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Old 02-27-2014, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by conedoctor View Post
I was not going to comment but now I will.

The part that gets me is "explodes" cars don't explode! Well not too often anyway, exploding and lots of flames is not the same.

This is what happens when people watch TV and think its real, I get that some cars do explode and have over the years.
Yeah the term explodes is misued a lot, burst into flames is about the worst you will ever see.

About the only way to get a car to explode is shooting a high powered rifle at an empty fuel tank that's full of fuel vapors.

FWIW, I've seen dozens of cars burning on the roadside/on the news, never once has it been a BMW. Why is it all the crapbox car-b-ques never get the attention a costly vehicle burning gets.

Want to look at a high fire risk vehicle? There are OVER 14,000,000 Toyotas on the US roads that have seat materals in the heated seats that don't pass DOT required materal specs. Seems a few suppliers have been using cheaper materals to increase profits. Production has been stopped and recall letters are going to owners.
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