Car Trouble

I love my beamer but sometimes all those BMW codes get the best of my brain. If I didn’t know a reasonable expert with a knack for finding the cheapest way to get me back on the road, I would have lost that car a long time ago.

Let’s see, I found out the hard way that my battery was located in the trunk and didn’t have a cover over it.

I’d just pulled off from the curb when I smelled something burning. At first I thought it was coming from a nearby construction site. As I was looking around for the source- I saw smoke fogging up my rear window.

Irving Park Road is a parking lot during rush hour so there wasn’t a place to pull over. In a panic, I pulled into the middle of the road. Cars were bumper to bumper going east and west around me. 

The oder and smoke coming from my trunk was tremendous.

Okay you have to understand that the BMW is 1994 but it was brand spankin new to me. It is the newest car that I ever owned and I wasn’t about to run off and let her burn!

So I opened the trunk. There I found flames and acid splattering. Inside the trunk, I had a very cool leather coat that I quickly decided I could sacrifice to save my car. The sparks were covered by the coat. From there I opened and poured as many 8oz. bottles of water as it took to put out the fire. It all happened very fast.

A few people held up their cell phones, asking if I wanted them call for help.

I said no thank you.

After the trunk fire was out I jumped in and drove the car straight to work.

My mechanic’s shop is close to my job. Along the way I phoned him. He asked me a bunch of questions and said that he would meet in the parking lot outside my job. 

The car stunk up the entire parking lot.

Turns out that my superfly leather coat had a enormous belt buckle that had touched the battery heads. The mesh metal belt served as a conduit when I turned the ignition.The sparks started the fire. The interior fed the fire.

Luckily the fire was put out before it reached the gas tank which is also in the back.

The car was originally bought from auction and doesn’t have a manual. So I learn when I brake something where it is.

The date will be annouced when I share my BMW mechanic from Dado Motors with the blog world.