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Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Automotive1(m): 1:04am On Dec 23, 2017
[img]https:///a/img922/2446/zqLxv9.jpg[/img]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zab-zZIETjE

A 54 yr old driver,Julie Nicklin,was lucky to be alive this week after accidentally pouring several gallons of petrol down the air intake of her 2005 Smart ForTwo,which promptly exploded when she turned the key.

The mother-of-two was trapped in her burning car right next to a fuel pump after the engine ignited, sending bystanders running for safety. Fortunately, a nearby construction worker ran up to the inferno and pulled the mother-of-two out before she suffered serious burns.

As he helped her away from the scene, a second explosion rocked the area as the fuel pump went up in flames.The pair were then taken to the superstore by staff to be checked over,but fortunately she was unharmed.

The Smart ForTwo was completely destroyed by the fire, which was so intense that several motorists on a nearby road had to be treated for smoke inhalation.

Source https://autojosh.com/smart-fortwo-explodes-owner-accidentally-fills-air-intake-petrol/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Automotive1(m): 1:04am On Dec 23, 2017
If you're wondering how it's possible for someone to confuse a car's air intake with its fuel filler, look no further than the design of Smart cars themselves, which have almost identical ports located on each of the rear fenders. One is the fuel filler, and the other is the intake for the rear-mounted engine.

[img]https:///a/img923/5461/x5B034.jpg[/img]

The actual fuel cap is on the right-hand side and air intake left-hand side of the 2005 Smart Fortwo Pulse model. Users on Smart car forums have made the same mistakes

The air intake requires a bit more effort than the fuel filler to open and is stamped with NO FUEL on the inside, but without a doubt it's a needlessly confusing design.

It's since been updated to look like an actual air intake on newer cars, but that doesn't do much for the owners of older models.


Source https://autojosh.com/smart-fortwo-explodes-owner-accidentally-fills-air-intake-petrol/

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Nutase: 2:07am On Dec 23, 2017
The person that designed this crazy car should be handed over to SARS to blow his testicles off.

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Aldebaran(m): 3:07am On Dec 23, 2017
...She Accidentally put the thing into the wrong hole grin

In fairness, the air intake and petrol caps look dangerously similar on a 2005 Smart ForTwo

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by tstx(m): 7:17am On Dec 23, 2017
ehya
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by michaelwilli(m): 7:17am On Dec 23, 2017
What manner of fuckery
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Nobody: 7:17am On Dec 23, 2017
Aldebaran:
...She Accidentally put the thing into the wrong hole grin

angry



∆ Niggas should learn from this... You know woramin ∆

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by BruncleZuma: 7:18am On Dec 23, 2017
Yawa!
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by RaaGhu: 7:18am On Dec 23, 2017
Confusion everywhere!
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Bossontop(m): 7:18am On Dec 23, 2017
undecided
The car makers shouldn't have made the air intake and fuel filler look alike nah....there should have been a great difference btw them to prevent such accidents

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by sonsomegrigbo: 7:19am On Dec 23, 2017
Nonsense car!





Shiorrrrrr
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Nobody: 7:21am On Dec 23, 2017
She can sue the the manufacturers for putting identical holes with different functions in d car.

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by rawtouch: 7:22am On Dec 23, 2017
shocked
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by ogbologbo1000(m): 7:22am On Dec 23, 2017
chai
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by albacete(m): 7:23am On Dec 23, 2017
No label to differentiate?

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by thedondada(m): 7:24am On Dec 23, 2017
Sad
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by NokiaN8(m): 7:25am On Dec 23, 2017
explain better I don't understand
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by jaxxy(m): 7:25am On Dec 23, 2017
More like dumb for one

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by baconline(m): 7:25am On Dec 23, 2017
sonsomegrigbo:
Nonsense car!






Shiorrrrrr
Wetin you no mean.that's the most fuel effective car joo
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Teedawg: 7:25am On Dec 23, 2017
Smart for two? More like Hell for two

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by igahdavid(m): 7:25am On Dec 23, 2017
Okay
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Tonason: 7:26am On Dec 23, 2017
Automotive1:
[img]https:///a/img922/2446/zqLxv9.jpg[/img]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zab-zZIETjE

A 54 yr old driver,Julie Nicklin,was lucky to be alive this week after accidentally pouring several gallons of petrol down the air intake of her 2005 Smart ForTwo,which promptly exploded when she turned the key.

Ooh what a pity, we can understand, she put the pipe on a wrong hole. Or she may even think that the two are connected one way or another. Or their way of life might have confused her too. Because they believe every hole is hole. Nevertheless thank God you live to tell the tale .

The mother-of-two was trapped in her burning car right next to a fuel pump after the engine ignited, sending bystanders running for safety. Fortunately, a nearby construction worker ran up to the inferno and pulled the mother-of-two out before she suffered serious burns.

As he helped her away from the scene, a second explosion rocked the area as the fuel pump went up in flames.The pair were then taken to the superstore by staff to be checked over,but fortunately she was unharmed.

The Smart ForTwo was completely destroyed by the fire, which was so intense that several motorists on a nearby road had to be treated for smoke inhalation.

Source https://autojosh.com/smart-fortwo-explodes-owner-accidentally-fills-air-intake-petrol/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Nobody: 7:28am On Dec 23, 2017
Ok
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by mofedamijo(m): 7:28am On Dec 23, 2017
Nutase:
The person that designed this crazy car should be handed over to SARS to blow his testicles off.
And what if it was designed by a lady?

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by pointstores(m): 7:30am On Dec 23, 2017
Ohhh
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by muller101(m): 7:32am On Dec 23, 2017
Design error. Operated by a dummy woman. disaster
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by Temidayo9(m): 7:33am On Dec 23, 2017
Smart for two now Killer for two grin
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by debanj326: 7:36am On Dec 23, 2017
When I'm busy looking for fuel to put in my Fuel tank here, you are putting fuel where you don't need it. Anyway where is the remaining fuel?

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by deebrain(m): 7:36am On Dec 23, 2017
Thats what happens when you put the right thing in a wrong place or the wrong thing in the right place.

Just like the wrong government we have at present in Nigeria.

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Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by mightyhazel: 7:38am On Dec 23, 2017
the car looks like a joke
Re: Smart ForTwo Explodes After Owner Accidentally Fills Air Intake With Petrol by EmmaLege: 7:38am On Dec 23, 2017
See confusion undecided

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