That every minute 20 ICE vehicles catch fire in America.
That every minute 20 ICE vehicles catch fire in America.
In reply to Azryael :
The Popular Mechanics article was probably in the 1989-1991 range.
In reply to NermalSnert (Forum Supporter) :
I spent years on a 1968 Ford 5000 tractor. It was unkillable except for the Lucas electrics. Had It for 20 years and never could get the damn headlights to work. Sold it for what I paid for it.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
I appreciate that! I will see if I can find this issue. Shouldn't be hard.
Shadeux said:In reply to NermalSnert (Forum Supporter) :
I spent years on a 1968 Ford 5000 tractor. It was unkillable except for the Lucas electrics. Had It for 20 years and never could get the damn headlights to work. Sold it for what I paid for it.
Yep. My 3000 is gasoline and starts almost instantly every time. My lights work but the best you can say about them is that they are pointed mostly forward.
I don't show it much mercy in the woods.
TIL my package from China flew into Chicago. I just assumed it would fly into California.
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:
The wing area on that looks faaaar too small for the fuselage capacity, even before figuring that hydrogen requires a lot more bulk than that to store...
grover said:That every minute 20 ICE vehicles catch fire in America.
That can't be right. I'd love to see the source. That'd be 28,800 in one day, and 10.5 million each year.
In reply to eastsideTim :
looks like just shy of 200k a year. Which if I did the math right, is roughly one every 3 minutes.
184000 fires in 2018 divided by 8760 hours per year shows 21 an hour. Edit, I did math wrong, should have been 182k, still that takes it to 20.77/HR instead of 21.4ish.
That still seems ridiculously high, screenshot from national fire protection Association PDF file
In reply to RevRico :
21 an hour sounds a lot more "reasonable".
From an anecdotal standpoint, my immediate family has had one car fire (VW Bus) that destroyed the vehicle, and one minor one that did not involve calling the authorities, we put it out ourselves. Did have a coworker's car fire make the news when he hit something on the highway and burned his Saturn to the ground. Thankfully, he was okay.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
The wings are short because they ran out of cover..
eastsideTim said:grover said:That every minute 20 ICE vehicles catch fire in America.
That can't be right. I'd love to see the source. That'd be 28,800 in one day, and 10.5 million each year.
Forty thousand Fords and Chevys every day?
Pete. (l33t FS) said:eastsideTim said:grover said:That every minute 20 ICE vehicles catch fire in America.
That can't be right. I'd love to see the source. That'd be 28,800 in one day, and 10.5 million each year.
Forty thousand Fords and Chevys every day?
Don't fear the Raptor
In reply to eastsideTim :
Pete. (l33t FS) said:eastsideTim said:grover said:That every minute 20 ICE vehicles catch fire in America.
That can't be right. I'd love to see the source. That'd be 28,800 in one day, and 10.5 million each year.
Forty thousand Fords and Chevys every day?
No, mostly Kia's and Hyundai's
Almost every vehicle I've seen burned on the side of the road had a blue oval on the grille...unless it had turned black.
2019 had 151 deaths. 2018 had 187 deaths. 2017 had 186 deaths.
Thanks for clearing my numbers up. Still a fairly large number.
TIL that John Welsh's "Today I bought a used Prius" thread is fascinating.
TIL that I'm apparently too ugly and too blue-collar to get served at a bar. Literally stood at a bar in front of the bartender for 20 minutes with cash visible in my hand while everyone else around me got served first.
In reply to NickD :
That bar doesn't deserve your money.
In reply to Appleseed :
They also didn't know what an Irish Car Bomb was. My best friend, my other friend's fiancée and myself were all going to do one to finish off the night. Once the bartender finally paid attention to me, I asked for three Irish Car Bombs and she goes "Huh?" It was loud so I assumed she didn't hear me. I repeated my order and she stared and went "....I....don't know what that is." I patiently said its a glass of Guinness and a shot of Bailey's and she looked at me, went over to the other bartender, came back and goes "I don't think we have that." As she's saying that I can see the digital register screen behind her with a selection for "Car Bomb". I just gave up, got another Jack & Coke and returned to attempting to put someone's eye out with a dart.
TIL Ford's oil life monitor tells you an oil change is needed every 12 months regardless of the mikes you did that year.
Stampie said:TIL my package from China flew into Chicago. I just assumed it would fly into California.
TIL Stampie sent his package to China.
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