I really hope you don't work on your own car, Of so O have a feeling this isn't the last FML we we'll read of yours

Well it has happened to me before...by accident of course.

I remember doing this...as a bored and unattended 8 year old.

Well, you learn something new everyday.

If you stick your finger into the socket it'll cool it down. You'll be fine OP

I've thought about sticking my finger in there to test its heat too. Then I realize that its made for smoking cigarettes, not flesh. Though the cigarette wouldn't light, my flesh was spared a burn.

They never get red anymore which they should but if you push that in and when it clicks back out you know it's hot...hence I have mine in my console so that way I don't need to worry about it

I did this once, it was an old car from the 80's, I wasn't sure if it worked, being a bit inebriated and not a smoker, my finger was used. hurt a bit, but I was used to burns on my hands and fingers from my work, no red glow or heat emitting from it that could be felt while hovering a hand over it.

I did that once

Same thing happened to me when I was about 10 or so. It left my finger throbbing and turned blue. I'm 29 now and still remember the pain.