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2 years ago I was behind the wheel of some type of semi-new BMW with a manual. Stopped for gas, checked the oil. Forgot to properly stow away the hood "arm".. 10 minutes later, driving down the road, pothole, BANG. look down, gauges not working, weird, look up, FIRE!!! SMOKE!!! HOLY SHIT!!!, fully to side of the road open hood to see fire coming to end. Turns out the hood arm hit the positive terminal on the battery. After that the car wouldn't idle above 2,000 revs, cooling fan didn't work, xmas tree effect. Turns out it "shorted" some of the grounds in the engine.
500 bucks later for not putting a hood arm in its damn place!
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