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I'll be in for this, just have to get paid first, renew CAMS next week etc.

As for Garages, there are quite a few. Believe at the weekend they quoted $160 but you can double up.

That's a ripoff - when bikes do trackdays its $10 per bike, and you usually have 4 bikes per single car garage.

Lol at the fezza BBQ pics :D

Pic of how you have it mounted Ant for those playing @ home?

Will take a pic for you when I get home but I used the bolt behind the drivers seat that attaches the rear seat bottom cushions to the car.

What you have highlighted in bold is a bullshit regulation, it's unrealistic. I've never had an issue with scrutineering where mine is mounted. I don't know about you Ant, but when I'm properly strapped in to my harness I can barley turn my torso, let alone reach anywhere for a fire extinguisher.. and I wouldn't be staying strapped in the harness if the car is on fire.
lol, I can't reach the climate controls when belted in.

Every man, dog, women, child has their own opinion on fire extinguisher locations. The close to the driver the better, imo.

Firstly, I couldn't agree with you more John. The closer and more accessible the ext is to the driver the better - if I had a roll cage there would be a mount as close as possible to me.

Matt - I am not disagreeing with you but would appreciate if you keep personal opinion regarding the suitability of my fire ext position off of a public forum. Bottom line is that the regs are a grey area at best, but despite this my mounting meets all of the requirements and more importantly I am confident that in an emergency situation I can get to the ext. At the end of the day, if there was a fire situation I will not be hanging around and would try and escape from the vehicle as quickly as possible. No one knows how they would react in this kind of emergency situation until they are in it but I can say that I am better prepped than most having recieved certification to escape from a submerged, dark, upside down helicopter + fire fighting training.

As far as I can tell these CAMS regs are written for a worst case situation where after an accident the driver is trapped in their harness upside down with an in cabin fire - hence the part in bold that I highlighted. While the potential is there for this type of accident the chances are pretty slim of it actually occuring.

Matt - I am not disagreeing with you but would appreciate if you keep personal opinion regarding the suitability of my fire ext position off of a public forum.

Oh toughen up princess, have a f**king sook? If you don't like my opinion deal with it. Talk about it all you like, I'm happy with where my extinguisher is mounted and unless told otherwise by a scrutineer it will remain there.

Come on now ladies, no need to get all PMS on each other

Still waiting on pics Ant

Whoa there fella, some of us have to put kiddies to bed before spending time in the man cave :P

Here you go...

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As for getting shirty....maybe its the engineer in me getting defensive when one of my carefully thought out designs get questioned ;):D

LOL... Fair call. Not mini-me's in my place of residence thank fark.

You can reach that when strapped in? :blink:

Are you inspector gadget or something?

yep quite easy and you don't even need to twist your torso. Next time you are sitting in your car try it. I wouldn't have put it there if I couldn't get to it easily... I did actually think about it and try it before fitting

yep quite easy and you don't even need to twist your torso. Next time you are sitting in your car try it. I wouldn't have put it there if I couldn't get to it easily... I did actually think about it and try it before fitting

You are certainly lucky if you can mate. I was never saying you didn't think about it before doing it.

I tell you now i know i wouldn't be able to reach back that far :D

If i cant reach a bottle falling back there, i got no chance. Especially if i can't see it - panic situation etc.

Having been "upside down" in a car before, there is a good few seconds of confusion followed by "GTFO" fast as you can. Fire Ext last item on ones mind.

For me to be able to reach any extinguisher when strapped in, I'd need it to be bolted to the steering wheel.

Wondering how the scruntineers would go with that? I could duct tape a pillow or a teddy around it :teehee:

As for getting shirty....maybe its the engineer in me getting defensive when one of my carefully thought out designs get questioned ;):D

Well at least you can always fall back on a life in the circus as a contortionist Ant :nyaanyaa:

You are right though - in the 32 with standard seats I am able to reach (around?) to that spot. Not sure after adding a proper harness or seat though.

Need to do a few proper drills in the 34. It has one to the rear of the center console and one under the front of the passengers seat.

Whoa there fella, some of us have to put kiddies to bed before spending time in the man cave :P

Here you go...

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As for getting shirty....maybe its the engineer in me getting defensive when one of my carefully thought out designs get questioned ;):D

CAMS rules just state that it has to be capable of being removed without the use of tools.

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