You're too sensible.
Get off the internet.
( Rev. Cleo still alive, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:51, archived)

When it comes to automobiles, I'm Captain Fucking Practical
Plus, I really want balders to diagnose for himself the cripplingly expensive problem he has in his car wiring.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:53, archived)

Crippling piffling.
He can just buy a few metres of twin and earth cable and rewire the whole kaboodle.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:54, archived)

Ideally on the outside of the car for maximum Heath Robinson effect.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:55, archived)

If fuses are blowing, something's shorting
which could mean chopping out entire sections of loom, or even the fuse box, which if left to balder's capable hands means an electrical fire and the complete devestation of whatever Korean fucking shitbox car we're talking about in the first place.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:56, archived)

I would love to see photos after this happens

(Bazongaloid, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:57, archived)

And during.

( Rev. Cleo still alive, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:58, archived)

A video
as the sparks start and then the seats catch fire and his clothes catch alight so he's running around frantically bashing himself trying to put them out when the fuel tanks catches and only then does he remember to stop, drop and roll.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 12 May 2009, 17:01, archived)

:)

( Rev. Cleo still alive, Tue 12 May 2009, 17:02, archived)

unfortunately electrical fires don't really look like that
you get a brief puff of smoke, an acrid stench and then thick clouds of noxious vapour. Your car must be an utter shitheap to start with if it manages to burn through to the fuel hose or into the cab.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 12 May 2009, 17:03, archived)

That's why I'm sure it would go up like a rocket

(Bazongaloid, Tue 12 May 2009, 17:05, archived)

Now you're just giving him ideas for his next podcast.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 12 May 2009, 16:59, archived)