[AT] OT: Firey End to My Car

[Howard Fleming]

Glad that only the car was lost, nobody hurt or other damage.

First I have heard of anything happening like this to a Jetta diesel, 
but I would be *very* interested to know what caused the fire, since I 
own a 2001 Tdi VW.  (BTW, not tractor related, but I really like this 
car.  Only complaint is I can not get more than 54 mpg out of 
it......).

Howard

> I'm curious if anyone has ever had happen to them what I had happen
> today. I could not get my car started this morning (99.5 VW Jetta diesel
> with 230K miles). It would not turn over barely at all.I could smell
> some hot electric smell and since I knew that my starter was going bad I
> took my truck in to work instead. I pulled up the driveway tonight and
> instead of the nice green car I left this morning I saw a pile of ashes
> and metal, No tires or windows or interior left. It had been a very
> reliable car that got me 50 MPG and never left me stranded on the road
> once for almost a quarter million miles, but what an end!
> 
> Rob
> NE PA