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I think someone swapped in an L67 while I wasn't looking... Anyway, here are some pics of my car from this afternoon. Probably be the last ones I post. 
My wife had just driven home from work and parked the car. We were talking in the living room when she said the car was smoking pretty bad. Looked out and smoke was pouring from under the hood. So I grabbed a fire extinguisher and she called 911. I didn't want to open the hood (latch is broken, so have to reach under the bumper to do it anyway) to help feed the fire, so I just tried to shoot the extiguisher under the hood. Didn't really work. It took the fire deptartment ~5 min to get here, and by that time, flames were shooting from all over the place. It took them 5-10 minutes to get it all out, and they couldn't get the hood open, so they just punctured the hood a couple times.
Car is definately totaled. I don't ned the insurance company to tell me that. There really isn't much left in the engine bay, and basically nothing in there is salvagable. So sorry, I won't be selling any of the parts. Most of the plastic under the dash is melted as well.
So anyway, as if our last month hasn't been bad enough, now this. I am thankful that it happened when it was parked, and not while my wife (or myself) was driving it. And especially if either of the girls were inside. So, now I'm starting to search for a new vehicle. I'm hoping for a 60V6, but just depends on what I can find and the price. Not really wanting to spend much, and I sure as hell ain't going to get much of a check from the insurance for this thing. Oh well... Its been a good 14 years. Guess it's finally time to let go and move on.
My wife had just driven home from work and parked the car. We were talking in the living room when she said the car was smoking pretty bad. Looked out and smoke was pouring from under the hood. So I grabbed a fire extinguisher and she called 911. I didn't want to open the hood (latch is broken, so have to reach under the bumper to do it anyway) to help feed the fire, so I just tried to shoot the extiguisher under the hood. Didn't really work. It took the fire deptartment ~5 min to get here, and by that time, flames were shooting from all over the place. It took them 5-10 minutes to get it all out, and they couldn't get the hood open, so they just punctured the hood a couple times.
Car is definately totaled. I don't ned the insurance company to tell me that. There really isn't much left in the engine bay, and basically nothing in there is salvagable. So sorry, I won't be selling any of the parts. Most of the plastic under the dash is melted as well.
So anyway, as if our last month hasn't been bad enough, now this. I am thankful that it happened when it was parked, and not while my wife (or myself) was driving it. And especially if either of the girls were inside. So, now I'm starting to search for a new vehicle. I'm hoping for a 60V6, but just depends on what I can find and the price. Not really wanting to spend much, and I sure as hell ain't going to get much of a check from the insurance for this thing. Oh well... Its been a good 14 years. Guess it's finally time to let go and move on.
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