sunshine coast daily. front page.

teenage girl and completely burnt out superbug (from the look of it) i didnt get to see the acticle just the cover.

apparently she rang her father while the car was on fire......the father told her to get out....thus she did and survived........seriously she needed prompting to get out of a burning car:o

carry your fire extinguishers guys!

maybe she was high on the fumes?

forget the fire extinguisher always carry a mobile

:alien

when i was home last there was a burnt out kombi on the front page
what on earth is going on up there,
get your veedubs to northern volks and get them checked out ppl.

lee.

Lucky she rang her dad I wonder what would have happened if she'd rang her mum instead?! "Stay where you are sweetheart someone will come along"

I drove past as the fire brigade were putting it out.......not much left......not one bit of paint even.
Nasty end.

mmmm - ya gotta have a bit of a laugh but feel sorry for the beetle

kombis sometimes burn out(usually bad ie chaffed wiring grommits from startermotor to ign sw..

beetles(and countrybugs :-( )
also burn out...

simple fix

PEOPLE-COVER THE POSITIVE TERMINAL ON THE BATTERY....

its so easy

so so(insert swearing here) common in beetles

see battery is under seat
most(almost all) batteries have exposed terminals...

seat springs are earthed(see where im gonig here??)

someone sits on seat....................................

guess what happens when a + and - short through a 1mm thick wire...

it gets red hot...

in the middle of the `straw' seat stuffing

and all it takes to fix is.......


recessed pole battery-ie merc style...
or even a bathmat folded over the + terminal....

(boppa cries when he thinks of how many people lose their pride and joy-for the sake of a thongfull of rubber...)

:-(