The Dat-side Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 I like having a center console but that seems like the easiest place to reach it, on the tunnel. Anywhere else? Quote Link to comment
paradoxx Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 I have it in front of the drivers seat. Quote Link to comment
nismo dr Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 next to my toolbox in the garage :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Don't have one in the 620... I suppose I'll toss one behind the seat. Quote Link to comment
uieluck Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 In the kitchen, next to the wife! 1 Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 In my boat, below my right hand, on the seat base. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 MUST BE SECURED!!! Don't want to be hit by the damn thing in an accident, plus it's not likely to be where you left it when you need it. Also not where YOU will hit it in an accident... like on a roll bar. In front of driver's seat is great. Except this is where the jack is kept in my 710.... passenger side then. Quote Link to comment
Jennifer Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 :) question ... Why are fire extinguishers needed? Quote Link to comment
Uncle Laulau Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 I think fire extinguishers are cool. Make your ride look dangerous ( a 40yo datsun is!) and can save a life or property. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it! Oh I keep mine between my buckets in the 521. It needs to be secured, as of now it will probably be found in my abdomen during my autopsy, post any crash in this death trap. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Cars can catch fire, surely you've passed a car on fire? You don't have to be in an accident to have a fire either. You could save someone's life or their car, but altruism aside, for me it would be mainly to save my own Datsun that I would pack one. Brake overheated Fuel leak, tank, lines carb EFI. Electrical 'short'. Hot exhaust rubbing something. Catalytic converter and dry grass. Cigarette or vehicle accident. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jennifer Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Thanks!! Sounds like a good idea :D Quote Link to comment
nismo dr Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 I had a caprice cop car that backfired then caught the air filter on fire opened the hood and the flames leapt out, was about to about to smother it and a good samaritan UPS guy ran over and shot the fire extinguisher down the carb. Car never ran again :lol: Quote Link to comment
paradoxx Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 once, the solenoid of my starter caught on fire, it was not much, but since that day I decided to keep a extinguisher inside because of the carbs and fuel hose veeeeery near exhaust. Not like some hunduhs that put them on the windshield frame and is a small bottle that, with the nervousism, you wont hit the fire and it wont be enough to shut down a real fire. something like this: Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 :) question ... Why are fire extinguishers needed? most of the time there not. but when they are your going to be happy as fuck you have one. for years I have always carried one in all of my vehicles. never used one ever until one day, came up on full size dodge truck and a VW cabriolet that had just hit head on seconds before. needless to say the VW was on fire :rolleyes: so I got the handy extinguisher out and put the fire out while some other guys got the driver out of the car. later one of the guys that pulled the driver (and same from a trooper a bit after that) comes up and says: man Im sure glad you had that extinguisher, no one else here even had one. that VW would have been a bonfire in the middle of a 5 lane road other wise. never needed it before.... and havent used one since.... ..... but it just proves that you never know when your going to need one. (also proves that VW cabriolet's get FUCKED up in serious crashes, got hit so hard it tore off the hood and bent the frame so much every panel on the car was warped by inches) 1 Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 How about at the base of the drivers seat. I know the wagons are designed to keep the jack there, but I dont. I would rather keep a fire extinguisher there. As for putting out car fires... Riding shotgun in my friends VW bus, full of people. Bus is going up the hill, we stop at a light. A lady in a Subaru pulls up next to us and in a very english accent says "There are flames under your van." Immediately we pull over in front of a Chinese food restaurant (closest parking lot). I run the the rear hatch and check to make sure it wasn't hot, it was not so I opened it carefully. I order 2 of the girls in the bus to go get a fire extinguisher from the restaurant, they come back with a pitcher of water... Awesome... At this point the driver of the bus (my good friend at the time) throws his keys on the ground in a fit of anger... I douse the flames with the water, and all was good. So what happened? PO had siliconed the oil drain plug in, ran an external oil filter, and used horrible fittings. It leaked oil onto the catalytic converter making some nice flames, Which then caught the engine compartment seal on fire as well as melting the plastic guard on the intake. That day was pretty funny... Carry an extinguisher, if not for your car, for the next poor guy you come across with his car on fire. Quote Link to comment
The Dat-side Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yeah. I don't have one, but have been meaning to get one. I'm thinking in front of the passenger seat, prob easier to get in a hurry than under the driver seat. Quote Link to comment
VintageRice Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hmmmm. No oics...... Weird. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hmmmm. No oics...... Weird. to busy not getting blown up Quote Link to comment
Stupid_fast Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Even new ferrari's catch fire... Never know when there is cheap glue near your exhaust pipe!! Can never trust those Italians! I don't carry a fire extinguisher... Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hmmmm. No oics...... Weird. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Shit happens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkWaxSztbBg Quote Link to comment
Uber Deaf One Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I have mine on the left side of the driver's seat. I know.. not the best place for one. I just haven't got around to buying some brackets and mounting it behind the driver's seat. I think I'll get that done this weekend lol. Quote Link to comment
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