No... but if you do own one of those things...
maybe you ought to know how hot those things get, and
maybe you ought to know that revving it makes it hotter, and
maybe you ought to know that the best way to cool the engine is by moving fast enough to get cold air flowing around it, so
maybe you ought not to rev it like a bell-end when stationary.
(, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 16:39, Share, Reply)
or
maybe there was something wrong with it?
Seriously, even if a car gets hot when over rev'ed and stationary, it shouldn't catch fire. That is a basic design flaw or a malfunction.
The only time I've rev'ed a car like that was when I so badly tuned it, I had to rev at all times to avoid stalling. IF I let it idle, it stopped. I hope not everyone that saw me thought I was a tosser.
(, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 16:47, Share, Reply)
I agree it shouldn't really catch fire.
But then, I've seen horrendous motorway tailbacks, exacerbated (if not caused) by people in normal cars getting all frustrated and revving their engines in a stationary queue, resulting in their car catching fire and the tailback taking even longer.
The worst one I saw had no less than 7 instances of this in about 5 miles of stationary traffic.
(, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 16:56, Share, Reply)
This is indeed a thing
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 19:30,
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So-called Supercars are precious things, and don't deal well with ordinary driving situations.
I understand that some of them, Ferraris I think, have to have the oil in the engine warmed up by an electric heater before the engine can be started, otherwise it wrecks the engine. Makes it totally impractical for jumping in and popping to the shops for a pint of milk.
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Varmint, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 22:49,
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I'm guessing you don't know any Ferrari owners
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 23:19,
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