Someone threw a lit firecracker in... - Toyota Yaris Forums

*Astroman* · 08-01-2007, 12:40 AM

Yeah, my car. I was inside my work when a couple came in and said there was smoke coming out of a gray car. One of my coworkers went outside, and ran back inside telling me my car is on fire. I go outside to check it out and behind the driver's seat on the floorboard there is a fire. I run back inside with a couple of guys I work with, get a bucket of water and put the fire out. My windows were down and someone threw a huge mo-fo firecracker in the car. I have burn marks on the headliner, almost every single piece of plastic looks like someone was trying to arc weld, and I have a huge hole on the carpet behind my seat. It burnt through my TRD hat, floormat, carpet, and burnt some of the side panel plastic and the lower part of the rear seat. Even the cargo cover in back suffered damage. My roommate has pictures on his cell phone so as soon as I can I will post pics. I am super pissed right now and just wanna

. Nobody saw who did it. The smoke smell is horrible and the explosions from the fireworks left everything with a white film over it as well as the remains of the firework itself. Since the '08 Yaris Sport liftback will be coming out in a few weeks, I am going to work with my insurance and the dealership to see if I can get my car traded in. It already wasn't the same after the accident, now the smoke smell will never get out. I'm hoping I can just yank all my perf. parts off and put them on a trade. This just sucks so bad. I left my car at the dealership for tonight. There was one guy left who I talked to. They are going to get me a estimate and I'm going to go from there. Again, sorry I don't have any pics right now, but I will post as soon as I can.

I have a $500 ins. deductible, but my manager called our boss and they might pay that, here's hoping...
EDIT: Got the damage, $7,859.32. Scroll down for pics.

08-01-2007, 12:40 AM	#1
Astroman Modded Moderator View User's Garage Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris, 71 Galaxie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 3,670	Someone threw a lit firecracker in... Yeah, my car. I was inside my work when a couple came in and said there was smoke coming out of a gray car. One of my coworkers went outside, and ran back inside telling me my car is on fire. I go outside to check it out and behind the driver's seat on the floorboard there is a fire. I run back inside with a couple of guys I work with, get a bucket of water and put the fire out. My windows were down and someone threw a huge mo-fo firecracker in the car. I have burn marks on the headliner, almost every single piece of plastic looks like someone was trying to arc weld, and I have a huge hole on the carpet behind my seat. It burnt through my TRD hat, floormat, carpet, and burnt some of the side panel plastic and the lower part of the rear seat. Even the cargo cover in back suffered damage. My roommate has pictures on his cell phone so as soon as I can I will post pics. I am super pissed right now and just wanna . Nobody saw who did it. The smoke smell is horrible and the explosions from the fireworks left everything with a white film over it as well as the remains of the firework itself. Since the '08 Yaris Sport liftback will be coming out in a few weeks, I am going to work with my insurance and the dealership to see if I can get my car traded in. It already wasn't the same after the accident, now the smoke smell will never get out. I'm hoping I can just yank all my perf. parts off and put them on a trade. This just sucks so bad. I left my car at the dealership for tonight. There was one guy left who I talked to. They are going to get me a estimate and I'm going to go from there. Again, sorry I don't have any pics right now, but I will post as soon as I can. I have a $500 ins. deductible, but my manager called our boss and they might pay that, here's hoping... EDIT: Got the damage, $7,859.32. Scroll down for pics. __________________ Please visit my online store for computer stuff and Official Yarisworld decals! Last edited by Astroman; 08-01-2007 at 06:00 PM. Reason: Damage quote, added that I added pics. :-)