So, I am walking out of school and going to my car and there is a firetruck at the far end of the parking lot. Apparently two morons were trying to jump a car and somehow they managed to start a fire in one of the car's engine bay (hence the firetruck). How is that possible? Would there need to be gas or oil in the engine bay for a spark to ignite? Anyway, it was a very boring day, but I chuckled when I saw those kids freaking out after the car caught fire.

 

Shouldnt this be in the off-topic forum?

 

The same thing happened to my buddy. If you connect the cables backwards it will spark which could in tern cause a fire. You're right, all it takes is two idiots...

Or in my buddy's case, only one.

 

why yes, yes it should...or "all other vehicles" or an argument could be made for "maintenance"....but off topic is probably best.

 

there is a real simple explanation.....

our car batteries are lead/acid batteries, a by product of the battery is Hydrogen. it even states on the battery not to smoke or cause sparks near it. hydrogen is very explosive ( Nagasaki and Hiroshima come to mind)

just remember not to smoke or cause sparks near one and you should be safe.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to cause a problem.

 

Tell me, how are you 92.35% away from owning a new z06? I am quite interested, being the crazy corvette fan that I am.

 

Financially. (Not including tax, tags, insurance.)

 

Where the heck did you get 64,000 bucks from...that you could blow on something like that?! No offense but don't go buy a Z06 thats gonna be worth 45,000 in 2-3 years because of depreciation. The difference right there buys you a brand new tC. If you really want one, buy a low mileage used one 6 months from now.

Anyways, I would have laughed my butt of if I had seen that. That's quite funny. Did you get to see anyone's car blow up?

 

Lets keep this on topic the question about the Z06 has been answerd lets leave it be an go back to the 2 idjots.

 

no way would I buy an older one if I had the flow to buy a new one! Do you even know the specs on a new Z06? Out of this world, it's like buying an exotic for half or even a third of the price. No disrespect to tc's but, not even is the same . . . anything (dang it! can't think of a proper analogy!)

 

Hey, watch the calling people stupid for starting their vehicle on fire. My motorcycle battery was dead so I jumped the battery with my car. The bad thing is, the wiring is very bad on my motorcycle....example being wires are covered in duct tape (done by the owner before me). Anyway, I didn't realize that the main power wire from the battery to the rest of the bike was simply several lengths of SPEAKER WIRE duct taped together to make one larger wire. Well, needless to say, when you are trying to send a lot of power through such wonderfully engineered wiring....it starts on fire. And the best part was, it was right under the gas tank. So after two minutes of blowing and spitting on my motorcycle, the fire goes out. I have since replaced all the wiring in that motorcycle.

 

Well that was legit, but these two kids are idiots even if the fire wasn't their fault.

 

If you read my sig properly, you would see that I am 92.35% AWAY from owning a new Z06. Meaning that I have only a tiny portion of the cost. It was basically a joke to show how little money I have and how bad I want a Vette. And the depreciation means nothing to me because I love Corvettes like you would not believe. It's my preference and it's not up for debate, sorry.

I totally agree, but to me, it's not even all about the 505 HP and 6 speeds of bliss. I just have an indescribable love for Vettes (as weird as that sounded).

MODS LOCK THIS UP; IT'S ONLY GOING TO LEAD TO A FLAMEFEST. Thanks!

 

Makes sense that it'd cause fire trouble. We were doing a basic lab in physics with a power source and a genius partner of mine decided to hook both ends of the wire to the... I think it was the negative terminal? Anyway, after he hooked them up he lost interest and began to walk away and mess with something else, leaving the wire to smoke and get really hot really fast. Guess who got to yank off the burning alligator clips?

...that anecdote is the roundabout way of asking: if you hooked up a cable with both ends to one battery's negative terminal, would you get the same result?

 

You should never attach both of the jumper cables to the battery of the car with the battery that needs jumping. You put the negative on a grounded part of the frame.
It just takes a small spark to light any gases leaking from a bad battery.

 

is there a Z06 model for the C6's?

 

Have you been living under a rock?

 

I think I'll get rid of my sig now.