RedLine_tC

that really sucks a lot

jrlin718

Wow that really blows!!! I wonder what caused that especially in a brand new tc?

WeDriveScions

They are dark cause smoke does that to windows, thus where the term "smoked windows" came from... golly.... genious at work

bronxblaza117

yea looks like he still had temporary plates!! that sucks... and that camera is amazing, nice pic, nad thing to happen

BuddhasTC

Man, that is not funny at all! And just so people know, he did not appear to be laughing at a joke because there were none prior to the post. Anyway, i hope the person(s) in the car are ok...unfortunate and freakish thing to happen

LadyRedefined

that sucks!

Viperj_13

I bought my car from that same dealership. I wonder if that happened aynwhere close by to where I live. That's just plain freaky for that to happen, hope that person is ok.

tCHawk

That looks JUST LIKE MY tC!!! Temp tag and all! Holy crap, I hope this isn't going to start a trend. I smell a possible recall coming, maybe.

AWESOME pics!! Sad that it happened, but still awesome.

bronxblaza117

is a situation like that does the car blow up? cuz of the gas in the tank and stuff?

firesquare

Someone is getting fired.... literally!!

firesquare

that only happends in movies. the only things that explode are tires maybe and lillt pieces of magnesium if equipped in cars. it will pop and what not but thats it. cars dont explode. i know this for a fact

ganske03

I will second that, I am a firefighter and cars do not blow up! Tires are cool when they explode though. Seen alot of car fires before and the gas tanks never blow!

CLAPhoto

Holy crap.

Tomas

It can, depends on a lot of factors, I'm sure.

(The only gas tank I ever saw blow was a VW bug that had flipped on an icy freeway on ramp and rolled a short way down a hill. The car stopped upside down, driver was unconcious, and the car was burning, so we cut his belts and dragged him about 40 feet from the car, where we wrapped him in blankets and kept an eye on him until the fire department and medics could get there. Just about the time the first fire engine pulled up the tank went. Wasn't all that big a 'whump,' but it got our attention. Driver was army, and was taken to Madigan. He had bruises, scratches, and a concussion, but no permanent damage. I never saw my USAF blanket he was wrapped in again. )

brian

i remember that one SL member who had his dash melt because of a wrongly wired led light system the dealer installed.

kamileon

see this is y i put a fire extinguisher in my car, so many things can go wrong that its not even funny

Ryz0n

i'm sad, but those pictures are so captivating. Wow, what kind of camera took those?

CLAPhoto

Nikon D200.

Max

You would be right. Some show (Mythbusters, I am guessing, but it may have been Top Gear) did a bunch of crazy stuff to a gas tank and NEVER GOT IT TO BLOW, even when sitting in a huge puddle of burning gas. They talked to some engineers in the automotive industry familiar with this stuff and they said you had to be really, really unlucky to have this happen. Even if the tank gets ruptured, chances are that it will just burn.

Not that this all really matters, at that point the car is totalled, and if anyone were to be inside the car, they'd be gone quickly inside a burning car.

They are not as dangerous as TV and movies would lead one to believe.

TempleOwl

Damn that sucks if this is real. It just kills me to see a tC catch on fire. I pray it never happens to mine or anyone elses. I hope that doesn't ruin the person's experience w/ owning this great car. Why couldn't it happen to the new Si?

This has happened to me once when I owned a '90 Taurus wagon. You gotta love Ford transmissions. I also saw a clip of an old jetta catch on fire on youtube.