LOL the only vehicle I ever had catch on fire was my Dodge Daytona while at a Shell station filling up. The whole cities fire department was there in a couple minutes.

 

Tony, is that a young Sofia Vergara in your sig?

 

YEA! Ain't socialism great! You know, just a stepping stone away from communism where people are not allowed to think for themselves. Hey..here is an idea...how about individualism where people think for themselves and then are given the freedom to choose WHOA!!! I think there is a place with that idea already...yeah....it's called America. So, for "some other cultures" to think we are self-centered....I call sour grapes that we have such a freedom.

 

For those who "diss" the problem of fuel ignition due to spilling on hot pipes and exhausts you're showing your ignorance.

I'm not certain what the temps are for various automobiles and bikes where situations exist in which fuel and exhaust systems (or other hot engine parts) can meet with annoying results but I DO know the following is true:

The Porsche community is extremely cognizant of potential problems with fuel lines in exceptionally hot environments (even mesh wrapped lines). Perhaps the temps are more extreme than with a bike since the engines are high performance. I know the environment for fuel lines is quite hostile and fuel lines will often crack from the heat to disasterous results.

The old "tail-draggers" have legendary oil fire and fuel fire potential from this problem and the 944-951-968 front engine/rear transaxle cars (where the fuel lines pass over the manifold at the rear of the engine) require proper dilligence. It's not uncommon to have engine fires in these areas.

I'm sure the problem is similar with any vehicle that has fuel dripping on the exhaust, whether it be four wheeled or two wheeled. I've been through fire training with SCCA and also experienced a fire from fuel on manifold in a (then fairly NEW) Sunbeam Tiger!

It's QUITE an invigorating experience (even when you legs AREN'T wrapped around the source of conflageration!!!)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL-ug...etailpage#t=8s

I'll be a little less "COOL" than some of you "Bully-Boy Bikies" and stand to the side of the bike when fueling.

Don't Flame Me, Bro!


Jim aka kiltiemon

 

Holy ****, I won't speak to the rest of your post, but that right there was freaking funny!!!

 

I can't believe I read 115 posts on this ****!!!!

If fueling a vehicle was the least bit dangerous you can bet that the gubbermint would stop us from doing it to protect us from our own stupidity.

 

So far, corporate Shell's demands haven't been followed by the 3 or 4 Shell stations I usually use.

 

Hey i've done that **** and its not funny, (yes it was) I did use one of my moms bobby pins though. It was about 1970, had to go to Easter with burnt up hands. She still reminds me of it....often. lol

 

"If fueling a vehicle was the least bit dangerous you can bet that the gubbermint would stop us from doing it to protect us from our own stupidity."

Some areas already have done so!


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...342598570.html


I wouldn't care to encounter this law myself, but some people are really stupid!!!


On a more serious note, electric car companies in the early days of motoring touted electric cars safer because they didn't involve the use of gasoline, with which many people had no experience. Times have changed, but there are still a lot of stupid people around!


Jim aka kiltiemon

 

Same here. When I was around 3 years old--found a bobby pin on the floor and stuck it in an electrical outlet. Really nasty burn. Started a whole career of sticking my stuff where it didn't belong.