# Dick Van Dyke cars burns up on the 101. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679 "2013-08-20T00:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/1 "2013-08-20T00:27:07Z")
Close call for Dick Van Dyke. That car is burnt to a crisp. Someone pulled him out just in time. Semms like a really nice guy in the roadside interview. I’d be a lot grumpier under the circumstances. 😛 Glad he’s ok. I’d swear that’s Rob Petrie describing one of his klutzy accidents. > **[Dick Van Dyke Emergency -- Actor Pulled Out of Flaming Vehicle](https://www.tmz.com/2013/08/19/dick-van-dyke-car-accident-flaming-vehicle-fire-smoke/)** > > 87-year-old actor Dick Van Dyke narrowly averted disaster moments ago on an L.A. freeway -- when his Jaguar burst into flames -- but thankfully, he was pulled to safety in the nick of time. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/2 "2013-08-20T00:32:49Z")
^Just saw that on the local news. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/3 "2013-08-20T00:33:27Z")
Glad he is OK. Surprised a 87 yr old guy is driving a Jaguar. I would have thought he would been driving a [Tarantula](http://dickvandykeshow.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html). Yes I watch too much TV. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/4 "2013-08-20T00:38:48Z")
“Oh, Rob!” ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/5 "2013-08-20T01:04:46Z")
Car’s on fire!! Car’s on fire, step in time! Car’s on fire, step in time! Never need a reason, never need a rhyme, Car’s on fire, step in time! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/6 "2013-08-20T01:21:38Z")
I’m glad he’s ok. But there HAS to be a “trips over the ottoman” joke in here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/7 "2013-08-20T01:30:03Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Surprised a 87 yr old guy is driving a Jaguar. Well, I guess he’s not any more. (At least not that particular one.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/8 "2013-08-20T01:36:43Z")
He still seems amazingly spry and alert for an 87 year old. Good for him! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/9 "2013-08-20T02:33:05Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Glad he is OK. Surprised a 87 yr old guy is driving a Jaguar. He shouldn’t have been driving such a shitty, shitty bang bang. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/10 "2013-08-20T02:34:28Z")
Didn’t I see this in an episode of _CHiPs_? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/11 "2013-08-20T03:08:24Z")
Is there any explanation of why his car suddenly burst into flames? Should I not buy a Jaguar unless I’m carrying a bag of marshmallows? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/12 "2013-08-20T03:13:19Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Is there any explanation of why his car suddenly burst into flames? Should I not buy a Jaguar unless I’m carrying a bag of marshmallows? They bought the [Pinto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto) Technology from Ford in a Fire Sale. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/13 "2013-08-20T05:16:13Z")
Maybe he has an enemy. Check the battery for a squeegee. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/14 "2013-08-20T05:39:07Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Check the battery for a squeegee. I never saw that man (or his battery) in my life! Leave my username out of it, you cad! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/15 "2013-08-20T05:45:05Z")
And if it wasn’t for those meddling kids at the SDMB I would have gotten away with it, too! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/16 "2013-08-20T05:47:57Z")
Dick Van Dyke has an interesting hobby - [3D computer animation.](http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/08/11/do-you-think-that-tv-legends-can-t-master-computer-animation-well-then-you-clearly-don-t-know-dick.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/17 "2013-08-20T06:45:15Z")
He’s had his one warning. Nobody cuts into the murder solving business in Cabot Cove. That’s Fletcher turf. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/18 "2013-08-20T10:56:50Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > He still seems amazingly spry and alert for an 87 year old. Some people are fortunate. I hope he keeps going for another 20 years at least. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/19 "2013-08-20T11:00:46Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Glad he is OK. Surprised a 87 yr old guy is driving a Jaguar. I would have thought he would been driving a [Tarantula](http://dickvandykeshow.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html). > > Yes I watch too much TV. Bravo. mmm ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679/20 "2013-08-20T11:28:28Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > I’m glad he’s ok. But there HAS to be a “trips over the ottoman” joke in here somewhere… One of the best little Diagnosis Murder bits was there Dr. Sloan was with his son searching a house, when he suddenly stops and says “I almost tripped over that ottoman.” Glad he’s okay. He’s always been a favorite of mine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-cars-burns-up-on-the-101/666679.md?page=2)