RE: Why do Alfas burn?

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> There does seem to be a greater proportion of Alfas burning
> up than other cars (or perhaps their unusual status just
> gets them noticed, I'm not sure).  A Milano caught on fire
> in my town a few years ago and was in the local paper, and
> my parents recently reported a similar event where they live
> now in Maine.  I suggested that it's just the extra
> attention because they're odd cars, but they insist that
> since both of these towns have fire department logs in the
> papers that any burned car would be in there, and that only
> Alfas seem to be burning up.  Curious.  I have, of course,
> replaced my fuel lines in both cars by now, as being in the
> paper never seems to be a good thing...

Milanos burn because leaves and debris collect in the heating ducts, and
Alfa conveniently engineered an ignitor inside the ducts to incinerate
the debris (but failed to recognize that the rest of the vehicle would
be incinerated as well).

bs
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