Secret service / president car rentals (including Jeep) light up in a fire

[IamPro2A]

Good luck keeping this non-political...

After all, the only reason it's being posted here is because of its affiliation with a political figurehead...

And it's on all the nat'l news outlets..

And it involves a Jeep Gladiator.
Every other car fire or accident that makes it to the news media and involves a Gladiator gets posted here too. Not everything has to be politically motivated.

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[cafecito]

I'm reading this thread on my laptop, but it's still plugged into the wall socket, because I love that coal-burned power. It's just different than that solar shit, you know?

 

[jeepers29]

I've seen laptop batteries cause fires like this.

Those get left at repair shops.

 

[AmishMike]

And where were the Kennedys?

 

[StingGrayJT24]

Coming off a recent 3 week hiatus myself, I anticipate this thread will be shutdown and bans will be coming. If you’re not sure if you’ve crossed the political spectrum, then you probably did, and you should delete your posts. It doesn’t matter if you’re right or wrong, it’s not a fight you’ll win.

 

[IamPro2A]

I play politics in RL every single day, don't need to do it here.
This is a totally apolitical question, with hopefully apolitical answers:
Why do you think the Secret Service had a Gladiator in the fleet? The other vehicles all seem like obvious secret servicey type vehicles. Not the Gladiator. Was it an undercover vehicle with a bed full of spy stuff, or (forgive me but I have to do it!) FIREpower? Was it in case they had to bug out with the POTUS, off-road, with a bed full of armed agents trying to hang on while shooting back like some sort of Tom Cruise movie? The world, and the Gladiator Forum, may never know.

 

[AmishMike]

My guess is they needed something that they could drive on the beach/trails to the beach etc.

 

[TimC]

Damned ESS caused it somehow

 

[Escape.idiocracy]

Not only a Gladiator but 4 other vehicles. From the pictures and video it look like it may have started with a Suburban but what do I know.

https://apple.news/AV0DYfMaySDWvTP-G_tyMmA

The comments on the link….

"The vehicles were parked at the Nantucket airport and the blaze reportedly spread to just 40 feet away from the facility's jet fuel tanks."

That's a lesson worth learning

Lol someone’s getting chewed for not looking at the 2001 ATFP requirements…

 

[Jabtano]

So what was the reason for this? anyone know whey this happened.

 

[PlayfulBird]

I am amazed

this is still live

 

[Lunentucker]

So what was the reason for this? anyone know whey this happened.

They didn't pull fuse F42 and disconnect the AUX battery ground cable.

 

[TigerInFL]

unapproved mods if I had to guess

 

[4-Play]

Fuses weren’t seated.

 

[Mister Lamb]

Must've had their battery freshly replaced by the dealership..

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