Oh the Irony!

[Joemanji]

Magera said:

Dolla Dolla said:

This word "irony" ... I do not think it means what you think it means.

Irony - An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.

I Might be reading this wrong but isn't this what I posted? -The apparent being the engine blowing and the contrast intended was the RRoD?  Might have got the meaning all mixed up though... :(

 You misinterpreted the word contrast. An engine blowing up would be a parallell comparison, not a contrast. The irony would be if the Wii racecar had to retire and PS3 racecar winning in front of the Xbox360 racecar.

By the way your story is an not an example of irony but an anecdote or a plain funny coincidence.