. Stupid kids. BTW, that's an EG Civic. And burnouts done while the vehicle is chained to an unmoveable object don't count. Stupid kids.

bravenrace
bravenrace SuperDork
1/3/11 8:08 a.m.

In reply to JThw8:

Mythbusters are bozos. Half the time their "tests" aren't complete enough to make valid conclusions, and the other half the time they are proving things that are obvious without testing. They are entertainers, not test engineers. Bozos I tell you.

nickel_dime
nickel_dime Dork
1/3/11 11:02 a.m.
T.J. wrote: I never understood burnouts...at least not since high school and I am the one paying for the tires.

TJ, I think it's a scientific fact that you have to have more than the 50hp in your classic Mini to do a true burnout. I know the 30hp in mine won't do it.

jbone
jbone New Reader
1/3/11 11:28 a.m.

Yeah mythbusters is pretty stupid. They try to debunk "myths" from anything, like jumping out of a plane on an inflatible raft (Temple of Doom). That's not a myth, its just a movie

Duke
Duke SuperDork
1/3/11 12:08 p.m.
pinchvalve wrote: In reply to JThw8: Tires are made up of many different rubber compounds, and vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and from one style of tire to another. My guess is that the rubber dust from one is more flammable than the dust from another.

I don't think that's the tires on fire. I think he blew a line and sprayed something flammable on the exhaust manifold.

T.J.
T.J. SuperDork
1/3/11 2:38 p.m.
nickel_dime wrote:
T.J. wrote: I never understood burnouts...at least not since high school and I am the one paying for the tires.
TJ, I think it's a scientific fact that you have to have more than the 50hp in your classic Mini to do a true burnout. I know the 30hp in mine won't do it.

Maybe if I chained it to an immovable object it would work.

spriteracer
spriteracer New Reader
1/3/11 5:22 p.m.

It only took two youtube hops from the op's video to come up with this: Challenge Vette

Will
Will HalfDork
1/3/11 7:19 p.m.
jbone wrote: Yeah mythbusters is pretty stupid. They try to debunk "myths" from anything, like jumping out of a plane on an inflatible raft (Temple of Doom). That's not a myth, its just a movie

You're right. They should be testing whether Prometheus could really survive having his liver eaten by an eagle, then regenerate it only to have it eaten again the next day. Now that's a myth.

http://xkcd.com/397/

Ignorant
Ignorant SuperDork
1/3/11 8:26 p.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9bK08-auNs

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