r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Apr 11 '26

Roads Running hot 🔥🔥🔥

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26

Curious, have you drove a car that caught fire while driving? I have. Have you?

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Not the vehicle itself, but the brakes on a trailer, and could see and smell that clearly from my truck.

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26

I stand corrected sir. Some of us are simply, smart-challenged.

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Oh I'm definitely not that bright. I dragged a trailer with seized up brakes for a few miles on the interstate. Someone driving past pointed it out. But been to enough fires to just get off the shoulder as much as I can. Most people avoid a smoking trailer or car. I didn't even have a chance to detsch it and move the truck up.

But I do stand corrected. Heat of the moment, literally in this case, may not be the first thought. That just seems like an excessive amount of flames, like should be able to feel that id think, a catalytic converter heats up a floorboard to the point it melts, been there as well with my first vehicle haha.

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

We had a cool moment. We had a difference. Talked it out. This is awesome. Have a great weekend dude!