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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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yesterday leavin school around noon i notice smoke so me being noisy i go outta my way to see what it was. it was at the corner of higgins and cumburland. i see a vette parked on the side then a see a black ws6 looked stock with flames coming from the hood. anyone know about this. made me a little sad.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Damn that sucks, I dont know what I would do if my car started on fire.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:38 PM
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thats what i was thinking. yea its replaceable but all the memorys that make it yours.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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That and all the time and money I have put into mine that I wouldnt get back from insurance.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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That really sucks.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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Wow....that sucks. I don't know what I would do it it was mine.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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i talked to my school security gaurd. he said the guy just bought it and its been sitting for almost a year. there was a nest built by the headers that started on fire. it only had 30k miles!!!!!!
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by nick122590
i talked to my school security gaurd. he said the guy just bought it and its been sitting for almost a year. there was a nest built by the headers that started on fire. it only had 30k miles!!!!!!
How the **** do you buy a car without popping the hood and seeing this.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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That and all the time and money I have put into mine that I wouldnt get back from insurance.
Collectors insurance FTW. If your car isn't a daily driver and you have another car, you can insure it for "agreed value" which will pay you replacement value in the event of a total loss, not just kbb value or what a normal policy would pay. I carry $10k agreed value on my 95 T/A with almost 128k on the clock. My car is clean and rust free. i'd have to travel south to find a replacement car since most up here get driven year round. The insurance costs me $264 a year with a 5k mi mileage restriction, however they didn't ask for an odometer reading when i started the policy. I usually do around 4k mi a year.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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thats why i went to ace hardware and spent a little over 100 for a 4 pack of fire extinguishers and keep two on me....

oh...they really dont weigh that much either
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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yea when i heard that. i didnt know if i should laugh, cry, or chase him down and beat him with a bat.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop
Collectors insurance FTW. If your car isn't a daily driver and you have another car, you can insure it for "agreed value" which will pay you replacement value in the event of a total loss, not just kbb value or what a normal policy would pay. I carry $10k agreed value on my 95 T/A with almost 128k on the clock. My car is clean and rust free. i'd have to travel south to find a replacement car since most up here get driven year round. The insurance costs me $264 a year with a 5k mi mileage restriction, however they didn't ask for an odometer reading when i started the policy. I usually do around 4k mi a year.
What insurance is that, that you're going through?
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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interested in the collectors insurance as well
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Ya some ********** hit mine the other day and didn't leave ****.... ******* jag offs.
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Originally Posted by ttranssam
thats why i went to ace hardware and spent a little over 100 for a 4 pack of fire extinguishers and keep two on me....

oh...they really dont weigh that much either
Might help, but most likely those will be as good as pissing in the wind by time you get them, get out of the car, get the hood open, etc.

But a good idea still


I have a Halon system for my race car, JUST incase. Hold your break and pull the cord
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MetallicaMatt
Might help, but most likely those will be as good as pissing in the wind by time you get them, get out of the car, get the hood open, etc.

But a good idea still


I have a Halon system for my race car, JUST incase. Hold your break and pull the cord
You'd be surprised on how much you can put out if you know what you're doing
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 11:45 PM
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when i totalled my 99 SS, i fought with insurance over the value of the car.. took me about a money of persuading.. found every decent NBM ss on the site and showed them, and they told me to pick one that was the closest to mine mileage wise and year wise.. and they gave me the $, I got LUCKY, because they were trying to give me somewhere in the 6-7k range...
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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I always carry a fire extinguisher in my GTO, the one i have is from Halguard, it doesn't leave any powder or residue.

We sell them, the one I have is $125
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28/2002
Having a car burn is no fun, I've been there




ouch that hurts to see. alteast your safe tho
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