Re: '91 200Q Bose Pyrotechnic Device

[Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

Phil Payne writes:
>In message <v03130300b381843ac4d3@[206.106.147.12]> Phil Rose writes:
>
>> Years ago, after seeing people at the side of the highway standing by
>> helplessly while their car burned, I decided that a fire extinguisher was
>> good, cheap protection. But unless it's a rally/race car, where's that
>> extinguisher likely to be placed--the trunk, right? We do have an
>> extinguisher in our dorF Exploder, but not in my '91 200q. Time to rethink
>> that situation. I guess the passenger footwell has enough space to mount an
>> extinguisher. I suppose we'll just *make it* be enough space!
>
>I remember very many Germans having it mounted transversely on the floor
>immediately in front of the driver's seat.  I think some Mercedes cars
>even had a bracket fixed to the seat itself.
>
>Has the advantage of being accessible to a trapped driver.

Yes, I believe you're right about the fit. Good idea! I just went down to
the garage and verified that our 2 3/4 lb kitchen extinguisher fits rather
neatly against the black plastic cover below and to the front of the
driver's seat. I wonder if that plastic cover is strong enough to secure
the thing to. However, one might be able to design a simple, strong
(metal), angled bracket-- part of which fits under the floormat and is
secured by the two floormat posts. Those posts look strong enough to hold
seatbelt anchors, don't they? ;-).



Phil Rose				Rochester, NY
'91 200q				mailto:pjrose@servtech.com
'89 100