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11-14-2006, 12:21 PM
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New Z06 catches fire
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11-14-2006, 12:37 PM
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It seems like just the rear caught. I wonder if they will total it or not, cuz that would be a mean engine and tranny swap into another car 
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11-14-2006, 12:39 PM
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crap, wrong thread... mods, can you erase this post?
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11-14-2006, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tuffguy
crap, wrong thread... mods, can you erase this post?
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Theres a little cross on the right side that says delete 
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11-14-2006, 12:59 PM
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ups, on fire. i'm not sure if it makes sense to rebuild the car... i guess you'll be able to buy some vette parts on ebay soon...
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11-14-2006, 01:12 PM
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brilliant build quality. 8)
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11-14-2006, 01:31 PM
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This story has a number of versions, many of which make no sense.
The bottomline is that any modern car with remote oil reservoirs and a high pressure distributed oil cooling systems can catch fire in an instant.
Oh - havent a bunch of F-cars and Lambos been all burned up recently as well?
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11-14-2006, 01:52 PM
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Looks like Jeremy Clarkson was wrong when he said it could "outrun the fuel that powers it" 
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11-14-2006, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ellen feiss
brilliant build quality. 8)
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Yeah.
Just like all of those Ferraris that burn up too, right?
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11-14-2006, 02:54 PM
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No cars perfect, just unlucky maybe... wouldn't stop me from buyiing one if I had the coin 
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11-14-2006, 03:24 PM
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I guess they call it a "hot Corvette" for a reason.
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11-14-2006, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
This story has a number of versions, many of which make no sense.
The bottomline is that any modern car with remote oil reservoirs and a high pressure distributed oil cooling systems can catch fire in an instant.
Oh - havent a bunch of F-cars and Lambos been all burned up recently as well?
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Exactly, and all it takes is one guy forgetting to properly tighten up a union and thats it, hot oil on even hotter exhaust pipe, up she goes.
Not a matter of build quality IMO, that is the design in my eyes, this kind of thing is more a product of who has been working on the car!! 
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11-14-2006, 03:53 PM
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I hear about more Ferrari's literally melting onto the street more than I hear about Z06 blowin up
Either way, damn that must suck.
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