If it was going to happen, at least it was a vette.

[jake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzIVfA4NJ18

Going to my parents today for a party when we came across this, sorry about the vide, wife shot it. I stopped and tired to hand my fire extinguisher that I keep in my truck to a police officer and he refused it telling me that a fire truck was on the way. I told him this would put the fire out right now, and he yelled at me to keep moving because I stopped traffic.

 

[patrick66]

You expect a cop these days to use sense?

 

[67-Fury]

If I was the Fireman and I saw that vette Burning I would just turn around and go home why waste the water.

 

[thrashingcows]

That's ridiculous that they wouldn't let you help to put out the fire! Yes I have very little love for vettes...but an old car is an old car! I would try and help if I could.

 

[polara71]

Because in today's world it's all about safety. Let the property be destroyed but get the people clear.

You can link this in the political threads

 

[polara71]

If I was the Fireman and I saw that vette Burning I would just turn around and go home why waste the water.

Because it's somebodies baby, and I despise vettes more than most people

 

[Big_John]

If I was the Fireman and I saw that vette Burning I would just turn around and go home why waste the water.

So.... If the fireman owned a Vette and your car was burning, would you expect him to turn around too?

 

[67-Fury]

So.... If the fireman owned a Vette and your car was burning, would you expect him to turn around too?

No and I don't like to see old cars destroyed but I don't show much compassion for a vette guy.

 

[Fratzog]

As C Body owners we are subject to more than our fair share of denigration therefore we should avoid responding in kind otherwise we are no better.

 

[detmatt]

Well said Fred.

 

[72Fury]

The Fix, nice music choice! I hate seeing anything old get destroyed. The Vette looked like a nice car.

 

[Big_John]

Well said Fred.

X2

One lesson that we all need to learn here is to carry a fire extinguisher in our cars. My late brother lost his 66 Mercury to a fire and if it wasn't for my extinguisher, I might have lost my A12 car years ago. Had the guy with the Vette had an extinguisher, there wouldn't have been any story here.

 

[commando1]

Jake, with all sincerity, as much as you were trying to do the right thing, the cop was doing the owner a favor.
I have owned Vettes. As every Vette owner will tell you, they'd rather have it reduced to ashes rather get back a fixed car that "will never be the same".
I don't know if it's a subliminal macho type of thing where a man's ownership of a woman is tarnished or something like that or maybe as Freud once said, Maybe sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but had he got a repaired Vette back, the love would be lost. No matter how much he lovED it. past tense.

 

[polara71]

As C Body owners we are subject to more than our fair share of denigration therefore we should avoid responding in kind otherwise we are no better.

I don't try to be better, just myself. Nice sentiment and knowing you, I know you believe that but I can't follow those words.