"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
11/07/2013 at 20:23 • Filed to: I Thought Only Italian Cars Burst Into Flames.
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"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
11/07/2013 at 20:23 • Filed to: I Thought Only Italian Cars Burst Into Flames. | 0
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If it was on FP, I missed it. So here, learn about it after the fact here and now with me.
http://www.newser.com/story/177229/t…
imadeaburner
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
11/07/2013 at 20:30 |
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You run shit over or damage a GIANT FUCKING BOX FILLED WITH VOLATILE CHEMICALS AND EXPECT NO FIRE?
That is all on the customer....Not the manufacturer...
PatBateman
> imadeaburner
11/07/2013 at 20:38 |
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On the customer?! No. As a former firefighter, I've been on literally HUNDREDS of car accident calls, and I've never EVER witnessed a situation where the damaged vehicle spontaneously combusts after running over debris. Knock a hole in the bottom of an Accord? You lose fluid or damage your vehicle. It will not, however, catch fire.
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imadeaburner
> PatBateman
11/07/2013 at 20:42 |
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A battery pack is far different from a floor board.
Or a high voltage wire from a battery pack to a motor.
Thats a totally different thing than just a normal car.
Let's also look at it this way, the customer ran the fucking tihng over. Not the designer, or the manufacturer of the car.
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PatBateman
> imadeaburner
11/07/2013 at 20:46 |
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Exactly my point. Would you expect your $80k-$100k vehicle that has a battery pack with "volatile chemicals" in it to be susceptible to puncture from road debris and then to catch fire?
NO. There may be a need to put additional plating under the battery.
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imadeaburner
> PatBateman
11/07/2013 at 20:48 |
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They don't expect people to run over tow hitches.
I see your point, there should be a plate or something to protect, but like I said they don't expect people to barrel over giant hunks of metal just chilling in the road.
My opinion is its the customers fault for running it over, the company has no fault in that.
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PatBateman
> imadeaburner
11/07/2013 at 20:55 |
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The company didn't drive over the hitch, obviously. But you have to know that, when you're making and designing a vehicle with a compartment that has chemicals that can rupture and catch fire basically on their own, that some of the cars WILL hit foreign objects on the road. And, without knowing the details of the accident, no one can place blame on the driver either. I had a friend in college die because she hit a feed sack in the middle of the road when a truck in front of her cleared it and there was no where to go (no shoulder, two lane road with opposing traffic). It wasn't her fault; it was the fault of whoever let the bag fall out of their vehicle.
When a manufacturer makes thousands of cars, they have to know that things like this have the risk of happening. It's a design flaw the will probably be easily corrected.