ICE cars are dangerous.

[Reykjavik]

[video]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d75_1388444525[/video]

I don't know if anyone was injured, but the fireball is quite spectacular. Apparently a train derailed, and a train going the opposite direction carrying 111 cars full of oil ran into it.

 

[Dan5]

Another ICE fire, taxi in the city with lots of witnesses

Photos: Cab Fire on Rittenhouse Square | News | Philadelphia Magazine

Did not EVEN make the local news! Little blurb in an online magazine.

 

[Tharo]

[video]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1e8_1388906439[/video]

Car Spontaneously Combusts On Dash Cam Video

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

A brand spanking new ICE-car catches on fire!

The source of this YouTube-clip below: FOX Sports official YouTube-channel.

Through: Chevy SS pace car catches fire at Daytona - Autoblog


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And why not throw in one more for good measure?


From one side:

And from the other:

 

[Discoducky]

On vacation in Florida and the truck we are using has a strong gas smell whenever we get out

 

[ggr]

It looked like there was smoke coming out of the cabin of the pace car! Within just a few seconds of it catching fire in the first place. I'd much rather be in a Tesla.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

My sincere apologies to anyone that has already seen this in the other dedicated thread (Porsche halts 911 GT3 deliveries after five cars caught fire in recent weeks), but this is just to good not to cross post here as well for completeness sake in this little ‘beast’ of a thread.

Image credit: Uncredited

Porsche halts 911 GT3 deliveries after five cars caught fire in recent weeks

Worldcarfans reporting that Porsche have halted deliveries completely after 5 fires in recent weeks.

It was reported that the recent car was a total write off at a cost of about $225,000 (the price of 2 P85+'s)

Sources:

Porsche halts 911 GT3 deliveries after five cars caught fire - report

Axis Of Oversteer: 991 GT3s are so hot they are catching on fire.

Porsche suspends 911 GT3 deliveries amidst fears of spontaneous combustion - Autoblog

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

Top Gear recently managed to torch an ICE car from a Danish Car Manufacturer. After allegedly spending an hour+ on intensive high speed testing, and consuming ~50 liters of fuel – a 7 liter V8 does get really great fuel mileage after all – they were able to film this footage. Skip to 5:16 for the BBQ:

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

Interested in seeing what a 2001 Corvette Z06 looks like after it's been driven really, really fast allegedly/according to law enforcement, and collided with a Lincoln Town Car?

Hint: Charcoal.

And: Thanks to some good folks who managed to pull out a twenty-something male from the Corvette, and an 87-year old woman and a 94-year-old from the Town Car – all with non-life-threatening injuries – nobody was killed in this event.

[Insert appropriate wording here] Rescued From Fiery Car Crash | TMZ.com (Scroll down ~1 screen hight.)

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

Two of the absolute ‘greatest hits’ of 2014 for completeness:


First:

A brand new pretty expensive ICE-car fresh from the dealer lot spontaneously erupts to a rather large fireball. And fast. And on video. Thankfully no-one got hurt.

2015 GMC Yukon erupts into flames during Anaheim test drive [w/video] - Autoblog


And second:

The epic ICE-clusterpile photograph taken in the middle of some snow, seemingly not that many winter tires, and of course an ICE fireball to top it all off:

 

[jerry33]

Tale of the cat.

Yesterday after taking a cat to the vet, it went missing in the garage where the ICE car is kept. It was thought that the cat had climbed into the engine compartment or elsewhere in the car. So I jacked the car up, put it on jack stands and went under to look. It only took about fifteen minutes and the fumes from the undercarriage and engine made me nauseous. I used to work around cars all the time and it was a real surprise that I could no longer take it--or perhaps there's a difference between clean race cars and dirty commuter cars. Just another way that ICE cars are dangerous.

Oh, yes, the cat wasn't in the car.

 

[adiggs]

Tale of the cat.

Yesterday after taking a cat to the vet, it went missing in the garage where the ICE car is kept. It was thought that the cat had climbed into the engine compartment or elsewhere in the car. So I jacked the car up, put it on jack stands and went under to look. It only took about fifteen minutes and the fumes from the undercarriage and engine made me nauseous. I used to work around cars all the time and it was a real surprise that I could no longer take it--or perhaps there's a difference between clean race cars and dirty commuter cars. Just another way that ICE cars are dangerous.

Oh, yes, the cat wasn't in the car.

Apparently the cat was smart enough to stay away from those ICE car fumes 'jerry

 

[Doug_G]

All of this year's Porsche 911 GT3's are being recalled to replace their engines, which are catching on fire.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-autos-vw-porsche-idUSBREA2H2AL20140318

 

[Mookuh]

Found this on a gag site (9gag), dunno if there was a big recall attached. I like the imagery :3

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

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I wonder what happened to this Merc C-class...


Edit: Removed the image since I don't know the backstory...

 

[jerry33]

I wonder what happened to this Merc C-class...

It appears to be Photoshop.

 

[Pilot_51]

 

[arg]

Would you prefer an EV or an ICE when entering a lion enclosure?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-27092884

 

[Doug_G]

Bus Fire on 401

Tourists forced to flee burning bus on Hwy. 401 | Toronto Star

50 Australian tourists heading to Ottawa bailed out - no one hurt. 401 is still closed because they have to repave it. Apparently a tire caught fire leading to the entire vehicle burning.

 

[green1]

Woman Killed after Porche rolls, busts in to flames

But don't worry, it's those battery fires that will get you...