Anyone carry a fire extinguisher?
 

My Porsche had a fire extinguisher in a box under the passenger seat. I have seen cars with the familiar red cylinders on A frame pillars and also mounted high between the seats. Is this for looks, like carrying around Magnum condoms you may never use?

The only car fire I ever had was in a 1966 VW Bug that had sat all summer and the hoses dried out. After driving for about 30 seconds I lost all power and fuel was spewing over the engine behind me. So what did I do? I coasted the car into the closest service station. Not one of my better moves. :eek: Anyway the melted parts cost about $120 to replace. Never seen a car fire since and that was 1988.

Anyone have experienced with car fires, having and mounting extinguishers, or actually using them?

Maybe if I owned a Fisker or Italia! :p

I've seen cars on fire... But those were Ze German cars... Our Japanese cars aren't that shítty.
If you turbo it and play a lot with the fuel system, sure, I guess you should carry one

I carry one just for that murphys law factor. Probably not a bad idea with any F.I build IMO

I carry one in my 71 240Z. Thankfully I've never had to use it in 26 years of ownership.

i actually have a small 1.5lb first alert fire extinguisher in my car. i keep it behind the passenger seat. the seat is always back far enough that it wont move, so im not worried about it becoming a projectile in a collision.

i originally got it because of my oil cooler. just in case something unhooks itself and catches fire on the track. i also realized, if i saw a car fire happening in its early stages, id try and help put it out with the extinguisher...but who knows if thatd ever happen if it came down to it

All my cars carry extinguishers - even the Murano driven by SWMBO.

Z34 especially because I cannot go out on the track without it.

Extinguisher is replaced every 6 years

Used in anger twice in over 40 years, once for Volvo clunker in the 90's (uni student serviced the car, replaced the fuel filter and forgot to re-do the clips) and once recently for a "mint" V12 Jag at a car-club event that suffered the same fate.

The Jag owner was especially grateful as he had invested $50K into his restoration (the car was "mint" - just like it had left the factory). I scored a bottle of very expensive Australian Cabernet Sauvignon which only goes to show that good deeds sometimes carry their own rewards .... not that I was looking for it, but mypalate certainly said thanks ...

I have one in my 1971 240Z also.

I have used fire extinguishers on cars 3 times -- always someone else's.

I'd use it to extinguish the source of 2nd hand smoke. :stirthepot:
I had it in my suburban. It was useless. I ended up putting it in my kitchen. BTW, every car fire I've seen, it was either a VW bug or a VW bus. That got me thinking, it should be a requirement for these cars to have them before they get registered.

I've done a lot of builds. Going to put one in my new Z. Make sure it's a Halon extinguisher or you'll regret it wasn't if you ever use it.

halon for sure, but if you cant afford it..just make sure you rinse off the chemicals ASAP. a 2lb halon extinguisher is 1-200 dollars. a basic chemical BC extinguisher is 1/5th the price and corrosive, but a quick rinse SHOULD be good

Halon is awesome. We had a small fire start in an empty fuel tank (fuel residue, marine distillate) from welding being done in an adjacent compartment on a navy ship I was on. The fire sentry gave a quick blast of halon through the manhole into the fuel tank. Wow, put the fire out in just a few seconds.

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