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Rufus 06-11-2009 01:33 AM

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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.

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The last photoshoot of her life and she looked glorious to me the whole time.

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I shed tears leaving her for the last time....

phuviano 06-11-2009 01:38 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
I've always liked your car. Sad to see it go. What's the list for your next car?

CivicSky 06-11-2009 01:48 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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!

Street Kings 06-11-2009 01:49 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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.

lewal 06-11-2009 01:51 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
wow.. speechless... glad you and your son are okay though

vacivic2005 06-11-2009 01:54 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
damn bro, one of the OG's from 7thgencivic.com, sucks bro - sorry to see you go, your car was nice...

civicsrcool 06-11-2009 02:03 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
how the shit did that happen? o_O. sorry for the loss man. your civic was very clean. RIP :(

johnbt23 06-11-2009 02:07 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
damn man :_disgust: :mad:

Michalo187 06-11-2009 03:03 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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.

Retell 06-11-2009 03:06 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
Wow what a terrible shame, as long as everyone got out safe and you have good insurance. That poor Vic :'(

sicma99ot 06-11-2009 03:10 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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

exturbo6 06-11-2009 06:23 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
dam dude. that sucks.

Mralbino 06-11-2009 07:00 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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!

speedfoos 06-11-2009 07:17 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
LOL! Holy shit 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?

lowlife9 06-11-2009 07:27 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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.

exturbo6 06-11-2009 07:36 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
and we make fun of ricers with fire extingishers..lol they are ready for the worest.

greeen01civic4d 06-11-2009 09:44 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
thats really rough man, sorry for ur loss. ill be getting a fire extinguisher for my car now.

Tragedy 06-11-2009 10:38 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
that sucks d. Parting out?





j/k...

Kevbotron 06-11-2009 11:01 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
R.I.P. to a nice em2 . . glad you're okay

CanadianCivic02 06-11-2009 11:01 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
that really sucks man, sorry for your loss, i would be crying and such if my car caught on fire, no lie.

sorry mang =(

Mr. Showtime 06-11-2009 11:23 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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.

gearbox 06-11-2009 11:37 AM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
sucks. what happened tho? the clutch fluid caught fire? any plans for a different car?

sl33pyriceboi 06-11-2009 01:10 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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

MidnightCivic 06-11-2009 01:12 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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

Running Riot 06-11-2009 02:20 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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.

Rufus 06-11-2009 02:58 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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...

Rufus 06-11-2009 03:04 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
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.

Running Riot 06-11-2009 03:08 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
have you thought about what your next product is?

jamis33 06-11-2009 05:03 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
looks like rear bumper, lip, and tails may have survived lol

DeX 06-11-2009 05:48 PM

Re: Fire killed my car tonight.
 
Damn. Where's a good place to strap an extinguisher?


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