Third Tesla Model S catches fire. - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

HuskyMan · #31 11-13-2013, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by P.C.

Sorry, but I just don't buy your premise that a car on fire is a time for concern. I would have no problem driving around in a burning car, especially in cooler weather. As a matter of fact, if the car was British or Italian, doing so would be a matter of routine...

A friend of mine once said that people who tail gate and ride your bumper drive "like their azz is on fire".

TwitchKitty · #32 11-20-2013, 06:10 PM

If anyone on the board buys a new Tesla by the end of 2013 I will send them a free bag of marshmallows in case of fire.

The lower stock value costs a company when raising additional funds.

Jim B. · #33 11-21-2013, 03:07 AM

These things are really really thick on the ground in Silicon Valley, which even has a sales showroom for them in Menlo Park.

I was down there recently, in fact, and parked my new BMW next to one.

It looked great, to me; as they say in the Southwest, "slicker than snake spit"..

Loved the license plate on it. A middle aged Asian gal came out and got into it, right as I left.

Jim B. · #34 11-21-2013, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty

If anyone on the board buys a new Tesla by the end of 2013 I will send them a free bag of marshmallows in case of fire.

The lower stock value costs a company when raising additional funds.

That's just plain MEAN, Kitteh.

We will buy *YOU* one too, when an Audi 5000 plows into your rear end while you are stopped in your car at the Bridge Toll Plaza.

Now go get into your Ford Pinto with its Firestone 500 tires and drive away from here towards whatever your future may hold.

Jim B. · #35 11-21-2013, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

A friend of mine once said that people who tail gate and ride your bumper drive "like their azz is on fire".

Out HERE the expression is "like their TAIL is on fire, and their AZZ is catchin'."

MTI · #36 11-21-2013, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

Any time a car is on fire is time for concern. The driver has two options:

1. Pull over and if a fire extinguisher is on board, attempt to extinguish the fire. However, if the fire reaches the fuel tank or in this case the batteries an explosion "might" result.

2. Physically get as far away from the automobile as possible then call for help. that way, if the fire reaches either the fuel tank or the batteries, you won't become Krispy Kritters.

Nearly every driving safety class and first responders will tell you that "Rule No. 1" is not to do what Husky says is No. 1. If your car is on fire . . . you are much better off getting as far away as possible, letting the fire extinguisher you have stashed someplace get charred.

strelnik · #37 11-21-2013, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Idle

The

300 SEL 6.3 owners know that the fastest way to destroy your engine if not your entire car is to hit something lying in the road due to the design of the 6.3 oil pan.

Has Mercedes recalled all the 109.018's yet?

How many are still on the road (trailer queens don't count)?

When was the last time one was made?

strelnik · #38 11-21-2013, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDon

The cars already come equipped with a 1/4" "armor plate" as the under body panels.

Given their cost, why not add Citroen Hyadractive suspension and just raise the car body an additional 12" off the ground to drive above whatever is in the road