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[–] 39 points 5 months ago

Ahhh yes the old exploding car crash, shame there won't be any useful evidence!

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  • [–] 37 points 5 months ago

    salute to the mexican counter-narcotics operation for taking out these two dangerous traffickers.

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  • [–] 33 points 5 months ago

    The way the headline is worded makes me think Israel is somehow responsible

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Cars don't normally explode, when they go off a cliff. Here's a myth busters episode.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    i don't wanna watch a video but I mean wouldn't they explode if the gas tank leaks and then ignites, which is probably very rare compared to its portrayal in media but still like, possible? or is that the myth that they bust

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Only if it's crushed with enough force that the gas spraying out forms a combustible mist. A merely leaking tank doesn't get enough oxygen quick enough to explode. It just burns. They test this and also crash several cars down and fail to achieve the effect. For one they even mount the gas tank on the front bumper and tape boxes with matches on for sparks. Still no explosion when the car falls down and hits the ground tank first, only burning. They don't completely rule out that it might happen under very special circumstances, but it would be very unlikely.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Of course they tested cars before they would have had access to Teslas

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    i always thought gasoline was explosive if there's enough of it in a confined space, must be all that corn they're puttin' in it

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    That’s basically how an internal combustion engine works, but the gasoline has to be a fine mist and mixed appropriately with oxygen. That creates a lot of heat really fast which creates a lot of pressure if it is in a confined space. But that’s what the others are saying on this thread. Without those ideal conditions coming together, it just makes things burn faster but no real explosion.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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    Looney Toons ass death

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    was the trunk full of cocaine

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    I would love for her to be holding up two fingers in that picture

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