wimble

driving to work yesterday i see some smoke cumming out of my bonnetvents
so pulled over lifted the bommet to find my ht leadsdizzy loom and my boost pipe on fire (luckely i had a fire extinguisher in the boot)


only had the thing back on the road for two weeks arfter a 4 month rebuild its not even runin yet
i think i have had enough of the car now
out of the 18 months i have had it its only been on the road for 8 months

the last cossie i had didnt miss a beat in two and a half years i had it

rapidcossie

we all have been there and done that at some point

fire extingusher is essential for cossies

tabetha

Good man for carrying a fire extinguisher, but it can't be the cars fault that you accidentally left the leads where they could catch ?
I have done worse so am not criticising, just don't want you to get rid of the car, hope it did not do too much damage ?
tabetha

Lambchop

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What he said


Look on the bright side mate it couldv'e been worse

rabmc

THAT SCARES ME ALOT !

Im out to buy a fire extingusher !!

rscossie86

Boa.... mee too!!!!

I think i´ll get two of them... Just finsished rebuild on my 3dr - seeing those pics scares me

tabetha

"Austria", you lucky man, ace country IMO.
tabetha

rscossie86

THANKS!
Hmmm, i´d say I like living in Austria... glad to be in such a nice country

But I don´t know how it is to live in England



I did like staying in England for the shows, but that was always only for a few days...

tabetha

Trust me, having lived in different parts of europe Austria is better, well as a country anyway, but tuning scene much better here.
tabetha

wimble

fixed the loom today replaced dizzy cap and roter arm
and all is good
i am going to replace the loom soon (very soon)
and bought a new fire extingusher
youre cossie looks a lot worse than mine lambchop
did you fix youre one

2wdsaph ben

i always carry one now. had a amp catch fire in the boot of my old car.would hate to loose a car for something so simple as carrying a fire extinguisher.

LeviA

Next purchase for the Cossie a fire extingusher methinks!!!!

Karl 3dr

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I've got one in mine, fire is one of my main causes for paranoia, especially after seeing those pics!!!

rapidcossie

rscossie86

@wimble
Good to hear that!!
I hope everything will work like you want it to now...

slowpoke

how much does a decent extinguisher cost ?

Matt

philram

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i always carry one now....

saff cosworth

i'm feal sick just watching that
sorry for your loss

callumw

Every car should have a fire extinguisher from the factory - esp Turbo cars.
Even if it isn't your car, ho many of us have seen one beginning to go up and seen the iwner either doing nothing or twatting the flames with a jacket (or suchlike).

For the sake of £10-£20 from Halfrauds - you've got relative peice of mind

oldskoolford

i would of cryed if i had see that mate sory four the loss hope ya insurance will cover a nice pay out

Twellsie

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the first time i saw the pics, i went straight out and bought 2 fire extinguishers, a little one for the glove box and a big one for the boot

AndyPen

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Good grief that is scary... might get another one for the side of the seat too - looks neat and readily to hand!

kosienutter

i am deffinetly buying one tomorrow now

smila

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my ht leads caught fire on my old s2,it was on way back from mot,i could smell burning when i pulled up out side my house i popped bonnet to see them on fire good job the milk man had just been,as i dint have a fire extinguisher,my car smelt for ages!

Big Will_

I carry a couple of hundred quids worth of Lifeline extinguisher in my car - 2kg handheld one. Same stuff they use in WRC cars. ABC powder ones are around £30 but honestly, if its a fuel/oil fire - you'd probably stand more chance of physically beating it out with an ABC one...

Not an area i was prepared to skimp on after being in a high speed car fire

Glenn_

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Bloody hell i think i might just buy myself one now.They carnt cost alot surely.

kosienutter

10-15 quid from halfords

RS Juto

I got one next to my drivers seat, going to another one for the boot now.

philram

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blimey this is going back a bit.. got shafted by the insurance mate, watch out if you with hic

when the insurance assessor came to see the car he just lifted the bonnet and said "they all do that" and walked away..

kosienutter

i bought a 1kg one from halfords today as i said i would. 23 quid for it as i went a size bigger than the 10-15 quid one. just got to fit it now

pani_k

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Has got me thinking about this too really. For a the sake of a few quid as said. Will give interesting responses though from friends getting in my car:

"Err why do you have a fire extinguisher in your car?"

"In case it catches fire...DUH!"

Should fill them with confidence and hopefully stop asking for lifts

TurboShed

OMG yes add me to that list!

SS1

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just found some cheep ones on ebay


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ies%26_fvi%3D1

cozmeister

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You and me both!

I'm actually scared to turn on the ignition now

Moonstone Mo

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tesco are doing some the same size as the matrix ones £10 i think they were.

cozmeister

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Just got one from Halfrauds for £12

SS1

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got two for £18.37 via the linky delivered

the only prob is via the basket hanger for each outer side of the front seats

means going to have to drill a ally strip for under the carpet to secure them down

better than a fire engine though

kosienutter

is that the 500 gram one cozmeister.
good idea with the strip under the carpet, will make a nice neat job

kosienutter

sorry but had to put these on. found them on you tube too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WpB6...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZyb...eature=related

feel sorry for their owners

pani_k

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It recommends you have to replace them after 12 months...do you?