iceracer
iceracer PowerDork
3/5/15 5:53 p.m.

Just saw this :

2014 911S Turbo burns to the ground in a Costco parking lot.

On the Hot Rod site.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
3/6/15 7:18 a.m.

There are a lot of factors making modern high-end cars more fire-prone...they more commonly have turbos, composite bodywork, heat wrap from the factory, hybrid batteries as a cherry on top and then those are all packed very tightly together to fit in with the safety and emissions gear.

So car fires are going to be more common for a while.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
3/6/15 10:17 a.m.

Probably caused by arson motivated by social unrest.

slefain
slefain UberDork
3/6/15 10:19 a.m.

I guess someone's insurance policy got to hot...

DuctTape&Bondo
DuctTape&Bondo Dork
3/6/15 12:06 p.m.

Costco has some smokin deals.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
3/6/15 12:10 p.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: There are a lot of factors making modern high-end cars more fire-prone...they more commonly have turbos, composite bodywork, heat wrap from the factory, hybrid batteries as a cherry on top and then those are all packed very tightly together to fit in with the safety and emissions gear. So car fires are going to be more common for a while.

Or - when a Kia burns to the ground, nobody notices.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
3/6/15 12:40 p.m.

Hey I keep track of all the cars I've personally seen burn to the ground, and so far it's 50:50 between old Japanese beaters and boosted sports cars

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
3/6/15 2:00 p.m.

How did they drag that all the way to Costco?

yamaha
yamaha MegaDork
3/6/15 2:31 p.m.

meh, it was probably in Morgantown and they ran out of couches

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