GPS explode inside the car?!?
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Looks like the owner had a personal gps in car and then it overheated and caught fire.
Could have been this gps http://www.pcworld.com/article/20416...vi_recall.html
Could have been this gps http://www.pcworld.com/article/20416...vi_recall.html
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Around where I work - if you leave it on the dash, it won't BE there long enough to explode, or catch fire. 
I guess our citizens are doing everyone a favor by having them suffer "only" a broken window as opposed to this!!!
(Seriously - we get people all the time that just can't understand why they come back out to their car and the window is broken, etc!!! Big PIA!!)
I guess our citizens are doing everyone a favor by having them suffer "only" a broken window as opposed to this!!!(Seriously - we get people all the time that just can't understand why they come back out to their car and the window is broken, etc!!! Big PIA!!)
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Around where I work - if you leave it on the dash, it won't BE there long enough to explode, or catch fire. I guess our citizens are doing everyone a favor by having them suffer "only" a broken window as opposed to this!!!
(Seriously - we get people all the time that just can't understand why they come back out to their car and the window is broken, etc!!! Big PIA!!)
I guess our citizens are doing everyone a favor by having them suffer "only" a broken window as opposed to this!!!(Seriously - we get people all the time that just can't understand why they come back out to their car and the window is broken, etc!!! Big PIA!!)
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Well, I have to admit, at work I only hear about the ones that get taken, so I can't give an honest comparison on how frequently it happens. But it is often enough to be an issue for us. But lately they have been taking the whole damn car!
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Yeah I second the possibility of the battery catching fire due to too much heat. Look at the pictures see how everything is melted below and above.. definitely didn't "explode" but was a smoldering heat blob. Yay to built in GPS and not using 3rd party stuff. =)
