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This is why I carry a fire extinguisher in my car

knodi123 4y ago
Right next to the marshmallows.
giantg2 4y ago
I used to do this. I redid my fuel lines and needed the correct type of extinguisher in case something happened during that. Then I just kept it in the car for years.
oxfeed65261 4y ago
I actually used the fire extinguisher I used to carry in my ‘79 Buick LeSabre to put out a fire but I ended up regretting it. Smoke started pouring out from under the hood, so I pulled over and popped the hood and saw a blazing fire. I ran in a panic to the trunk, got the extinguisher, and put out the fire. It turned out that the air conditioner compressor had seized up and stopped turning, causing the belt to overheat and catch fire. The fix was simple: remove the remains of the belt and everything was fine. Roll down the windows when it’s hot. If I had let the car burn out and be totaled I would have saved a lot of trouble, including endless transmission leaks and a busted U-joint which led to my coasting to the side of the road with the driveshaft (connected only at the front) dragging and bouncing and throwing up showers of sparks down the freeway.
- NegativeLatency 4y ago
  Had a similar thought, if the car is empty it's a different consideration to when it's loaded up with my camping gear or other possessions.
  - oxfeed65261 4y ago
    Yeah. I started carrying the fire extinguisher because my parents’ full-size Chevy van burned up with all of their camping supplies, clothes, guns, etc. from a three-month roadtrip. Also melted the front of their trailer before the highway patrol arrived. Brave/insane CHP officer pulled the propane tanks off of the trailer before they blew. I had nothing of value in the Buick. Ironic, as Ms. Morissette would say. My parents bought the Buick from my grandmother to drive home to Virginia after the van fire, and they gave it to me for my senior year of college. My fire was a couple of years after graduation.
icelancer 4y ago
I know many of my friends who used to race cars and needed one in the car for certification/regulation continue to do so in their civilian cars to this day. Once you've done it because you have to, you realize that it might be a good reason to do it when you simply can.
CamperBob2 4y ago
If your car catches on fire, you don't want it back. Get everybody away from it and call the fire department. Hold your phone horizontally when you film it for YouTube.
- vidanay 4y ago
  A big thick column of black smoke from a carbeque might be the only time I would forgive someone for holding the phone vertically.

Right next to the marshmallows.

I used to do this. I redid my fuel lines and needed the correct type of extinguisher in case something happened during that. Then I just kept it in the car for years.

oxfeed65261 4y ago

I actually used the fire extinguisher I used to carry in my ‘79 Buick LeSabre to put out a fire but I ended up regretting it. Smoke started pouring out from under the hood, so I pulled over and popped the hood and saw a blazing fire. I ran in a panic to the trunk, got the extinguisher, and put out the fire. It turned out that the air conditioner compressor had seized up and stopped turning, causing the belt to overheat and catch fire. The fix was simple: remove the remains of the belt and everything was fine. Roll down the windows when it’s hot. If I had let the car burn out and be totaled I would have saved a lot of trouble, including endless transmission leaks and a busted U-joint which led to my coasting to the side of the road with the driveshaft (connected only at the front) dragging and bouncing and throwing up showers of sparks down the freeway.

NegativeLatency 4y ago
Had a similar thought, if the car is empty it's a different consideration to when it's loaded up with my camping gear or other possessions.
- oxfeed65261 4y ago
  Yeah. I started carrying the fire extinguisher because my parents’ full-size Chevy van burned up with all of their camping supplies, clothes, guns, etc. from a three-month roadtrip. Also melted the front of their trailer before the highway patrol arrived. Brave/insane CHP officer pulled the propane tanks off of the trailer before they blew. I had nothing of value in the Buick. Ironic, as Ms. Morissette would say. My parents bought the Buick from my grandmother to drive home to Virginia after the van fire, and they gave it to me for my senior year of college. My fire was a couple of years after graduation.

icelancer 4y ago

I know many of my friends who used to race cars and needed one in the car for certification/regulation continue to do so in their civilian cars to this day. Once you've done it because you have to, you realize that it might be a good reason to do it when you simply can.

CamperBob2 4y ago

If your car catches on fire, you don't want it back. Get everybody away from it and call the fire department. Hold your phone horizontally when you film it for YouTube.

vidanay 4y ago
A big thick column of black smoke from a carbeque might be the only time I would forgive someone for holding the phone vertically.