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Originally Posted by sammyg2

I've flown over that a time or two. Very cool from the air, especially the first time.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I've had that situation before. I had an alternator go out once while driving from Tampa to Orlando in a Dodge Omni with a 1.7L VW motor. The last bit of the drive, the car wasn't firing, and I assume was dumping unburned gas into the exhaust that was burning in the cat. When I finally stopped, the cat was bright red.

Originally Posted by john70t

Oh good lord. Some engineer and the company actually designed a hot cat tucked into the engine compartment, next to under-body coating and all sorts of hydraulic and fuel lines. Badda bing badda boom.

Bah, no problem, it's got a heat shield!