a MERCZ on fire?!?

mohawkan10 SG

anyone was on ecp last friday?.... a mercz caused the jam….cos its on fire…..wat the…..

ditzy SG

Car cannot catch fire ar? Laughing

FireIce SG

of my 36 yrs, i saw twice oredi

mohawkan10 SG

can.....but its a merc....unlikely lor...merc are well-known for it reliability and durability mah......tats y i was shocked to see tat....actually, i keep seeing accidents...terrible ones...but nvr saw a car in spore on fire b4.... Laughing

ditzy SG

Must be PI, my uncle e-class, air con always spoil one. Laughing

dino67 SG

er, dun blackmark all PI leh, cos not all of them are bad…was the merc an old model or a new one.

coffeeortea SG

i witnessed a car drive off the highway and into the streets below, the driver survived, but both her children died. Fucking stupid drivers

www SG

poor car…

dino67 SG

I encountered one at Yishun…near the stadium…think it was an alfa…old model…heard it on radio to avoid the area but was too late…fire was big man…SCDF was there already but they let it burn leh like enjoying a fireworks display like that…well, eventually they did something I guess.

dino67 SG

Hi coffee, you saw it in SG??...where? details leh…

coffeeortea SG

nope.. in georgia/duluth, where i am right now.. near buford highway.

dino67 SG

dang, just like what we see on America’s scariest car chases or such…

dino67 SG

coffee, are you affected by Katrina??...aren’t you like quite close?

ceecookie SG

yea and there's speed up to 230km/h... thats the WRX top speed.... Laughing

caleb_chiang SG

Privated merc... haha... Laughing

C_boliao SG

oo.. Mercs on fire.. mine happened b4.. think that model must be ard yr 1990s… mine was E-class, that batch has lots of problem with the radiator.. always has problem with over heating.. then the best part is directly under the hood, there is one sponge cushion cover(black)... normal jap cars u can see it’s just metal, but for mercs there is this cushion cover.. think when the underhood is over heated, the cushion get too heated and thus fire up..

mach10 SG

Even Porsche can catch fire. hello...

remember the yellow one at braddell road?

hseochin SG

It's well known cause of vehicle fires as due to unprofessional fiddling with electrical stuff or unauthorised fittings etc. No make no matter how good is immune to such risks, as long as there remain people determined to try out all sorts of modifications on their vehicles because they seem to think the factory original way of doing things not as good as their own ideas !

By the way, that on fire is it a petrol or diesel model ??
To the best of my knowledge, even those M-B's with complete engine & transmission encapsulation (i.e. the diesel models like the taxis) do NOT have any higher risks of catching fires even under such hot & humid conditions in the tropics. They also have additional air inlet to suck in cooler air from outside as seen on the right side of the W 124 taxis e.g. Therefore those petrol models with the sound deaftening material on the bonnet only (instead of full encapsulation underneath as well as with the diesels) cannot be of any significant fire hazard as since the vehicle can 'tahan' a full encapsulated environment without fire, no reasons why those with only the padding on the bonnet would catch fire with any high likelihood !

Therefore any incidence of fire would have to be 'externally' caused, especially for a make of finer repute. Wonder how many people bother to check on the quality of maintenance they give to their vehicles like who they entrust it to for servicing ?

coffeeortea SG

not too badly, =), luckily, but alabama, our neighbour state is hit rather badly.

vandagal2002 SG

A FEW STORIES:

Sunday May 30, 10:17 PM
Car caught fire along PIE, driver escaped unhurt
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SINGAPORE : A 40-year-old driver of a Citroen had a close shave on Sunday morning after his car caught fire along the PIE.
He managed to escape from the burning vehicle unscathed.

He was the only one in the car when the incident happened around 11.30am along the stretch of the PIE next to Toa Payoh Sports Complex.

The driver had just left Raffles Town Club and was travelling back to his house at Kembangan, when he saw smoke.

He stopped the car along the road shoulder and got out of the car before it went up in flames.

He told Channel NewsAsia that the car, which is about 8 years old, was bought a couple of months back for his wife.

The SCDF team, which arrived about 12 minutes after the fire broke out, put out the fire almost immediately. - CNA

Monday May 3, 10:17 PM
Driver unhurt after car catches fire at Loyang
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SINGAPORE : A driver escaped injury after his vehicle caught fire at the junction of Loyang Avenue and Pasir Ris Drive 1 on Sunday.
The Hyundai Matrix was travelling along Loyang Avenue at about 10pm when it burst into flames near the junction.

Firefighters arrived shortly after and put out the fire in 10 minutes.

The car's engine compartment and dashboard were completely destroyed by the fire.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force is investigating the cause of the fire. - CNA