Trial by fire and water

i'm quite sure that most of you out there have watched Captain Planet (yes, the cartoon and no, not Mr. Planet/Universe). There were 5 elements: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Heart or something or another... oh well.
Today, i had a glimpse of people (other people were involved, luckily it wasn't me) facing trials by two of the mentioned element: Fire and Water.
For the fire, some unlucky fellow had their car torched on the Federal Highway this morning, and yes i was there to witness the event and again no, it wasn't a locally made or local brand car. The cause of a sudden detonation of a car is either a fuel leak, faulty cooling system or some idiotic mistake the owner made by not maintaining the vehicle properly. Tough luck...
On the water side, there was a sudden heavy downpour today and some part of KL had flash flood (as usual). Strangely, in one stretch of the Federal Highway (the exit to Kelana Jaya/Sunway, from Shah Alam) the water rose to a depth that a car couldn't wade through. But, since humans weren't made equal, some stupid drivers decided to try going through (and mind you, it's standard cars we're talking about, not the 4x4 which will have no problem wading through such depth), only to find their car cough and sputter a few meters in or after the flood. If they're lucky, once the engine is dry, the can move on. If not, hahahahaha... a long bill is comin' their way~ Again, i was there to witness everything... 'cause i was stuck in the traffic jam anyway.
Speaking of which, the pictures below isn't exactly photo perfect, but they sure paint the image. My word of advice? Don't play with fire... and don't play with water... errr, that doesn't sound right. Oh heck.

Trial by fire. Car is a Fiat Punto (one of the newer model, not the HGT). Picture distorted due to PDA's camera lag

Trial by water. One of the 'wet' spot on Federal Highway. Three cars were stranded (foolish owners); Merc Benz 200, Prod Kelisa and another i couldn't recognize in time. Seems to me that those living in KL need amphibious cars...