[Christien]

Ok, well that's an entirely new and significant bit of information!!

First, always carry a fire extinguisher - if you don't track it, get a mounting bracket installed like the type required by PCA for track dates - if it's done properly, it's inconspicuous, not in the way of anything, and within easy reach of the driver, even if you're trapped in your seat.

Second, get an inspection done of whatever caused the fire, to prove to your wife (and to yourself!) that whatever caused the problem is fixed beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Following these, there's not really any reason the 911 is any less safe than any other car. Personally, I don't buy the argument that it's safer than other cars because it's easier to avoid accidents - that assumes the driver is able to avoid the accident, which is not the case much of the time. But they're very well engineered cars - so much so that the basic design didn't change between 1965 and 1998.