Irish JK
Caught the Bug
We had a great day of jeeping up in Big Bear today. Ran Gold Mountain and John Bull and the 2010 JKUR performed flawlessly. We met some new friends out on the trail today enjoyed and headed home the 96 miles to Orange County.
As we were making the left turn into our neighborhood, I saw a large amount of flames coming up my driver side. I got across the street and immediately stopped, got the wife and myself out the passenger door and by the time we got away from it, not 60 seconds later the entire front end was engulfed. By the time the FD showed up with 6-7min, it was a total loss.
The FD ruled it an accident with an unknown cause, most likely a fuel line leak. We have no idea what happened and are in total shock. It really is emotionally taxing. Only a few short minutes later, and we would have pulled into our garage and gone inside. Had the fire waited just a few minutes, it easily could have been our entire home and quite literally our lives at stake.
Honestly, at this moment, as much as we have enjoyed Jeep Ownership, it is very difficult to see ourselves ever having one again. It more than likely is a immediate irrational overreaction, but honestly it has scared me straight to my core of just how close it could have been to costing me everything. It is not just jeeps but any modified vehicle I now feel is just too dangerous to have in my home.
It really was unbelievable just how fast and intense this fire spread. I can't even imagine....my god, friends we were wheeling with today had multiple children in car seats in the back. There is no way that within seconds you are getting multiple people clear.
In the short time I have been part of this forum, I have enjoyed what seems like a great group of guys (and gals), but it is just going to be so hard for us get past this emotionally not to even mention the physical damage of not being able to rebuild.
As we were making the left turn into our neighborhood, I saw a large amount of flames coming up my driver side. I got across the street and immediately stopped, got the wife and myself out the passenger door and by the time we got away from it, not 60 seconds later the entire front end was engulfed. By the time the FD showed up with 6-7min, it was a total loss.
The FD ruled it an accident with an unknown cause, most likely a fuel line leak. We have no idea what happened and are in total shock. It really is emotionally taxing. Only a few short minutes later, and we would have pulled into our garage and gone inside. Had the fire waited just a few minutes, it easily could have been our entire home and quite literally our lives at stake.
Honestly, at this moment, as much as we have enjoyed Jeep Ownership, it is very difficult to see ourselves ever having one again. It more than likely is a immediate irrational overreaction, but honestly it has scared me straight to my core of just how close it could have been to costing me everything. It is not just jeeps but any modified vehicle I now feel is just too dangerous to have in my home.
It really was unbelievable just how fast and intense this fire spread. I can't even imagine....my god, friends we were wheeling with today had multiple children in car seats in the back. There is no way that within seconds you are getting multiple people clear.
In the short time I have been part of this forum, I have enjoyed what seems like a great group of guys (and gals), but it is just going to be so hard for us get past this emotionally not to even mention the physical damage of not being able to rebuild.
