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daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:20 PM
well at about 10 pm last night i was driving down the highway when i saw what i thought to be steam comming from under my hood.. so i pull over and lif the hood and BAM hit with a wall of fire.. no time to do anything, not even a minute later the whole thing was engulfed in flames..

i have no idea what happened, i'm just glad to be ok ( thanks goes out to my mom, my sister and a very good friend for comming out and keeping my head on for me )

dont mind the crappy camera phone pics, the better ones are from the towing yard today

before




after




link to the whole album of pictures

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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:37 PM
Damn man, that's BRUTAL. You got crazy lucky you got out when you did!



Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:39 PM
i have been thanking my lucky stars ever since



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:45 PM
holy crap!!! was there an investigation?? any idea what caused it?? i would imagine one helluva electrical short...


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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:47 PM
Wow...that is pretty bad. And you know what is sad (since I already told ya I was glad that you're OK, I can say this)...I was thinking, "Man, at least the rims weren't on at the time..." That's what I thought when I wrecked my car, too. I'm screwed up in the head.

-Crystal








Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:52 PM
no i though about that too after i got out of at least i'm not dead mode..

rims were off for winter, and i had just taken my $550 cue stick out

but i did loose some other things that prob shouldnt have been in the car.. looking at over 5k in stuff that wont be covered..



as for what happened i really think it was fuel related cause it went from smoke to fully engulfed in less than a minute



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:55 PM
I had the same thing happen....freakin' digital camera, portable cd player, new leather coat, luggage set, all kinds of stuff. Not to mention A LOT of cd's that went floating down the creek.

Needless to say, I don't keep those things in the car unnessecarily now....

-Crystal






Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:59 PM
Cd's
2500 bucks in sterio equipment
my seats
carbon hood
and a 3000 dollar dimond ring.. (ex gave it back to me a LONG time ago and i never thought to take it out.. oops)
and tons of leads for work... (worth more money than you think)




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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:07 PM
i know this is a depressing time for you...but whadya want for the rims?


sorry for your loss



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:08 PM
Well, I can understand all the mods....but a $3000 diamond ring!!! Are you sure that it's not still OK?

-Crystal






Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:11 PM
i searched through the rubble for a while.. no luck..

not like i needed it anyway but still



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:14 PM
Yeah....but.....pawn shop or something? That's a lot of money.

-C






Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:22 PM
never pawned it cause i was gonna loose my ass on it.. but looking back i think i shoulda..

again still just happy to be alive though..



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:24 PM
dang andy. all i can say is though material goods can be replaced but a life cant. you are so lucky. josh and i are glad youre safe! he was looking at the pics with me and our jaw just dropped.



Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Monday, October 30, 2006 7:27 PM
Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:44 AM
i got 10 bucks andy NEVER paints flames on his 03



Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:53 AM
Well, Ecotecs are known to catch on fire (2 recalls). Do you think it started there?
Good thing nothing happeed to ya, It looks brutal. Sorry for the loss.



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:57 AM
im surprised your insurance company never had it investigated...most companies do!


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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:15 PM
oh they are... this just happened sunday..

they said were looking at 3 weeks...

great...



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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:25 PM
wow dude that sucks hardcore

glad to see you're ok!


i am willing to bet one of the fuel lines somehow touched the exhaust mani and burned thru


they do get awfully close sometimes




Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:32 PM
EXESIVE FIRE (Andy Brooks) Profile wrote:Future:

blowing it up..


hmm...

you might think about changing that dude....

sorry to hear about what happened though





Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:38 PM
Just a little humor to try to brighten your mood, does that really give the name cavfire why they do the swap? sorry about your loss, my a$$ would be in there looking for that ring. glad you are ok



Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:41 PM
well blowing it up i ment the sterio but thatnks for looking out




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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:36 AM
keep us posted man...the community should know what happened so they know to look out for that defect!!


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Re: daily driver = dead.. GM strikes again?
Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:10 PM
that blows. glad you're okay. don't know what i'd do if that happened to me.


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