Hahaha! This is great! Okay, so my car's been messing up for several weeks, and karma just bit it in the ass!
Yesterday, I upgraded my stereo with some more sponsored parts from my boy Danny and JVC Audio. Of course, there's no way I'd ever pay for JVC :P
So seriously, I upgraded, and it was blastin' harder than ever. We're talkin' the first kick knocked my rearview mirror off! Anyway, I pulled up to a stop sign down below my apartment community, and the car died... Battery couldn't handle it, and my 140-Amp alternator wasn't helping much. That's what I get for blaring 2000 Watts of Ludacris, right? Okay, so then the fun starts...
Got out my jumper box, restarted the car, revved it a bit (the engine's not shaking anymore, so it'll hit 6k again :D ). Drove down the road about 30 seconds, kicked the stereo again, and smelled smoke! My first thought was 'O shit, not my amps!', but then I realized the smoke would have a hard time getting out of the trunk into the passenger compartment... it's all sealed and grommetted! Upon looking down, there were small flames at my feet... WOOHOO!
Guess I shoulda doubled up on the power wire, huh? Yep, it began to overheat the wire, caught my upholstery on fire, and taught myself AND my car a lesson. Since then, the Cougar hasn't acted up any :P
No real damage done, though. Stamped it out, rewired it, and went back to my old 600-Watt amp for the moment. Hell of an adrenaline rush, though!
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NiZ
