Just saw this news story...

http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/new...2-18-0004.html

Pretty vague... I'd love to know what the cause was.

 

Maybe a Ford with that messed-up Overdrive soleniod problem that plagues so many of them.

<Still waiting for Ford to build a Zippo Lighter editon of the Crown Vic, and Explorer>.

 

I heard something about this on the commerical for the news. Something about it being plugged in and caught fire, but I didn't watch the actual news story, so thats all I heard so far.

 

...bad publicity for the good diesels.

 

Or the overheating ignitions switches that come standard on all of 'em.


phox

 

We had a recent inncident locally.
One of our locally owned tire shops burnt down due to one of the trucks kicking into gear and free revving into a tire machine, or somthing of that sort.

My dad who has been a mechanic for over 35 years has said he has seen vehicles do that on numerious accounts, for a lot of differnt reasons.

It just so happens that the tire truck was a ford too.....

Thankfully no one was hurt in either of the accidents.

 

Or the "Special Edition" M-80 Pintos.

 

On the same day the Columbus Dispatch ran an article denouncing school buses that idle and the placement of 'No Idle Zones' around schools because "Buses use diesel fuel, which contains soot, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, benzene and other toxins." While I'm not trying to spark an idle/don't idle debate I think that the statement above is misleading, as though gasoline engines do not produce any of these byproducts.

It's been a rough couple of days for diesels in Ohio!

 

Might want to read this if you think gasoline engines run cleaner than diesels.

http://users.vnet.net/w123d/w123d/ar.../emissions.htm