So I Drive to work last night in my Silver 1996 Seville, which I've had for about 2 years now. Im working 7pm to 7am and it's Super Bowl Sunday, so naturally, I had already been hittin "the sauce", with the anticipation of finishing up the game at work.
We eat, drink, finish the game and head out onto the floor to do some work.
2 am rolls around, nap time.
I head out to my car to snooze on my lunch break, as Ive done hundreds of times before. I Fire up the car, kick on the radio, heated seats, turn on the heater, recline the seat all the way back, and im out like a light.


About 45 min later I wake up to a smell so acrid, my whole chest hurt, and it felt like somthing had me by the throat choking the air out of me.
I open my eyes (still a little tanked) and the whole inside of the car is full of smoke. All I can see, is an Orange glow that appered to be coming form under my hood. "Holy ****, My Cars On Fire".
Just waking up, it took me a second to realize where I was. Gagging and coughing, I cant see ****, and im fumbling for the door handle. Which is of course locked. I unlock the door and flames come rolling up from under the dash singing the whole right side of my head. I open the door and get out.
Another guy I work with had smelt what he said was an electrical fire from inside the plant, about 80 feet away. He followed the smell to the wall and peek through the holes in the wall and, "Holy ****, His Cars On Fire".
So as Im just standing there watching my car burn, and thinking, I cant believe this is happening (especially because its my only car, and my insurance ran out last month). The Guy that had seen the car burning through the wall comes running up behind me with an extinguisher and drops it next to me, and takes off back inside to grab another one.
I grab the extinguisher and push the flames back into the dash enough to try to open the hood. I grab the lever and, nothing. The cable or whatever, had already been melted.
"Damn". I back up and flames start rolling into the front again, almost instantly. I then remember that my wallet is in the car, and then theres a loud explosion under the hood.
4 or 5 more guys come out with 2 or 3 more extinguishers. A couple guys start trying to get there cars, the hell away from mine.
I run back up and push the flames back again, enough to grab my wallet out of the console. I emptied 2 large extinguishers and at least 2 other guys emptied 1 each, and we hadnt even come close to getting it under control .
At this point I knew, that was it. My car was gone.
One of the guys say, Ill call the Fire Dept.. I go back inside and sit down in the break room, and listen in disbelief.....
BOOM.....tire.
BOOM.....tire.
BOOM.....gastank.
BOOM.....hmm?
It then dawns on me that , I just filled my tank 2 days ago, so I had a little over 3/4 a tank. Perfect.
Looking out the window of the break room I see a co-worker run by.
Im thinking what now? Everyone moved there cars to the other side of the lot, what else could it be?
I walk out and look and ("un*#&$king believable" and laugh because at this point, its all I really can do.) The whole side of the building is on fire, inside and out.
Some of the guys try to put it out from the inside. I go back into the break room and sit down. The Fire Dept. gets there about 15 mins later, and spends 30 to 45 mins trying to put my car out.
A while after they put it out. Another guy and I go out with flashlights to take a peek.
Everything was gone from bumper to bumper. Everything. The only single piece of anything, under the hood, was the engine block. All the rest of the motor, and parts, and all the interior were just melted into nothing.
The block actually looked like it was on the ground, but I couldnt tell, cuz we were looking at the motor through the dash board area. The Fire Dept. had tried to open the hood and the trunk, but werent able to.
So now, not only am I out about $6000 for the car, but my companies landlord is holding me liable for all damages to the building, since I have no insurance.
There are no Supervisors on my shift, but when day shift supervisors came in they said all phones, internet, and electricity was out in the personel building. So the landlord (*******) calls an electrician to rewire everything, even though we have electricians at the plant.
So, how much more this is going to cost me, I dont know, but I dont think Ill be sleeping in any cars anytime soon.

Not that it really matters now, but if anyone knows what could have caused this, please post.

Later,
MetalTeK

 

If my insurance "ran out" on a car worth around 6k,
And I was broke,
I'd go and get a title loan against the automobile - buy insurance with the money - and put the car up for sale.