I prefer the supermoto way of washing motorcycles/cars:

Talking about Monty Python, this seems relevant too:

And they don’t even come with bumper-to-bumper warranty!

The leak in your exhaust will probably cause the flame-throwy-ness.. On decelaration unburned fuel gets mixed with oxygen from the exhaust leak, which will make it ignite because of the high temperature in the exhaust.

Very nice overview of the VW beetle indicators! But I am a VW beetle geek, so there is no surprise that I liked it..
And as a VW beetle geek, of course I have something to add, because, that’s wat car geeks do:

“Some of the snails, however, did get lucky. As the police report notes:”

“and no vents in the engine lid because it has the 1300cc engine”