Not something I have to worry about for awhile.
I was coming home yesterday from a doctor’s appointment, right in the middle of rush hour traffic, coming out of downtown Dallas, and my car started losing power.
I looked at the gauges the temp gauge was maxed out. The car started losing power, and I got it over to the shoulder of the road…and it caught on fire.
Not a little fire, but a huge roaring fire, totally engulfed like you’d see in a movie or something.
There happened to be a courtesy patrol car right behind me, and he came and got me out of the car right before it burst into flames.
He called the fire department who showed up to put out the fire.
It was an older car, so I didn’t have comprehensive insurance on it. I have no idea what I’m going to do.
@Tadlem43 Whoa! That’s terrible! But so lucky that patrolman was right behind to rescue you. I’m sorry you don’t have the insurance; same here with my older car.
I hope things improve for you.
I’m facing a real challenge in the car-cleaning area at the moment. My '06 Grand Caravan had the A/C drain-water-ending-up-on-passenger-floor problem that’s common to this and a number of other models as well. Once the fact of the condensate intrusion is identified, the solution is often easy, but this one flew under the radar for long enough that a dense white plaque of mushroom mycelium has formed in the carpet on that side. (Happily, it does not appear to have infested the sound deadening mat underneath.) I’ve stopped the condensate from getting onto the floor, so the mycelium has gone dormant, but many types can survive prolonged droughts, and I suspect this is one of them.
I’m going to apply a fungicide to kill it, but I suspect that the plaque will not simply disintegrate and make itself easily removable. This promises to be the opposite of fun.
Not something I have to worry about for awhile.
I was coming home yesterday from a doctor’s appointment, right in the middle of rush hour traffic, coming out of downtown Dallas, and my car started losing power.
I looked at the gauges the temp gauge was maxed out. The car started losing power, and I got it over to the shoulder of the road…and it caught on fire.
Not a little fire, but a huge roaring fire, totally engulfed like you’d see in a movie or something.
There happened to be a courtesy patrol car right behind me, and he came and got me out of the car right before it burst into flames.
He called the fire department who showed up to put out the fire.
It was an older car, so I didn’t have comprehensive insurance on it. I have no idea what I’m going to do.
It’s been a rough week.
@Tadlem43
Whoa! That’s terrible! But so lucky that patrolman was right behind to rescue you. I’m sorry you don’t have the insurance; same here with my older car.
I hope things improve for you.
A Detailer comes to my house and cleans my car…beautifully.
I’m facing a real challenge in the car-cleaning area at the moment. My '06 Grand Caravan had the A/C drain-water-ending-up-on-passenger-floor problem that’s common to this and a number of other models as well. Once the fact of the condensate intrusion is identified, the solution is often easy, but this one flew under the radar for long enough that a dense white plaque of mushroom mycelium has formed in the carpet on that side. (Happily, it does not appear to have infested the sound deadening mat underneath.) I’ve stopped the condensate from getting onto the floor, so the mycelium has gone dormant, but many types can survive prolonged droughts, and I suspect this is one of them.
I’m going to apply a fungicide to kill it, but I suspect that the plaque will not simply disintegrate and make itself easily removable. This promises to be the opposite of fun.