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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 1079922" data-attributes="member: 11896"><p>They are not made to put out a forest fire if your car is too the point it needs a big one, your too damn slow.  Most fires start small and I have seen the little ones used to snuff a fire which is why you need it close and easy to grab.  I am 37 and I can think of 4 vehicle fires I happened upon just driving down the road.  1 of them started in the back of a pick up that was hauling some junk and they were able to pull out and snuff it with a small on, the other 3 were big enough that you would not be able to stand close enough to put them out with any ext.    I am not sure why anyone would not want AT LEAST a small one.  Have you considered the idea that you are driving around sitting on top of a fuel cell and the potential energy that it holds?  If you were working somewhere industrial and regulated you would be required to keep fire ext anywhere fuel is kept even in 10 gallon quantities, what excuse do you use to say you don't need one in your car driving surrounded by the morons I see on the roads?</p></blockquote><p></p>