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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 01:25 AM
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Gti in Flames!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DjGPipy_zcE
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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We keep fire extinguishers in the cars for that reason... Which reminds me I need to get one. Dads TL has one, as does moms van.

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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 02:19 AM
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Atleast you would have a water bottle in the car.... I keep one in the trunk always, really no purpose to have on in the trunk....But anyway the fire truck cam kinda fast
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 07:23 AM
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Hopefully those BBS CHs were salvageable!
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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And it just so happens that they were driving around w/ a camera?
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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looks like a CARFAX commercial
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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I bet all those ricers with the a-pillar mounted fire extinguishers are laughing now. J/k.

Seriously, though, that sucks. I've always loved the GTIs.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=fire+quickly

when a video is dated May 10th 2005, there's a good chance we've seen it before...

I'll leave this thread open since the 2 year old link in the original thread is dead...
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 04:29 PM
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poor GTI...
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 04:39 PM
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Yeah, I posted this vid back in 05'...

Sucks big time...
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Probably a leak in the oil line to the turbo.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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this was posted years ago
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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the driver is super smart, leaving doors and hood open so the flame can spread out freely.

geez
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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does insurance cover your car catching on fire like this?
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 01:52 PM
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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lol...Green Monster I remember seeing this video here on acurazine 2 years ago...think it was trev0009 or some user name similar to that posted it
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