Neil,
I have a fire detection system in the liner/lakester. Turns a bright red
light on in the cockpit. No false alarms yet.
Skip
At 10:39 AM 10/29/01 -0600, you wrote:
>"As for rear engined Lakesters.... well .... they are a Hoot.... fun
>stuff... BUT how do I know when to hit the Fire bottles? K"
>
>You don't. I can say from personal experience that with a rear- engine car,
>you are the last to know that you're on fire.
>
>I wondered why people were pointing and jumping up and down, but as I made a
>left turn at a traffic light, another driver yelled "Your car is on fire!".
>Looking in my rear- view mirror, I confirmed his diagnosis! I pulled over to
>the curb in a vacant area and popped the lid-- no way I was going to be able
>to put out that fire, so I grabbed my briefcase and took a few important
>papers out of the glove compartment and I watched it burn. Scratch one ugly
>green Porsche 911.
>
>It was such a bad shade of green that once when I parked it at a Circle-K to
>pick something up, a bearded guy covered with prison tattoes sitting in an
>old pickup truck watched me as I parked next to him and commented as I got
>out "Nice Porsche....shitty color." I had to agree with him.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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