[mazda77]

Hey, I’m with you entirely. I thought it was funny the report said that 240 was far above 212 (the boiling point of water). Did 28 degrees make all the difference? So if you own one of these cars, does that put everyone at risk of blowing up if they rearend someone at 1 MPH? Sure says alot for that BMW quality engineering, doesn’t it?

Reminds me of a joke I heard when they awarded the US BMW plant to South Carolina. The main rason was they didn’t have to change the logo. BMW=Bubba Makes Wheels

[Haiku Guy]

You know, the funny thing is, back in the day you could blame almost any garage fire on the ubiquitous gasoline can or lawnmower fuel tank. But, nowadays, nobody has gas cans or lawnmowers in their garages anymore. The lawn service takes care of all of that. As as far as paint thinners and laquers are concerned, the painter takes care of all that.

It is completely plausible that there were no flammables in that garage at all, except for the gasoline in the vahicle’s tank. Clearly the vehicle was not damaged enough to rupture the gas tank. So the only thing left to do is to blame the fire of burning antifreeze...

[newzjunkey]

I thought it was funny the report said that 240 was far above 212 (the boiling point of water).

Whoever wrote that line probably had "100C" in mind.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I thought it was funny the report said that 240 was far above 212 (the boiling point of water).

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The whole point of the coolant (aka antifreeze) is to have a higher boiling point than water, so it can carry more heat from the engine without boiling, which would cause problems like boil-overs and ineffectual heat transfer.