verry sad story :(
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verry sad story :(
so on Sunday i was driving to my aunts because me and a buddy of mine where going ice fishing we get there and about 3 hours went buy didn't catch anything so we started to head back and about 4 miles out of town when service engine light turns on so i was like alright so i took it easy on it and started to go 50 in a 70 then all of a sudden my car dies i pull over and black smoke starts rolling out of the hood so i get out and ashes are fallen from the back of the engine and then just went up into flames ;( i freaked out called the fire dept and told them to get there and i gess they went down the wrong rode and took them a half an hour to get to me. They said they inspected it after words and said that the catalytic converter started on fire. so now im in collage with a crappy job and no vehicle
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Re: verry sad story :(
Oh no! It's a vert! My heart is out to you. Just be forwarned everyone is going to ask for parts now. LOL
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Re: verry sad story :(
oh wow, at least you weren't trapped inside!
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oh my god dude that kinda makes me sick
another reason to ditch the cat
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man sorry for your lose. hope you still buy another third gen someday. does anyone know how the cat can start on fire? never heard that before. If your runnin no cat will the fumes bother you in the interior. if its an off road trans am.
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when a cat gets clogged its can get VERY hot and how would fumes get in the interior?
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Dude i cant even think of anything to say but sorry!!!!! I hope u still go with a 3rd gen though.
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Dang that is a sad story, Hope you get something worked out.
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Bummer, glad you are ok, sorry that happened...
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how much for the seats?
had to say it. good thing you got out. my dads vette did the same thing and looked the same. did you have insurance?
had to say it. good thing you got out. my dads vette did the same thing and looked the same. did you have insurance?
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That's awful man. I'm sure you are sick of hearing it so I won't say sorry.
All that from a cat'?
All that from a cat'?
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ouch... i would be very upset if that happened to mine.. sorry for the loss.... i ditched my caty.... and for the smell no it doesn't or atleast it don't for me :S when i have the glasspack on my exhaust is still halfway under the car and i don't smell anything unless i start it :S cause i kinda burns rich on start up
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May she rest in peace....
How did the passenger rim get so mangled? It looks like the entire outer section is just gone! I don't think a fire can do that?
How did the passenger rim get so mangled? It looks like the entire outer section is just gone! I don't think a fire can do that?
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id love to see some pics of the car before this happened, maybe brighten up the thread a bit
but yeah that rim is pretty tore up im geussin they dragged the car to where it sits?
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Very sorry for your loss. That sort of thing makes me sad. Thats always been one of my worries. I've had one car catch fire before. It was just a beater though. Ever since then i carry a fire extinguisher in all of my vehicles.
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damn! i plan to carry a fire extinguisher in my car, i have heard to many people losing there cars to match size fires that grow out of control in such a short time and they all wished they had spend the money on a extinguisher. . . i was in a car with a under hood fire once. we had an extinguisher by the time we got to it, the fire started to burn the under hood insulation and flames where creeping up from under the cowl a pull of the pin and a few sweeps put it out. . . im fearful of that happening to me one day but i hope im best prepared for that if it should ever happen . it sucks to see a thirdgen die by fire
especially a vert and its got to be one of the worst feelings to stand there and watch it go up in flames with nothing you can do
especially a vert and its got to be one of the worst feelings to stand there and watch it go up in flames with nothing you can do
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If its hot enough it can. Notice his hood is also mangled from the heat. And sorry bud that really blows. I hope you find another one.
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i gess my cat was plugged up and was gunna get it fixed soon just didn't have the fundings, i first realized it when there was a little blow back in the engine just a bunch of soot and such, but yeah it started at the cat and i guess it just worked its way to the engine got the stuff on the hood and then as soon as it hit the top it was completely went up into flames. The cop just sat there next to it while we waited for the fire dept come took them for ever and when they put it out it looked like this and they towed it up on a flat bed and we pritty mutch watched it go away. it was still smoking on the flatbed to!
i want to get another third gen but im gunna wait tell im more financially stable and im going to get a truck when i get enough for one, the incurence couldn't do anything about it since i only had liability![go crazy](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/go crazy.gif)
so latly i have been bumen rides from people to just get rides to work
i just want my car back
i want to get another third gen but im gunna wait tell im more financially stable and im going to get a truck when i get enough for one, the incurence couldn't do anything about it since i only had liability
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so latly i have been bumen rides from people to just get rides to work
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That does suck im sorry I probably woud of stayed in the car i wouldent let my baby go with out me haha. but i agree thats y i got rid of my cat. now im runnung off the down tube and i go to a inspection place in northside who will pass it for like $10 more. I hope you get another f-body soon
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