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Old 10-16-2005, 06:54 PM
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SL55 - Spontaneous Combustion?
Saw this in this weekend's paper...
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Old 10-16-2005, 08:25 PM
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Hopefully this is more readable...
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wonder how the hood got like that?
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I'm guessing the fire department ripped it open.
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Am I the only one that laughed at that?
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Whatever there's gas in...
I like the hood like that...hmm...
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It's the three hours they took to put the fire out which gets me.

I think the cologne thing is bunk, sounds more like the ignition of gas fumes under pressure. Not good for Mercedes if it was ever proved to be a problem with the car...
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WOW! I think I'll move the SL away from the other cars!
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WOW! I think I'll move the SL away from the other cars!
WOULD THIS NOT SPELL DOOM FOR AN OWNER WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE WITH THE MASTERBEDROOM DIRECTLY ABOVE?
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Wow, seriously, wtf. I don't know if its Mercedes or not, but damn German engineers. :p
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Guys, it's the new SLR style hood...
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Ok, I'm not sure if you guys noticed the fact that "SEVERAL PARKED CARS IN NEARBY MOUNT KISCO WERE BURNED BY ARSONISTS" or not, but I think investigators should look into that a little closer. I don't know about you but several parked cars don't get burned by arsonists near the gated community that I live in very often. Oh yeah, Mercedes-Benz's don't explode from cologne bottles around here either
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