>The interesting thing about the Citroen C3 fires that I
>mentioned before, was that most of the cars stood on the
>importer's or dealers' lots with everything turned off.
Me thinks there is slightly more to that story. There is more
than one way to get rid of cars that don't sell or that somebody
doesn't want sold.
This all reminds me of my vehicle fire that wasn't. My wife and
I had just purchased a used 1988 Plymouth Voyager minivan. We
took off on a trip to Michigan and stopped to fill up with gas
about an hour from home. I smelled gas, but hey, I was in a gas
station. We took off and a couple miles down the road the gas
odor became rather strong. I thought it was the car that had
just passed us, but the movement of the gas-guage caught my eye
and I realized that it was us. I whipped off on the shoulder
and we jumped out. I grabbed the fire-extinguisher and tossed
my camera bag out the door (protecting the valuables!). Every
inch of the underside of the Voyager was dripping
gasoline--including the entire exhaust system. I popped open
the hood and the broken fuel-line was still spurting out gas.
The right-half of the engine compartment was soaked and there
was standing gas everywhere.
I was one very nervous dude until enough evaperation took place
and the exhaust system dried. We won't talk about the fumes
that could've ignited due to some trucker tossing his cigerette
but out the window. Anyway, it took me about five minutes with
my jackknife and screwdriver to fix the broken fuel-line.
We calculate that we lost around eight gallons of gas in the
engine compartment in just a minute or two. The fuel pump had
created a nice fountain.
AG-I still smell like a refinery-Schnozz
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