Lambo caught on fire at Portland Auto Show...

**cellg8** · 01-27-2012 12:42 AM

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...land-auto-show

"The Portland International Auto Show isn't exactly known as a hotbed of industry activity or product reveals. Nonetheless, there is often some attractive hardware on display, including, this year, at least one privately-owned Lamborghini Gallardo. Unfortunately, that Gallardo won't be making the show. It caught fire.

Why, you ask? How? The answer is surprisingly stupid.

Fire marshals at the show, quite reasonably, won't let any car enter the building with more than a quarter-tank of fuel. The Gallardo attempted to enter with an undisclosed greater amount, however, and was refused. Makes good sense so far.

That's when the story gets stupid. Instead of figuring a way to extract the fuel from the tank, taking it for a quick 50-mile spin, or just swapping it for another Gallardo, the display staff decided it'd be a good idea to just sit in the car and rev it to redline in neutral. Not so good for the car, but, in a pinch, excusable--perhaps.

The person behind the wheel soon grew tired of the limiter-popping, however, and decided to automate the process with a piece of wood lodged between the seat and the gas pedal.

Yes, a piece of wood. After sitting idle at full song for several minutes, the completely predictable, inevitable, and foreseeable occurred: it overheated and caught fire. It was immediately loaded on a truck and removed from the scene.

Chalk up another win for idiots, another loss for exotic sports cars. [Sigh]. "

**Black3.2** · 01-27-2012 06:15 AM

you cant fix stupid.

**Sour** · 01-27-2012 06:19 AM

I wondered, that's tragic

**Apat** · 01-27-2012 06:51 AM

This makes me sick. Somewhat for the fact the Lambo burned but more so because of the caliber of people who got their hands on the car. They had no respect for it. Many of us will never have a chance to own or even drive an exotic like this and these guys take it for granted so much so they stick a block of wood on the accelerator at full throttle to burn some fuel?