Re: [DML] Put a fire-extinguisher in your car!

[Patrick Cowan <cowan21@xxxx>]

whoops...

Did you take your car to ford a few years back for the ignition recall? That
was the big problem with them. They'd bury, and not QUIT burning. I work at
ford, so i will be happy to provide you with more information if necessary.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan van de Wouw" <Jan@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: [DML] Put a fire-extinguisher in your car!


> Hello all,
>
> If you haven't got one allready, I would really like to urge everyone on
the list
> to put a Fire-extinguisher in their cars!
>
> up untill yesterday I didn't have one in either my DeLorean, nor my Ford
Escort
> and boy am I glad someone else did! I was just driving along in my Ford,
when all
> of a sudden thick ribbons of smoke emersed just behind my Steeringwheel.
> I immediately stoped, shut off the ignition end turned off my lights (the
smoke
> came from my lightswitch), but they stayed on.
>
> I pulled ALL fuses in a panic-reaction, but the smoke grew thicker untill
I had
> fot-long flames licking my windshield!
> If it hadn't been for a passer-by with an extinguisher, I probably would
only have
> had a DeLorean right now and a scrapheap that used to be an Escort...
>
> First thing I did after arranging a tow was buy two (one for each of my
cars)
> CO2-extinguishers; my Escort was put out with a Powder-extinguisher, and
this really
> makes a terrible mess (and smells very bad too!!!)
>
> So everyone please put one in your car(s), if not for your own safety
> (and that of your car) then at least for the safety of everyone else on
the road
> besides you.
>
> Thanx,
>
> JAN van de Wouw
> Thinking Different... Using a Mac...
> Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean...
>
> #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000
>
> check out the Delorean-Files at:
> http://www.deloreanfiles.nl/
> ------------------------------
>
> PS. DAGGER is all right; it's going to be my daily driver for a while...
>
>
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