and not entirely E30 related, but it could be....
Coming up in south london on sunday night, lots of traffice all qued up, then spot a car in a laybye with the begginigs of a car fire,
Nobody was stopping, just giving it a wide birth! The four Guys that were in it looked like they were sh!tting themselves.
Me being me stopped
as I new i had loads of water...Another guy behind me also stopped and gave us a brand new Iron board cover (fire retardent!). anyway put the fire out and disconneted the battrey etc etc.
It was a Mk3 golf (not an old car...) and the headlight had cought alight. The headlight is right next to the alternator, which i though was a bit close, sparks and stuff especially on a hot day!
anyway bumper melted along with light and various electrical wires and stuff frazzeled!, but nobody was hurt! so all o.k. Just lucky it didn't get near any fuel!
Later while we were stuck in traffic it dawned on me that the car had dogdy "blue" rear lights. I also suspected that the headlamps were not standard, though i didn't really look.
So lessons learnt:
1: CARRY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER and or BLANKET
2: Be very Careful in buying lights/electrical items that are not standard. Not only will they look chav, but there likely to burn your car!
3: Most road users wont help you....especailly in surrey/london area!
What amused me was the fact that when the fire was put out, everbody was looking at my car to work out who had broken down! Its not always the older car you know!
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