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MG TD TF 1500 - Fire extinguisher.



Don't forget to check your extinguisher regularly,
and if for any crazy reason you don't have one,buy one today and keep it in the car.
Two years now since my incident, and glad I had one to hand.
This might be useful advice for the guys in California these days.
IW Martin

If your car catches on fire because of a wildfire, a fire extinguisher isn't going to help. ;)
Steve Simmons

If you live in wildfire country and don't have a plan for moving/protecting your car before a fire gets to it, shame on you.

Yesterday was very windy in Northern Californ. We also have a new fire in the upper part of our county.

In preparation, I cleaned the metal roof off of my MG garage. Cleared all the pine needles away from the side of the garage. Assured all the limbs are trimed back.

Checked our firefighting equipment and made sure the MGB is ok to move out if needed.

The TD is in restoration, so it will not be possible to move it, but we have enought water and firefighting gear so that I should be able to prevent the garage from getting too hot.
Bruce Cunha

I think IW's comment was meant to be tongue in cheek. ;)

I did evacuate my cars once, in a historic and unusual fire that threatened our area. Fortunately the fire crews were able to control its direction despite 70 MPH gusts and it burned past us (and unfortunately burned houses in another neighborhood). Closest flames were maybe 1/4 mile from our home. That sounds like a lot but it really isn't. I retrieved the cars a few hours later. It took a while the following day to clean the dust and ash from them.
Steve Simmons

Thinking of you folk in north western USA. We lived in the Blue Mountains, Australia for 40 years, and had to contend with many bushfires over that time. Our closest shave saw the fire make it to our back yard before being extinguished by a helicopter. We had evacuated, and I drove both race cars (Lotus 7 style clubman and Buchanan Holden Special) to my Dad’s house about 20 mins away - open exhausts, no registration and all. I’m very happy to live by the ocean these days!
J P Hunter

We were visiting OZ last DEC/JAN, a farmer and his son stayed behind to same the farm buildings, live stock and home. All were lost.

Be safe Bruce.the family ge sent away early all survived.

Regards, Tom
tm peterson

This thread was discussed between 09/09/2020 and 11/09/2020

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