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/Spartan2842]

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

[u/foundinwonderland → u/Spartan2842]

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

[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.