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Smart car fires?
« on: October 24, 2017, 05:01:14 pm »
It's a FGC with an electrical system. Why wouldn't it catch on fire?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fire-smart-car-investigation-1.4367105
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Re: Smart car fires?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2017, 06:58:16 pm »
The check engine light was burning with such intensity the whole car went up.

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Re: Smart car fires?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2017, 09:20:24 pm »
It was going so fast that it burnt up on re-entry?

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