Zero102
01-10-2005, 10:20 PM
Well, today started off alright, opened the mailbox to over $1000 in cheques (got a nice scholarship), drove to school, and for once, my heater was working well. I was worried the heater core was plugging up, as previously I would only get heat while moving. Park the car at the University, head in for first day of classes for the semester. I then realized I forgot my parking pass at home, so I wrote a nice note, and left it, asking them to run my plate, and telling them that I do indeed have a pass.
Around 3:45, I was taking a nap until my next class, and my phone rings. I answer to a constable from the calgary police service, and he tells me he has a surprise for me. My first guess was that they were towing my car for not having a pass, and I was getting ready to raise royal hell, when he informs me that the fire department had just left.....
If anybody is interested, this was at the U of C, lot 12, north end, perhaps somebody saw my car burning?
:cry:
I don't remember exactly what happened next, since I had just woken up, but I just booked it out to the parking lot, to see what was left of my car.....
Looks like my lower radiator hose heater ate it. For some reason, the thermostatically controlled heater decided to go nuts. The heater was _SEVERELY_ melted, and my entire front end was burned to a crisp!!!
Pictures follow... I don't know how much I can explain.
I remember talking with the police officer, and I told him that I thought he was calling me about my parking pass, and said 'If this is what they are going to do to people who forget their parking pass, I'll never forget it again!'
I think this officially goes down as one of the worst days of my life.
I guess it's no longer for sale.
In one of the pictures of the ignition coil, you can see my heater on top of it, with a big drip of melted metal hanging out of it.
Further down, there is a picture of what is left of my AFM, which melted all over the crank pulley. Apparently it got a little bit warm!!!
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1116a.jpg
I figure this is the picture to start out with...
Then the summary of the damage.
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1100a.jpg
And the rest.
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1101a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1102a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1103a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1104a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1105a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1106a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1107a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1108a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1109a.jpg
Around 3:45, I was taking a nap until my next class, and my phone rings. I answer to a constable from the calgary police service, and he tells me he has a surprise for me. My first guess was that they were towing my car for not having a pass, and I was getting ready to raise royal hell, when he informs me that the fire department had just left.....
If anybody is interested, this was at the U of C, lot 12, north end, perhaps somebody saw my car burning?
:cry:
I don't remember exactly what happened next, since I had just woken up, but I just booked it out to the parking lot, to see what was left of my car.....
Looks like my lower radiator hose heater ate it. For some reason, the thermostatically controlled heater decided to go nuts. The heater was _SEVERELY_ melted, and my entire front end was burned to a crisp!!!
Pictures follow... I don't know how much I can explain.
I remember talking with the police officer, and I told him that I thought he was calling me about my parking pass, and said 'If this is what they are going to do to people who forget their parking pass, I'll never forget it again!'
I think this officially goes down as one of the worst days of my life.
I guess it's no longer for sale.
In one of the pictures of the ignition coil, you can see my heater on top of it, with a big drip of melted metal hanging out of it.
Further down, there is a picture of what is left of my AFM, which melted all over the crank pulley. Apparently it got a little bit warm!!!
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1116a.jpg
I figure this is the picture to start out with...
Then the summary of the damage.
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1100a.jpg
And the rest.
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1101a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1102a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1103a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1104a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1105a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1106a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1107a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1108a.jpg
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~rowatc/pics/IMGP1109a.jpg