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It's a violent end to my life as a Honda owner I suppose. Headed to the BMX track with my son and I notice that I have no clutch, it's on the floor. I slow down, let the car stall and pop the hood. The rest is history....
I'm rarely on here and likely won't be anymore as I've really lost touch with most people and I'm no longer a Civic owner. I won't be getting another, so I bid you all farewell and good luck on a great platform that gave me nearly 200k miles.
The last photoshoot of her life and she looked glorious to me the whole time.
I shed tears leaving her for the last time....
I'm rarely on here and likely won't be anymore as I've really lost touch with most people and I'm no longer a Civic owner. I won't be getting another, so I bid you all farewell and good luck on a great platform that gave me nearly 200k miles.
The last photoshoot of her life and she looked glorious to me the whole time.
I shed tears leaving her for the last time....
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Really really sorry for your lost! It's even more irritating when you couldn't do anything but watched it burned. If it happened in city, at least you might be able to grab a garden hose or even an extinguisher to put that out. Feel deeply sorry!
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Holllyyy Shiiitt. At first I was like dat's not a big fire. Motor can be replaced but then as I scrolled down my jaw just dropped. Such a clean EM2 R.I.P. And the surrounding looks so deserted, if a gas station etc.. was nearby u cud've had some help and wud've been able to save it.
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wow dude, What caused it? I remember I saw a video online awhile back of the same thing happening to a blue vw gti, sorry you had to experience that I would hate to see my car go up into flames.
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damn that sucks. i saw the first pic and was like "maybe he'll part out" lol. sad, sad day. id be freaking out if my car caught fire and i couldnt do anything. i +1 for taking pics of the whole thing. good luck with future rides
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Wow man, at least i had some pieces of this car in my hands for a little while, too bad i never got around to finishing the boost project. But now my roomate has your old A2 head sitting on our porch so we still have something lol.
Glad you're ok though!
Glad you're ok though!
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Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
LOL! Holy **** Dallis!! I never realized that DOT 3 was that flammable. Pretty spectacular end to your Honda though. Much better than cutting it up with a sawzall!
Gonna put a fire extinguisher in your G now?
Gonna put a fire extinguisher in your G now?
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wowwwww thats F'ED up to have to watch your baby burn like that . that was a clean civic to . i see you tried to put it out with some bottled water you should have bought a extinguisher. i don't leave home without one.
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OH SNAP!!
Glad to hear that no one was hurt.
Oil on the downpipe perhaps? I've heard of this happening to CR-Vs after removing the oil filter. The thought scared the hell out of me when I first changed the oil on the wife's 03 CR-V.
Glad to hear that no one was hurt.
Oil on the downpipe perhaps? I've heard of this happening to CR-Vs after removing the oil filter. The thought scared the hell out of me when I first changed the oil on the wife's 03 CR-V.
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sucks. what happened tho? the clutch fluid caught fire? any plans for a different car?
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wow. im sure those pixs dont do justice to what really happened..
im glad that ur ok but sorry to see an OG member going away...
you should pop back in here sometime n show us ur new rides n stuff
im glad that ur ok but sorry to see an OG member going away...
you should pop back in here sometime n show us ur new rides n stuff
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wut y0u kn0w ab0ut them teXas b0ys...
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Bummers dude, sorry for your loss. I have the same fire extinguisher lowlife has in the car. I think i would kill myself watching my car burn up like that and cant do anything...GL on whatever you get next
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that's taking weight reduction too far....the wheels still look pretty good tho....
look at it this way, catching your car on fire is easier then selling it.....
...sorry trying to get a cheap laugh out of a horrible situation. sorry for your loss.
look at it this way, catching your car on fire is easier then selling it.....
...sorry trying to get a cheap laugh out of a horrible situation. sorry for your loss.
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Final timeline
6:50 pull over, pop hood (just smoking)
6:51 gave iPhone to my son to call 911. I start pulling stuff out of the car
6:53 my son yells and says he can't call (too freaked out I presume) so I dialed 911
6:57 I pulled everything out of the car in 4 minutes and took the first pic.
7:04 I run back to the car to grab my wallet in the door
7:05 I run back to grab a 15mm sitting on the false floor so my son can ride his bike
7:06 Flames pop out of the hood
7:07 The entire frontend is engulfed
7:12 Hood melts and bends
7:13 Interior goes up as airbags pop and steerwheel airbag goes about 30ft in the air
7:15 Fire department arrives.
7:17 First water hits car
7:21 Car is completely put out
So that's it. Insurance is moving the car to a different yard and I'll get pics tomorrow. Lady goes "well if we determine it's a loss...". I'm like "hey, there's no interior dude". So I wait for the loss dept to call me before I start listing add ons. Once I get the pics from a kids good camera when it happened I'll make a vid. You guys would trip on how vivid they were. It was like watching sex on fire. I miss my car... a lot.
Ahh memories...
6:50 pull over, pop hood (just smoking)
6:51 gave iPhone to my son to call 911. I start pulling stuff out of the car
6:53 my son yells and says he can't call (too freaked out I presume) so I dialed 911
6:57 I pulled everything out of the car in 4 minutes and took the first pic.
7:04 I run back to the car to grab my wallet in the door
7:05 I run back to grab a 15mm sitting on the false floor so my son can ride his bike
7:06 Flames pop out of the hood
7:07 The entire frontend is engulfed
7:12 Hood melts and bends
7:13 Interior goes up as airbags pop and steerwheel airbag goes about 30ft in the air
7:15 Fire department arrives.
7:17 First water hits car
7:21 Car is completely put out
So that's it. Insurance is moving the car to a different yard and I'll get pics tomorrow. Lady goes "well if we determine it's a loss...". I'm like "hey, there's no interior dude". So I wait for the loss dept to call me before I start listing add ons. Once I get the pics from a kids good camera when it happened I'll make a vid. You guys would trip on how vivid they were. It was like watching sex on fire. I miss my car... a lot.
Ahh memories...
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BTW, State Farm has been great so far. I told them I didn't trust the guys who towed the car so they pulled it to the new yard. Pretty happy so far.
