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 trickysimon
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 posted on February 27th, 2009 at 12:40 PM |
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Another Beetle Burnt
Check those fuel lines and always carry a fire extinguisher!
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Mick058
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 12:51 PM |
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firefighter 1 said to firefighter 2 "Where did the engine go"
"Must have melted away" said firefighter 3...
funny pic - reminds me of the cover of the 'idiots guide to Veedubs'
i know thats not true - but the photo is convincing.
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 02:02 PM |
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pffft it was only a fat chick.. 
 to the fat chicks in the house
more importantly is the story under the wreck.. 
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 04:12 PM |
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pffft it was only a fat chick..
to the fat chicks in the house
more importantly is the story under the wreck..
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HEY. Not very nice MR H   
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 04:28 PM |
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Almost as tragic as the headlines below it
"Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is? Why don't you tell it like it REALLY is?" - stereophonics
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 09:55 PM |
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i just read this
NO WAY! get out of town
i'm from wagga too.... simon!
sorry to see.. wasn't yours i hope
i had a major fuel leak yesterday on the way home from work in my square, the fumes were so bad it was making me sick..
replaced all the fuel lines as soon as i pulled into the driveway....
no flames and i'm still alive!
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trickysimon
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 10:10 PM |
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Nah wasn't mine but apparently my brother knew the girl who owned it 
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 10:11 PM |
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ditto..from wagga
i had this happen to me about 18 months ago...fortunately the firetruck arrived in time to give my fat chick a drink through the engine lid
vents..scary stuff
was due to a thrown fanbelt caught under the pulley and ignited with friction and burnt through the fuel line.
i feelsorry for the guy who owns that one......not nice watching it burn.
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trickysimon
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 10:28 PM |
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What colour is your fat chick Phil?
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| posted on February 27th, 2009 at 11:26 PM |
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wattle yellow,chrome wheels
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trickysimon
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| posted on February 28th, 2009 at 06:38 PM |
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Hmm think I see it parked out the front of the Oasis when I go to the gym there.
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| posted on February 28th, 2009 at 08:58 PM |
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pffft ill bet close inspection would reveal the classic clear plastic fuel filter in the engine bay
one word of advice ill say now is if u have a lockable engine lid catch, unlock it b4 driving
by the time u stop if a fire starts its to hot to unlock it
just stand back and watch ur poor vw burn
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| posted on February 28th, 2009 at 09:41 PM |
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yeah simon...go to gym there too..i'm one of the old greybeards trying to regain my youth.
you're right there joel..when i had a fire in mine ..after the firetruck had made its deposit (i discovered later the combustion chambers full of
water) a fireman took his glove off and tried to open the lid...burnt his fingers
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 posted on March 1st, 2009 at 12:15 AM |
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Looks like it was a 1303S beetle [L beetle]
Time to take the fuel filter out of the engine compartment...
replace the fuel lines...
Buy a Fire Extinguisher... [or 2]
Why were the firemen looking under the bonnet??
Probably wanted to know what was under there.. lol
A Beetle engine fire really needs to be hit with a fire extinguisher as early as possible...
before the flames go thru to inside the car...
and before You get burnt from the flames as you open the engine lid..
LEE
PS: still a shame to see a beetle that is being driven to be destroyed by fire..
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| posted on March 1st, 2009 at 06:38 PM |
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Burnt beetle..... that is sad....
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