I had a 1979 Dodge Omni. It was an early-generation front wheel drive, before they had figured out how to actually decouple the drivetrain from the steering, so if you accelerated during a turn, it would jerk the steering wheel from your hand. It had that plastic that faded quickly in the sun, and got super brittle. Such a piece of crap.
I had it in Gainesville in 1985/86 and smelled smoke, so I pulled into a median cut-through on Archer Road and popped the hood, and flames are shooting out. Looks like a short sparked a small fire. Well I had a newspaper in the car so I grabbed it and beat down the flame. With the last swat, I realized - “WTF am I doing? I should let this thing burn to the ground!”