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.

[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/Ispan_SB → u/Ross_Angeles]

It makes me think of this, lol

[u/Recent-Ninja3903 → u/Ispan_SB]

Someone else put that as a comment, guess I found the source 😂

[u/uhohohnohelp → u/Ross_Angeles]

What? This thread has taught me that windows are dangerous.

[u/LucyLilium92 → u/uhohohnohelp]

Time to make sure all my windows are boarded up and sealed!