Don't ask how my day went, dead festiva pics inside...

[bravekozak]

Another great example of an entrepreneur who didn’t let the failures hold him back is inventor Thomas Edison, who started 100 companies, all before the age of forty. Edison had more than 1,000 patents and invented three major industries: motion pictures, recorded sound and light. One of his core principles was never to give up. We all know Edison invented the light bulb. What many don’t realize is that it took him 6,000 attempts before he found the right solution.
Even when his New Jersey laboratory burned to the ground in 1914, destroying all of his equipment in research, Edison simply poked through the ashes and said, “There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew.”

[Festevil3]

Wow, that thing went up in flames quick, glad your okay

[navdoc101]

That brought tears to my eyes. Glad your okay, & nothing else was harmed.

[Bert]

What a bummer!

I would like to hear an engineering postscript on this. Did the ignition remain on so as to enable the fuel pump to keep running? And was this a carb (ie pump on the engine) or an EFI (with pump in the tank) car? These little cars only hold 10 gallons of gas for heavens sake and it looks to me like 5 of them poured right into or under the car.
Graphic illustration of why all of us should be carrying an easy access 5 lb ABC fire extinguisher on board.

[sketchman]

Woah. That's a BAD day.

[Prafeston]

Fred, wow...I don't even know what to say. I was in bed with my GF last night when I was checking Facebook from my phone and I nearly cried when I saw your post about another car lost...then I saw the pics and almost lost it! I hope you can get back into. You've been an inspiration for all of us! Helped me out a ton with my own car in little ways.

I hope you don't give up completely. I love this quote from Edison that brave posted!

“There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew.”

Surely there are some of us around MO that could help get you in another Festiva!

[drddan]

I say....DONATION THREAD!!!!!

I would start one, but not sure how to do it.

I'll pm an administrator, I guess.

[Prafeston]

I would setup a fundraising page on fundly if Fred is interested...I don't wanna start something if he's ready to move on though.

[sc72]

Things have been bad for Fred lately, one gets crashed another burns to the ground, give it some time, the bug will hit again and you can start new.

Rafe, isn't there something else you could be doing besides checking this site on your phone, just saying.

[Spike]

I was in bed with my GF last night when I was checking Facebook from my phone and I nearly cried when I saw your post about another car lost

Rafe, isn't there something else you could be doing besides checking this site on your phone, just saying.

Yup, this thread did need some humor.

-Joe

[Prafeston]

I was in bed with my GF last night when I was checking Facebook from my phone

Rafe, isn't there something else you could be doing besides checking this site on your phone, just saying.

Yup, this thread did need some humor.

-Joe

The details that may have come before or after being on FB while in bed with my GF are not of concern to you!

And I meant to say in my previous post that "I don't wanna start something if he's NOT ready to move on." It sounded like there were some of us that wouldn't mind donating what we can so I thought I'd make a suggestion.

[MONSOON]

I think I just heard Jebus start weeping... :crybaby:

[Festiva_Fred]

Thanks for the offers on donations.. but I am unsure what I want to do as of now. May sell off everything and take a breather from them for a while, I haven't had any luck really lately on them like Karl said, wrecked my daily on the way back from MN meet not long ago and now this.. whats next? haha. And no the ignition was off I shut the car off soon as smoke started coming out from underhood, it lit up fast, heard a pop and then it just blazed.

[Prafeston]

Don't you have a couple other Festivas kicking around your place? You have doubles and triples of everything else!

[Festiva_Fred]

I have the green 93' Shell, but it's just a shell.. I will probably just sell it. yes I do have hoards of some things haha.. keep on the lookout for a big sale thread...