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  • John Brown

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:25 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

    I don't actually know if this an EF CiViC so I PunFAIL as well.

    http://www.autospies.com/news/This-Is-What-Happens-When-A-Burnout-Goes-Wrong-60515/

  • wbjones

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:29 p.m. wbjones Dork

    LOLOLOLOLOLOL

    those are cans of beer they're using to try and put out the fire aren't they ?

  • Ignorant

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:30 p.m. Ignorant SuperDork

    it's not an ef

  • Zomby woof

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:33 p.m. Zomby woof Dork

    And then there's this burnout gone wrong

  • John Brown

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:43 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

    wbjones wrote:

    LOLOLOLOLOLOL

    those are cans of beer they're using to try and put out the fire aren't they ?

    Yes, yes they are.

  • John Brown

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:49 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

    then there is this dorktard:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMCFSo_ouw

  • John Brown

    Jan. 2, 2011 7:50 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

    then there is this dorktard:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMCFSo_ouw

  • Ignorant

    Jan. 2, 2011 8:20 p.m. Ignorant SuperDork

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lhIbBwl60

    or this guy.

  • T.J.

    Jan. 2, 2011 8:24 p.m. T.J. SuperDork

    Do burnouts count if your car is chained to some immovable object? I never understood burnouts...at least not since high school and I am the one paying for the tires.

  • MrJoshua

    Jan. 2, 2011 8:31 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

    Ignorant wrote:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lhIbBwl60

    or this guy.

    I do believe he will be kissing goodbye to more than his $600 for tires after that one.

  • neon4891

    Jan. 2, 2011 10:11 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

    John Brown wrote:

    then there is this dorktard:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMCFSo_ouw

    My first thought in Burnout Fail

  • Rufledt

    Jan. 2, 2011 11:54 p.m. Rufledt HalfDork

    Youtube has led me to believe all burnout-catastrophes are the result of dorktards. Well, not just youtube, I also had this one friend in high school...

  • ShadowSix

    Jan. 3, 2011 12:34 a.m. ShadowSix New Reader

    This truly is some well-deserved schadenfreude I think

  • aussiesmg

    Jan. 3, 2011 5:52 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

    XA Falcon downunder FAIL

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfGSBSSzqU&feature=related

  • JThw8

    Jan. 3, 2011 7:37 a.m. JThw8 SuperDork

    I guess my question is what really happened to cause the fire? Mythbusters did a whole thing on tires igniting from burnouts and were completely unable to get a tire to ignite. They even went as far as to spray fuel on the tire but could never manage any fires.

  • pinchvalve

    Jan. 3, 2011 7:51 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

    In reply to JThw8:

    Tires are made up of many different rubber compounds, and vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and from one style of tire to another. My guess is that the rubber dust from one is more flammable than the dust from another.

  • bravenrace

    Jan. 3, 2011 8:06 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork

    In reply to John Brown:

    Stupid kids. Why are stupid kids so stupid? I have two teen boys, and they aren't even as smart as they were when they were 10. Stupid kids. BTW, that's an EG Civic. And burnouts done while the vehicle is chained to an unmoveable object don't count. Stupid kids.

  • bravenrace

    Jan. 3, 2011 8:08 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork

    In reply to JThw8:

    Mythbusters are bozos. Half the time their "tests" aren't complete enough to make valid conclusions, and the other half the time they are proving things that are obvious without testing. They are entertainers, not test engineers. Bozos I tell you.

  • nickel_dime

    Jan. 3, 2011 11:02 a.m. nickel_dime Dork

    T.J. wrote:

    I never understood burnouts...at least not since high school and I am the one paying for the tires.

    TJ, I think it's a scientific fact that you have to have more than the 50hp in your classic Mini to do a true burnout. I know the 30hp in mine won't do it.

  • jbone

    Jan. 3, 2011 11:28 a.m. jbone New Reader

    Yeah mythbusters is pretty stupid. They try to debunk "myths" from anything, like jumping out of a plane on an inflatible raft (Temple of Doom). That's not a myth, its just a movie

  • Duke

    Jan. 3, 2011 12:08 p.m. Duke SuperDork

    pinchvalve wrote:

    In reply to JThw8:

    Tires are made up of many different rubber compounds, and vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and from one style of tire to another. My guess is that the rubber dust from one is more flammable than the dust from another.

    I don't think that's the tires on fire. I think he blew a line and sprayed something flammable on the exhaust manifold.

  • T.J.

    Jan. 3, 2011 2:38 p.m. T.J. SuperDork

    nickel_dime wrote:

    T.J. wrote:

    I never understood burnouts...at least not since high school and I am the one paying for the tires.

    TJ, I think it's a scientific fact that you have to have more than the 50hp in your classic Mini to do a true burnout. I know the 30hp in mine won't do it.

    Maybe if I chained it to an immovable object it would work.

  • spriteracer

    Jan. 3, 2011 5:22 p.m. spriteracer New Reader

    It only took two youtube hops from the op's video to come up with this: Challenge Vette

  • Will

    Jan. 3, 2011 7:19 p.m. Will HalfDork

    jbone wrote:

    Yeah mythbusters is pretty stupid. They try to debunk "myths" from anything, like jumping out of a plane on an inflatible raft (Temple of Doom). That's not a myth, its just a movie

    You're right. They should be testing whether Prometheus could really survive having his liver eaten by an eagle, then regenerate it only to have it eaten again the next day. Now that's a myth.

    http://xkcd.com/397/

  • Ignorant

    Jan. 3, 2011 8:26 p.m. Ignorant SuperDork

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9bK08-auNs

 
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