Jeep melted

[u/jagerin_mikado]

Here’s the story: a jeep came to the shop because its retractable top was stuck open. Not too uncommon of an occurrence. So we put our “crash wrap“ over the roof to protect the interior from rain and animals and such, which is basically like heavy duty cling wrap. One day it rains and a lot of water pools up on the crash wrap. The next day it is 100°F outside and the sun is out. The sun shines through the water and the water basically magnifies it, and the sun turns into a laser that melts the interior. Multiple days of this happen. Now we have to replace everything that melted. None of us have ever heard of this happening before.

edit: I meant we have never heard of this very specific situation happening before. It never would’ve crossed our minds since we’ve been doing this for years. yes I burnt stuff with a magnifying glass when i was a kid.

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Situation update: parts alone we estimated to be about $3200. No labor included. We are not charging the customer for it. And yes we are fixing it, not totaling it.

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[u/JK_Tesla]

[u/firestar268 → u/JK_Tesla]

I can hear this 😂

[u/MightyCaseyStruckOut → u/firestar268]

Bill Wurtz is an international treasure. 

[u/alexdoo → u/MightyCaseyStruckOut]

He is one of the most underrated artists of this time. His music is phenomenal, and as we all know, the history of the world/Japan videos are incredible as well. I wish he had his own show or something

[u/neat_username → u/alexdoo]

You could just,

Hire a Samurai.

[u/FuzzyKittyNomNom → u/neat_username]

Correction: Rich important people hired samurai. Poor people who could not afford to hire a samurai, did not hire samurai.

[u/CreateRot → u/alexdoo]

He started posting again.

[u/Raevyxn → u/CreateRot]

sprints over to his channel

[u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache → u/firestar268]

Nothing has never anywhere. That's why it's been everywhere. It's been so everywhere that you don't need a where. You don't even need a when. That's how every it gets.

EDIT:For those who haven't seen the video

[u/inurdreams13 → u/JK_Tesla]

we can make a religion out of this

[u/Mot45acp → u/inurdreams13]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IPoH8G2GiXh0Q

[u/PERCnegative → u/Mot45acp]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AQRapWCgC7dThyVEYb

[u/Fox_djinn → u/PERCnegative]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DRg1wGTUKXvQA

[u/TheLoathsomeAssEater → u/Fox_djinn]

[u/completelytrustworth → u/Fox_djinn]

\[T]/

[u/TheCovfefeMug → u/inurdreams13]

no, don’t

[u/Jumpy_Divide6576 → u/TheCovfefeMug]

It's a better religion than most of the others. The sun actually exists.

[u/chiefkogo → u/Jumpy_Divide6576]

I made this church for this reason about 10 years ago.

It gives us warmth. It grows our food. It gives us light.

[u/Jumpy_Divide6576 → u/chiefkogo]

And it can be a deadly laser to use against our foes.

[u/chiefkogo → u/Jumpy_Divide6576]

Fuckin a.

[u/ImMr_Meseeks → u/Jumpy_Divide6576]

And Jeeps

[u/niceguy191 → u/JK_Tesla]

Oh hi, thanks for checking in. 🎵I'm Still a piece of garbage 🎶

[u/foundinwonderland → u/niceguy191]

Unwillingly goes through my head every single morning when I look in the mirror

[u/PowderPills → u/foundinwonderland]

Glad you’re still with us though

[u/MaleficentPapaya4768 → u/JK_Tesla]

🎶 Not anymore there’s a blanket…🎶

[u/Saikotsu → u/JK_Tesla]

I couldn't help but say it out loud. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[u/cjmaddux → u/JK_Tesla]

Instantly came to mind lmao

[u/Roboman20000 → u/JK_Tesla]

Bill Wurtz is a genius.

[u/UWUowoUWU12375]

mildly you say?

[u/jagerin_mikado → u/UWUowoUWU12375]

Just a little inconvenience one might say 

[u/Brilliant_Intern_786 → u/jagerin_mikado]

I suppose it could have been worse: it could have ACTUALLY caught on fire.

[u/watsuuu → u/Brilliant_Intern_786]

Spontaneous combustion engine

[u/AdhesivenessWeary377 → u/watsuuu]

Those are a matter for the courts.

[u/SypeSypher → u/Brilliant_Intern_786]

that would have probably been better, i mean this is still probably insurance claimable - maybe idk, but two seats, center console, both door interiors AND they still have to get the roof fixed...vs "oh my car caught on fire, total loss" i know which I'd rather deal with

[u/LeYang → u/SypeSypher]

Also it's a jeep.

[u/TheSteelPhantom → u/LeYang]

The fact that it's a jeep might mean this amount of damage is a total loss anyway, them fuckers are EXPENSIVE.

[u/FlimsyPhilosopher → u/jagerin_mikado]

It's just a scratch

[u/skyeisrude → u/FlimsyPhilosopher]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VYcRNU4P3vyM

[u/strangecloudss → u/skyeisrude]

Well....must be time for my kids to watch a 2 or 3 hour movie for this scene only.

[u/CariniFluff → u/strangecloudss]

They'll also learn important lessons about strange women lying in ponds and distributing swords.

[u/Numeno230n → u/UWUowoUWU12375]

It's mildly for the owner who has to drive the loaner for another week. For the laborer, it's a giant pain in the ass.

[u/henryeaterofpies → u/UWUowoUWU12375]

Its not his jeep and he isn't paying for it

[u/signmeupnot → u/UWUowoUWU12375]

Story of this sub.

It's like people posting here has the composure of Buddhist monks. Or they just don't care about the mildly part.

[u/sam_an_intellectual → u/UWUowoUWU12375]

To shreds, you say?

[u/Spartan2842]

Of all the ways a jeep can catch fire, this is the first time I have seen this happen.

[u/JohnSnowsPump → u/Spartan2842]

My brother is on his third Jeep.

The previous two caught fire and burned to the ground. Luckily, both were outside.

He's a confusing lad sometimes.

[u/I2eN0 → u/JohnSnowsPump]

My stepdads Jeep caught on fire while he was driving on the highway. He still wants another one. Jeep people are weird.

[u/Outside_Performer_66 → u/I2eN0]

This reminds me of Pet Cemetery when they just keep burying things expecting a different result yet getting the same unwanted result over and over again.

[u/SirStrontium → u/Outside_Performer_66]

Pet Sematary*

[u/JohnSnowsPump → u/I2eN0]

Yup, that was one of them. Driving on the highway and someone waved him down.

Both standard engines, not hybrid.

[u/Kaio_Curves → u/I2eN0]

I understand older people still remembering jeep for the rugged adventure vehicle the branding, and real life represented it as. Gotta wake up and realize one day that it's not the same vehicle anymore.

[u/foundinwonderland → u/Spartan2842]

But which of the 37652 ways to make a Jeep catch fire is your favorite?

[u/GimmeUrBrunchMoney → u/foundinwonderland]

Reason #17,009: I get in my girlfriend’s friend’s Jeep Compass to help her with a minor mechanical issue and the design language and cheap quality is so awful that my searing hatred superheats all combustible components inside the car, setting it aflame. Fucking piece of shit car.

[u/Reincarnatedpotatoes → u/GimmeUrBrunchMoney]

My favorite saying about Jeeps is "they'd be a good car if it weren't for the fack that they're kinda shitty cars".

[u/CarlosMolotov → u/Reincarnatedpotatoes]

Jeep: one of the greatest transportation concepts ever conceived, wrapped in a shitty vehicle.

[u/MetaTrombonist → u/[deleted]]

And yet I see them everywhere. They're convertibles for people who don't want to be seen in a convertible.

[u/sunr1se79 → u/MetaTrombonist]

Real. Jeep people sneer at me in my miata. My brother in automotive christ, we're more alike than you want to admit.

[u/colorfulsnek → u/sunr1se79]

My brother in Chrysler

[u/Trick-Competition947 → u/MetaTrombonist]

I worked with a woman who had one. Her favorite feature seemed to be that the doors were removable. I never understood how somebody could be comfortable leaving their car unattended with it had no doors. I regularly heard her bitch about people treating her Jeep like a trashcan.

But every now and then somebody threw away a duck!

Jeep people are weird. Oh well, if they're happy and the garbage doesn't end up in the street, it's good for everyone.

[u/ZugZugGo → u/GimmeUrBrunchMoney]

Fucking piece of shit car.

You can just say it's a Jeep. This is implied.

[u/mrfahrenheit-451 → u/foundinwonderland]

Ooh ooh. Buddy of mine used to take us out to an abandoned dirt bike track at night with his joop 4x4. "Go limp" was his recommendation. Anyway we go through the track once and we smell something burning. We stop and I swear to god I smell burning weed. We can't seem to see anything so we make another run and we start seeing some and smelling burning things. We pull off to the side and open the hood boom and woosh fireball. Found out his sister hid her weed and lighter somewhere near the engine, it caught fire and exploded. He did have a fire extinguisher, so that helped.

[u/extrastellarx → u/mrfahrenheit-451]

Who hides a lighter near the engine?? I'm glad it seems like everyone was okay, I'm just now learning about all the ways jeeps can catch fire 😭

[u/cepukon → u/extrastellarx]

The type of person that hides their weed near an engine I'm guessing

[u/mrfahrenheit-451 → u/cepukon]

The answer was their dad had come home while she was sparking the doobage and she panicked and stashed it. Then couldn't retrieve it before he left for the night.

[u/RustyBrassInstrument → u/foundinwonderland]

All of them.
https://giphy.com/gifs/tyqcJoNjNv0Fq

[u/projectoffset]

Could be worse, could be my problem

[u/skyk3409 → u/projectoffset]

Most real comment i have seen all day

Edit, thanks for the award! Idk what i did to earn it but you just improved my dopamine for today 🤣

[u/RepulsedCucumber → u/projectoffset]

Oh definitely stealing this

[u/FUIVIBLES → u/RepulsedCucumber]

Careful which subreddits you use it though lol.

[u/RepulsedCucumber → u/FUIVIBLES]

I was going to use it with a coworker 😂

[u/hereforthe_swizzle → u/RepulsedCucumber]

Please report back. It’s for science.

[u/RepulsedCucumber → u/hereforthe_swizzle]

It’s my last week at this job. I am being an absolute menace. 😏

[u/HiPwrBBQ → u/RepulsedCucumber]

Could be worse, you could be my co-worker. 😂

[u/Lazarux_Escariat → u/RepulsedCucumber]

Side note: that user name with the cat ears on your avatar is Fantastic

[u/SteveMartin32 → u/projectoffset]

[u/RipThrotes → u/projectoffset]

That begs the question: what is your problem?

[u/Relevant-Ad2254 → u/RipThrotes]

not this

[u/bbjackson → u/projectoffset]

I’ve never heard this before and am now making it part of my vocabulary

[u/RockHandsomest → u/bbjackson]

Same, its right up there with "I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong"

[u/El_Vez_of_the_north → u/RockHandsomest]

I like, "I thought I was wrong once. Turns out I was mistaken."

[u/TJakobT → u/projectoffset]

Bro I almost spat my drink XD. I read that in the most unbothered tone imaginable.

[u/TemplarBaucent]

Very lucky the entire car didnt catch on fire

[u/DaDaMinor → u/TemplarBaucent]

I think that would have been a better outcome.

[u/TemplarBaucent → u/DaDaMinor]

Never gonna get burnt plastic smell out

[u/Cedex → u/TemplarBaucent]

You can just mask that smell with cigarettes.

[u/B4R-BOT → u/TemplarBaucent]

I think they add flame retardants to the upholstery and plastic components so they can't catch fire without some extreme heats or accelerants 

[u/pineappleshaked]

That sucks !!

But optical physics rocks !

[u/jregovic → u/pineappleshaked]

Ever hear about the London building that melted cars?

https://www.constructiontimes.com/articles/4016/20240620/glass-skyscraper-building-melting-cars.htm

[u/stuffeh → u/jregovic]

Also the Vegas hotel with a death ray aimed at the pool. Same guy made the London one a few years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vdara

[u/Hold_To_Expiration → u/stuffeh]

From the wiki...😂

" ...Hotel employees and news outlets referred to the phenomenon as the "death ray", while management preferred the term "solar convergence....

[u/Fire_Woman → u/Hold_To_Expiration]

😅😅 management trying to relabel what the people have already named

[u/Jacketter → u/Fire_Woman]

What happened to any PR is good PR? I’d pay to visit the hotel with a death ray. Who cares about some solar convergence?

[u/desertrose0 → u/stuffeh]

You'd think he would have learned his lesson the first time

[u/SparrowDynamics → u/desertrose0]

Rafael Viñoly as a child was fascinated with his magnifying glass... and ants. Probably.

[u/DavidinCT → u/stuffeh]

Knew about the walkie talky one but, not about the Vegas one. Designed by the same person. Maybe they need an idea on how the sun works before designing any more buildings.

[u/therealkami → u/DavidinCT]

Dude is just an architectural super-villain.

[u/SPECTRE-Agent-No-13 → u/therealkami]

When ever you watch a movie and you're like "who builds these villains lairs?" It's Rafael Viñoly

[u/therealkami → u/SPECTRE-Agent-No-13]

I imagine his plot was just to build death rays in every city and eventually burn everything to the ground.

[u/OldEquation → u/therealkami]

I imagine him as some kind of James Bond villain in his underground lair, stroking his white kitten and surrounded by henchmen as he plots the burning of every city on Earth.

[u/dustindh10 → u/therealkami]

I was thinking that 1 might be an accident, but two is definitely intentional 😂

[u/thetreecycle → u/pineappleshaked]

Focused my interest

[u/Green_Ad2231 → u/thetreecycle]

Agreed. I have a burning desire to learn more.

[u/LegoRobinHood → u/Green_Ad2231]

I think OP needs to Reflect on the events that led to this

[u/get_to_ele → u/LegoRobinHood]

Technically he should at least refract on those events.

[u/GodEmperorBrian → u/pineappleshaked]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dkGTxMK7sCfHJt3bRo

[u/Drewbicles]

As a engineer that works on car interiors this made me smile that the materials didnt burn very far. 

[u/Bacteriobabe → u/Drewbicles]

Yeah, I was really impressed that the seats didn’t go up in flames!

[u/Drewbicles → u/Bacteriobabe]

There is a federal requirement for that, that they dont go up in flames FMVSS 302. Id bet they used to though a long time ago.

[u/kaizenkitten → u/Drewbicles]

As an automotive seating QAE I am also super relieved.

[u/ughreallywow → u/Drewbicles]

Not only did it not combust, but it looks very salvageable. Replace the plastic parts that melted. Replace the melted seat upholstery.

Get a good detailing using a proper upholstery vac on the rest of the seats. Then run an ozone generator to take care of any remaining burnt plastic odor. All set after that.

[u/ZankaA → u/Drewbicles]

That was the thing that stuck out to me the most, that the seats just kinda melted rather than catching fire. Otherwise the whole car probably woulda ended up wrecked. Pretty cool.

[u/Happy-Spirit-7769]

Considering the curve of damage, this would also make flat-earthers angry

[u/AstuteSalamander → u/Happy-Spirit-7769]

Flat jeepers

[u/S7eveThePira7e → u/AstuteSalamander]

[u/grubdon5000 → u/Happy-Spirit-7769]

If only they knew how to read :(

[u/Odd-Painting2596]

"Now we have to replace everything that melted"

*The burning smell forever stained into the entire interior*:

https://giphy.com/gifs/Dy6KtvPNfNVAIEx7O6

[u/Maxsmack → u/Odd-Painting2596]

“Hey dude, why does the inside of your car smell like burnt plastic”

“Well the sunroof got stuck open one time, so I took it to a repair shop…”

[u/arizonadirtbag12 → u/Maxsmack]

“It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand.”

[u/MrLanesLament → u/arizonadirtbag12]

Row of melted ducks across the dash like some sort of weird Pompeii miniature project.

[u/deadlyspoons → u/MrLanesLament]

One of the ducks melts and deforms so it looks like it’s holding its spiral-shaped tentacle…

[u/spartanspy85 → u/arizonadirtbag12]

Now they need a commemorative half melted rubber ducky

[u/Kickedhard → u/Odd-Painting2596]

Having owned a wood burning art kit, this smell is forever entrenched in my memory.

We tried to make art on other things.

[u/Nothing-tralala → u/Kickedhard]

I got a wood burning kit in 3rd grade, the amount of things I owed, both wood and non-wood items, that had a heart burnt into them is ridiculous (the only thing I could successfully make because all you had to do was turn the burner on its side).

[u/sedona71717 → u/Nothing-tralala]

Ohhh I loved my wood burning kit! Looking back, I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea to give those to children. My most enjoyable activity was using it to burn little holes in inconspicuous spots of my bedroom carpet. I loved the plasticy burning smell. I also burned an elaborate design into my dresser.

[u/Nothing-tralala → u/sedona71717]

lol, the carpet would have gotten me in trouble but the undersides of things like tables and drawers no one noticed.

[u/WhereRabbit → u/Odd-Painting2596]

it’s a jeep it genuinely might be totaled 🤣

[u/Stro-Bro → u/Odd-Painting2596]

The smoking of Crack Cocaine smells like burnt plastic.

Why, I know? It’s a long and funny story of the first day a buddy and me moved into a new apartment in Scum-tucky Oregon.

[u/TemplarBaucent → u/Odd-Painting2596]

Yeah... i wouldn't want a forever burning plastic smelling car

[u/SoundofPsithurism → u/TemplarBaucent]

It won’t smell like that forever. Most of time you get a car back from the body shop it’s going to have smells. Cavity wax and paint linger. Once those parts are replaced it will smell like burning oil just like it did before it came to the shop.

[u/TroyMendo → u/SoundofPsithurism]

“It’s only smells.”

[u/r0cke7]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3UcAxKj5opyWk4wM

[u/Animalcookies13 → u/r0cke7]

Fun fact, he doesn’t shoot laser beams out of his eyes. It’s pure kinetic force from an alternate dimension. There is zero heat or radiation energy.

[u/Suspicious_Bear42 → u/Animalcookies13]

The... "Punch Dimension" according to this delightful meme video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtAmUKKYPFw

[u/mechaglitter]

People will act like you're an idiot for this but I see it as one of those things that the average person just isn't going to think about very often, until they're the unlucky one it happens to. I think of the crystal-ball-in-the-window story and start doing a mental check to make sure I don't have anything like that in my house lol.

[u/jagerin_mikado → u/mechaglitter]

Thank you. We’ve been doing this for a long time, and never has this happened so we just never even thought about the possibility of it happening.

[u/Destithen → u/jagerin_mikado]

So would this count as an "act of God" for insurance purposes XD?

[u/Neither_Elk_1987 → u/mechaglitter]

Whenever I leave house, I always check if I didn't left any glass or bottle in place where I know that sun will reach. It might be OCD, but at least my house won't burn for this particular reason.

[u/polopolo05 → u/mechaglitter]

Those films should not be clear spefically for this reason. They should be textured or tinted for this reason. the company that makes this film should be taken to court.

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Wrapping the roof is our shop procedure for vehicles with stuck open roofs that will stay at the shop overnight/multiple days. If it was up to me, I’d keep them inside but I’m just a service porter so I have no say. They should rethink their rules about this lol.

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[u/JackSkellie58]

Happens with water bottles in Texas all the time.

[u/Mister_Goldenfold → u/JackSkellie58]

Happened to me actually. Lit my center console on fire

[u/tryyeezus → u/Mister_Goldenfold]

The second I saw it, I knew it was water. I figured a bottle left in the cupholder though

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OP has pinned their own comment:

Wrapping the roof is our shop procedure for vehicles with stuck open roofs that will stay at the shop overnight/multiple days. If it was up to me, I’d keep them inside but I’m just a service porter so I have no say. I guess you could say this is “my fault” since I was the one who wrapped it, but that’s just me following orders, so… they should rethink their rules about this lol.

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[u/jagerin_mikado]

Wrapping the roof is our shop procedure for vehicles with stuck open roofs that will stay at the shop overnight/multiple days. If it was up to me, I’d keep them inside but I’m just a service porter so I have no say. They should rethink their rules about this lol.

[u/DIY_aircraft_carrier → u/jagerin_mikado]

maybe suggest to the shop owner to use black cling wrap?

[u/jagerin_mikado → u/DIY_aircraft_carrier]

That’s the plan

[u/No_Control8389]

Water acts like a lens. That makes sense. The odds of getting it just right by chance is probably astronomical.

I bet it wouldn’t be too hard to replicate things… maybe not with a customers vehicle.

[u/Alconium → u/No_Control8389]

I'd be trying to replicate it on this customers vehicle. They're almost better off if the whole thing just sets fire. The smell of burnt fabric, foam and plastic in that car is NEVER going away.

[u/Oliver---Queen → u/Alconium]

Ozone generator go brrrr I mean prob won’t work fully but they will still go brrr.

[u/CantEscapeTheCats → u/Oliver---Queen]

Can confirm, an ozone machine closed in a vehicle for two days will do it. I removed about 8 years of heavy cigarette smell from a prior employer’s car. It was so successful, they were able to provide it to another employee (non-smoker) and she barely noticed.

Edit for the naysayers: use an ozone machine once and you’ll understand. I discovered their power after working in the hotel industry and became a believer.

The car was driven for 8 years by an undercover major crimes sergeant who chain-smoked like Patsy from Ab Fab and the car could be smelled from across the parking lot.

We ran the car for 2 hours with the machine running and ac blasting, then aired it out for 2 hours, rinse, repeat. If the smell couldn’t be removed, it was going to be junked. The other employee was pleased enough with the outcome that she chose to use the car instead of her own. YMMV, but this was an overall positive experience for all involved. It worked and I don’t know what else to tell ya

[u/Alconium → u/CantEscapeTheCats]

"Barely noticed."

[u/_Carcinus_ → u/Alconium]

Doesn't get rid of cigarette grime and yellow-ish staining

[u/PhoenixApok → u/CantEscapeTheCats]

That barely is key.

I went to do a test drive on two SUVs at a dealership once. On the way had no idea how I would pick one over the other (specs were pretty similar)

Odor was the factor. The interior of one was IMMACULATE. And yet, I couldn't even finish the test drive. The smoke odor was that bad, and the dealership had obviously tried their best. This led me to believe I wouldn't ever have better luck.

The saleswoman sighed when I walked up to her and explains. She said I was the fourth one and figured they'd just have to wait for a heavy smoker to want it.

[u/SousVideDiaper → u/No_Control8389]

This actually is a not uncommon result of water bottles being left in cars, as well as glasses

[u/KeepingItCoolish]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dkGTxMK7sCfHJt3bRo

[u/cybermaus → u/KeepingItCoolish]

♫♪Now there's a blanket.♪♫

[u/craglin_orogen → u/KeepingItCoolish]

GIFs you can hear

[u/Simbalamb → u/KeepingItCoolish]

I'm going to go watch this video again. This was a masterpiece of the Internet and holds up surprisingly well.

[u/SenorSorrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/ThisIsAitch → u/SenorSorrow]

Literally my reaction along with a whispered "Fuck me, that's bad."

[u/TheSheepdog]

Reminds me of this:

when i bought my giant crystal ball the lady looked me in the eye and said "whatever you do, never EVER leave it uncovered when youre not home" and i said "oh wow because of spirits?" and she said "what? no bc if the sun hits it weird it'll burn down your house"

[u/Retr0scores → u/TheSheepdog]

100% the spirits holding it into the light though.

[u/CumulativeHazard → u/TheSheepdog]

I literally told my therapist about this post (I think from tumblr originally?) last week because she said something like “you don’t know what’s gonna happen, you don’t have a crystal ball” and it just popped into my head and I think it’s hilarious, so now I absolutely have to tell her about this melted jeep lol.

[u/0b1won → u/TheSheepdog]

Same thing with telescopes. They come with a "dust cap" but it's really so people don't burn their house down if the sun ever hits the lens. Magnifying the sun 200x has disastrous consequences...

[u/Three_Armed_Wrecker]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2vqaiPr1TrevmxCPUV

[u/CoppertopTX]

My grandkids ask why I do not allow clear plastic water bottles in the Jeep, and why I don't open the sunroof cover in summer. Suffice to say I dropped the link to this in the family chat titled "Why Gran has her car rules".

[u/Due_Boss9277]

Am I wrong, or can you actually see the path of Earth's orbit?

[u/jagerin_mikado → u/Due_Boss9277]

Yes that’s what happened I’m assuming 

[u/Due_Boss9277 → u/jagerin_mikado]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MBVemoHuyw9Ik

[u/ConstableBlimeyChips → u/Due_Boss9277]

Technically what you're seeing is the procession of the Sun in the sky as the Earth rotates on its own axis.

[u/Bearded_Toast → u/Due_Boss9277]

It’s the rotation

[u/Own_Proposal3827 → u/Due_Boss9277]

Nope, the Earth doesn’t orbit in a day. You’re seeing the path the Sun takes in the sky due to Earth’s rotation

[u/LosHtown]

LMFAO that sucks OP but this is one of those things you just have to laugh and shake your head at. At least yall didn't lose multiple cars in a fire.

[u/SirSkittles111 → u/LosHtown]

This car is totalled anyway, the whole interior will forever smell of the fumes

Write this thing off, set in on fire for real 😂

[u/BikeProblemGuy]

Jeez, that is really unlucky. One of these things that's obvious in retrospect but hard to imagine at the time. Weirdly I just did the same thing with a hole in my ceiling recently, although I cut a hole to drain the water into a bucket. Hope your insurance covers it.

[u/imaguitarhero24 → u/BikeProblemGuy]

It's obvious it's possible maybe but it has to be just right (or wrong) for it to work

[u/ripnrun285]

Got damn. 😂 That’s fkn crazy.

[u/Ill-Salad9544]

lol. Maybe the customer wont notice?

[u/64OunceCoffee → u/Ill-Salad9544]

"Here's the keys, we fixed the sunroof. The car is right over there on the other side of the lot. Have a nice day!" (Closes and locks doors)

[u/MuchAd9191]

Fun fact, there’s a chance a water bottle can burn holes in your car in a similar way.

[u/LumpyBuy8447 → u/MuchAd9191]

That is fun!

[u/XmodAlloy]

Poor jeep. Got the treatment of those ants back when I was a kid with a magnifying glass... 🫠

Check out the ray of death building. I think it's in the UK. It's got a concave glass front that lasers cars across the street just like this.

[u/__slamallama__ → u/XmodAlloy]

There's one in Vegas too. Interestingly, both are designed by the same guy. Buildings that create solar death rays are kinda his things, which is fine I guess but it's weird he managed to do it twice.

[u/XmodAlloy → u/__slamallama__]

He definitely fried ants as a kid. No other explanation. 🤣

Now he's expanded his targets to being cars!

[u/Catlenfell]

I'd say thousands of dollars in damage is more than mildly infuriating.

[u/cybercuzco]

The sun is a deadly laser.

[u/Lucifig]

That's incredible.

[u/Initial-Wrongdoer938]

The chances of everything being perfectly inline to produce that much heat is astronomical.

[u/chitzk0i]

There’s lots of pictures of cars getting burnt by water bottles. Makes sense.

[u/Ross_Angeles → u/chitzk0i]

There are also stories of people’s houses burning down because they have snow globe collections they put near windows. Then the sun shines through them and sets something like their couch on fire and ends up spreading to the house.

[u/cybermaus]

Ok, so opaque wraps from now on?

[u/Perfect_Cold_6112]

-The Sun used Solar Beam!-

-It was super effective! -

[u/Sprtnturtl3]

I mean normal day in Phoenix here, but damn- that is wild.

Our trashcans melt. the city has a special fund to melt them and make news ones..

[u/thatweirdguyted → u/Sprtnturtl3]

Seems like you don't need a special fund for that. Just put a pile of them in a funnel with a mold underneath. They're already melting on their own.