I was very lucky when my Aspen caught fire back in about 1998. It happened right as I pulled into my parking spot at the apartment building I lived in at the time, and I knew there was an extinguisher in the building right by the front door. I was able to get it and get the fire out before any real damage occurred. I've had an extinguisher in every car since then.

I never really liked the center console in my Cuda, so when I was looking for a spot to mount the extinguisher, I figured the extinguisher would look much better between the seats than the console did, so that's where it got mounted. I was right, too - I like the looks of the extinguisher much better than the old console.