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how common is it for a car to catch fire whilst driving along?

it's happened to me today for the second time in a few months, I assume this isn't normal and I just run bad at cars

Fairly common on my estate. Only slightly more common than houses, bins, cats, trees, pigeons...

Not very normal.

I do have a question though.  Where do you put the petrol when you fill up?

You know that the hole the petrol goes in isnt an ash tray as well right? If thats not the problem then Jane must have taught you how to drive? ;hide;

the men at the petrol stations put the fuel in for us so I assume they put it in the right place as it's all they have to do all day apart from clean the windscreen and ask us for jobs. I do have to constantly stop them from putting in diesel though, they're determined to do it one day

both fires have been electrical and in different cars, only 1 of which I was driving so I'm sure I'm not entirely to blame. was rather disconcerting today when I finally figured out that the strange smell was linked to the large quantities of smoke billowing out from behind the dash into the footwell

What car makes were/are the two?

Out of interest, what cars are were they? 

Merdedes 190 and Jeep Cherokee

Where did you get them from? Dealership, New, or were they from a private seller?

Got any enemies?

Just put it down to variance you should be on an upswing soon.

I would have folded on the first sign of smoke though

When you run bad sometimes you are merely playing bad.

Gatso-
I would think your odds at winning poker would be better than having TWO cars go up in flames!

I must admit, once I was driving a friend's car to work (mine had urgent needs and went to the garage earlier that day and I couldn't miss work - what a friend!)
The car lost power so I pulled off to the side.
As I was making a phone call I noticed sparks from under the engine (yes, it was turned OFF!).  His beloved jalopy became a flame ball in minutes!  
Funniest thing about that old jalopy -- it wasn't insured for collision, but it WAS insured for FIRE!
I ended up making him a profit, but I STILL had to get to work!

having seen gatso try and play poker i think your wrong

there is more chance of someone winning the lottery 5 times in 6 weeks than there is of gatso winning at poker

So with odds like that why dont you predict how many more cars are going to catch fire, and then problem solved?  :D

Dealer


see above dealer. I've just realised he must be trying to kill me. I'll post the story tomorrow of what happened with the first car I got from him, I don't have time to write it at the moment but combined with the 2 fires and a few others I've had from him I think we have compelling evidence

I'd be angry about that comment if it wasn't so true

Did i see Gatso in Sussex today???


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZmRc90Apio

Not common although it has happened to me.

Travelling to college one morning with 3 mates (in my trusty :) Y reg Fiesta) the engine suddenly cuts out so im free wheeling down the road and a car coming the other way suddenly frantically flashes his lights and points at the front of the car. I think whats his problem and suddenly notice my bonnet start to go black and smoke pour from under it. I look for somewhere to pull over while 3 mates try to exit a 2 door Fiesta at 20 mph all at the same time out 1 door! I pull into a pub car park the fire brigade turn up and extinguish the fire and whats left of said trusty Y reg Fiesta. They informed me a petrol hose must have split causing the engine to stop and the fire to start.

The real interesting part would have been if it had cut out a few seconds earlier I would have been able to free wheel into a petrol station (thinking I was just out of petrol) with a car that was a fire ball a few minutes later!  :o