Xair's post reminds me of a humorous (to me) incident from a few years go. We were living in Belfast, Northern Ireland and driving a Vauxhall Meriva. I have attached a photo I took of one page from the Meriva Owner's Manual. When I read that page in the manual, I wrote the following in my journal:
Whilst reading through the Owner?s Manual of the new Meriva, I found the following, extremely helpful guideline:
Do not park the vehicle on an easily ignitable surface. The high temperature of the exhaust system could ignite the surface.
Although I do not have an unlimited amount of time for research, I did take a few minutes to try to discover what surfaces might be easily ignitable, upon which I could park, even though I should not. I came up with paper, Styrofoam, marshmallows, plastic, C4 and napalm. The hottest thing known to man is the interior of freshly microwaved Hot Pockets?, but it is highly unlikely that anyone would ever park a Meriva on top of one. Even if they did, and the exhaust system ignited the Hot Pockets, I can?t see how a Hot Pockets bursting into flame could be any hotter than a freshly microwaved one that one attempts to ingest as soon as the handy, provided fireproof envelope is ripped free. Besides, one cannot purchase Hot Pockets in Northern Ireland, further increasing the mystery warning about parking on one.
In any case, rest assured, dear reader, that I am on the lookout for easily ignitable surfaces whenever I park this car. I don?t want to be held responsible for melting a car park by carelessly parking on acetone or hardened methane deposits.