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In the nineties governments banned the use of Halon 1301. It degraded the ozon layer and polar bears did not have sunscreen.
Before that ban you could put out a serious fire with about 1kg of the stuff; today rulemakers believe that it is better to have your car burned to the ground then to allow for halon.
As we all know no toxic fumes escape from a car that burns to the ground and the build of a new one does not deplete our energy ressources or raw materials.
The halon replacements are not half as good and only powder extinguisher are readily available.
I have aided a couple of years back to extinguish the fire on a 928. We where early in the fire and along the highway. Most people stopped and handed over their 1 kg powder extinguisher. The fire was the size of a piece of paper burning. After 20+ bottles we did not succeed and the fire truck pulled up to extinguish with foam. The engine by that time was toast.
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My dad always found an excuse why not to buy a Porsche, so I guess I am all out of excuses.
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