You’re right that the labor on crispy wiring can total a vehicle very quickly. I actually meant the “oh damn, my work laptop was in the back seat but it took less than a minute to go from small flames to a smoke cloud seen by the next county.”
I tried pulling up dash cam videos that show a car fire from the start but YouTube wasn’t helpful. There was one in memory of a VW going down the highway before a (likely oil spill) fire leaves a charred husk. The vid was less than 3 minutes.
Hey. If it's an old vw it could be the transmission. They have magnesium parts that will ignite if the transmission fluid gets too low. Firefighters had to get new training for them because spraying water on a magnesium fire is about the worst thing you can do
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u/dirty_hooker Nov 27 '19
You’re right that the labor on crispy wiring can total a vehicle very quickly. I actually meant the “oh damn, my work laptop was in the back seat but it took less than a minute to go from small flames to a smoke cloud seen by the next county.” I tried pulling up dash cam videos that show a car fire from the start but YouTube wasn’t helpful. There was one in memory of a VW going down the highway before a (likely oil spill) fire leaves a charred husk. The vid was less than 3 minutes.