21-01-2020, 01:42 PM
(20-01-2020, 01:39 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: I carry a fire extinguisher in every car I own, Vintage and modern.Me too. In addition, an emergency kit with various items including a tyre lever (ever since coming across a crashed VW beetle with the people trapped inside), and long strop by means of which one might be able to tow a car/s out of harm's way.
The better question might be "why shouldn't you carry an extinguisher"?
My son's old A6 had just had a too-tall battery fitted (it goes under the rear seat) by the local garage. Parked at Christmas in the underground car park of Switzerland's largest department store, his daughter moved from one side of the rear seat to the other, causing the seat's metal frame to short out the terminals. With smoke filling the car, what to do? No fire extinguisher in the car and none in sight. Break the glass on the fire alarm and empty the building? Not a popular move if it proved to be a false alarm. Fortunately, it self-cured and he managed to find the cause - and this didn't happen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma...r-42529615