Car Explosions.

kneemos

Do cars explode on impact or is it purely a Hollywood gimmick?

bodhrandude

Huh?

Kevin McCloud

Depends if the reserve light is on or off.

C.K Dexter Haven

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Depends if the reserve light is on or off.

Is that an architectural extra?

sheesh

depends what they hit. tree, wall, you're fine.

Kevin McCloud

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Is that an architectural extra?

Look at you with your grand thoughts.

Sheep Lover

If real life was like Hollywood films I'd have blown up half a dozen times on the way to the shop today

Mr_Muffin

Yeah mate i seen a car go full speed into a petrol station and light into flames so they must.

The Moldy Gowl

Your threads are weird

Kevin McCloud

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Your threads are weird

Op watching too much Judge Judy.

C.K Dexter Haven

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Look at you with your grand thoughts.

bet you went over budget too!!!:P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_GeQR8fJo

Ruu

A thread about car explosions and no video..disappointing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nOPvXiIWQ

Fun fact;

There's a drink called an irish car bomb, all the mericans were drinking them when I was there for paddy's day last year. Bottom of a pint class full of guinness and a shot glass of baileys dropped into it then downed in one.

Needless to say, I did not have one of those concoctions.

Kevin McCloud

Deleted User wrote: »

There's a drink called an irish car bomb, all the mericans were drinking them when I was their for paddy's day last year. Bottom of a pint class full of guinness and a shot glass of baileys dropped into it then downed in one.

That sounds like a good cure for constipation.

darkpagandeath

Mythbusters will answer your questions.

Paramite Pie

This is hardly a serious question??

InTheTrees

I think there were some Fords back in the 70's that had the petrol tanks fairly exposed, and they tended to burst into flames when rear ended.

donegaLroad

petrol car: yes, if the petrol tank is ruptured on impact and there is something to cause the petrol to ignite.. sparks etc.

diesel car: no, unless there are explosives in the boot. Diesel does not ignite like petrol.



*explosives in the boot would also cause the petrol car to explode.

reprise

donegaLroad wrote: »

petrol car: yes, if the petrol tank is ruptured on impact and there is something to cause the petrol to ignite.. sparks etc.

diesel car: no, unless there are explosives in the boot. Diesel does not ignite like petrol.



*explosives in the boot would also cause the petrol car to explode.

Electric: no
LPG: Watch her fly!

Banjo String

Tried blowing up a couple of cars once.


Burnt the lips off the exhaust

Desolation Of Smug

On another note, it's probably just me that isn't surprised that loads of mercs, beemers and Range Rovers are registered "dodgy" for tax and paying waay less than they should. Ireland, where even taxing the car is ripe for a stroke if you have the money.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Fun fact;

There's a drink called an irish car bomb, all the mericans were drinking them when I was there for paddy's day last year. Bottom of a pint class full of guinness and a shot glass of baileys dropped into it then downed in one.

Needless to say, I did not have one of those concoctions.

I think thats the same as a Belfast car bomb. There's an Irish bar in St Michel in Paris that serves them. I never noticed it in the few months I lived there until a group of contractors from Belfast that I worked with pointed it out not long before i moved home. They took offence for a while until the barman starting dishing them out for free. I...also...did not have one of those free concoctions.

Tony EH

kneemos wrote: »

Do cars explode on impact or is it purely a Hollywood gimmick?

Pure hollywood for the most part. But petrol fumes can certainly ignite and explode under the right conditions. The ignition temp of petrol is about 240 degrees Celsius. Petrol is quite hard to blow up in its liquid form, but the fumes are a different story.



However...LPG car \/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcdLA4uNGN4

dmc17

CruelCoin

kneemos wrote: »

Do cars explode on impact or is it purely a Hollywood gimmick?

No idea. Cool guys don't look at explosions.:cool:

jimgoose

InTheTrees wrote: »

I think there were some Fords back in the 70's that had the petrol tanks fairly exposed, and they tended to burst into flames when rear ended.

The Ford Pinto. In 1977 is came to light that the tank was mounted between the back axle and the bumper, and could be punctured in a shunt by differential bolts. It wasn't an unusual design "feature" at the time, but was particularly problematic in a small rear-drive hatchback. The Pinto's safety record was about on par with other "subcompacts" of the vintage, American and otherwise.

SpaceSasqwatch

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Your threads are weirdsh1te

FYP

Hoop66

jimgoose wrote: »

The Ford Pinto. In 1977 is came to light that the tank was mounted between the back axle and the bumper, and could be punctured in a shunt by differential bolts. It wasn't an unusual design "feature" at the time, but was particularly problematic in a small rear-drive hatchback. The Pinto's safety record was about on par with other "subcompacts" of the vintage, American and otherwise.

And didn't Ford do a cost analysis of what it cost to fix v cost of lawsuits and decide it wasn't worth fixing? Or is that an urban myth?

jimgoose

Hoop66 wrote: »

And didn't Ford do a cost analysis of what it cost to fix v cost of lawsuits and decide it wasn't worth fixing? Or is that an urban myth?

Yes it is, Ford had nothing to do with that. The memo in question was written by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, regarding liability arising out of fuel fires from a few kinds of impact in cars from all the major American manufacturers. What kicked the whole thing off that time was the emergence of the practice of placing an actual dollar-value on human life, which had been kept largely under wraps by industry generally until the Pinto episode.

Big Nasty

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Fun fact;

There's a drink called an irish car bomb, all the mericans were drinking them when I was there for paddy's day last year. Bottom of a pint class full of guinness and a shot glass of baileys dropped into it then downed in one.

Needless to say, I did not have one of those concoctions.

We should put sambuca in to tall glasses, see how they would like that in New York.

'Can I have a couple of flaming towers please'