"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
10/20/2014 at 16:31 • Filed to: None
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"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
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Some cars have extremely shitty crash tests. Please watch what you are going to drive...
http://www.iihs.org/frontend/iihs/…
Alfalfa
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 16:34 |
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And despite that, I still really want a Fiat 500 Abarth.
Decay buys too many beaters
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 16:36 |
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No problems here. FR-S and Saab 900 :)
shop-teacher
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 16:37 |
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I shudder every time I see that picture. At my old school district, I used to have to take students on 1200 mile road trips to competitions, by myself, in those deathtraps. Which were riding on dry rotted original tires (the vans were 11 years old at the time), and original windshield wipers that had long since shredded. My last year there, I refused to go, until they put new tires on the vans. They finally relented, and put tires on just one van. I ended up buying wipers out of my own pocket, so we didn't die.
mcseanerson
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 16:41 |
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Why does it seem all GM products designed for carrying children are also designed to kill the parents?
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> Alfalfa
10/20/2014 at 16:45 |
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It's not that bad. http://www.cars.com/fiat/500/2014/…
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> mcseanerson
10/20/2014 at 16:45 |
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They're orphan-generators. It's a secret scheme to raise a generation of Batmans and Spidermans.
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mcseanerson
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/20/2014 at 16:49 |
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My mom drove us around in a Pontiac Transport for at least seven years. With my mom's record for getting an accidents I'm lucky we never got in one in that car.
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 16:55 |
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My mother owned a trans Sport Montana. never occurred to us that we would get killed if we crashed.
HammerheadFistpunch
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 16:58 |
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No land cruiser? interesting.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> mcseanerson
10/20/2014 at 16:59 |
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My younger brother drives an Astro LT, but he's a very safe driver and we're not very traffic-ey around here. The AWD/etc. adds a little mass, and I think the sub-frame is beefier - that being said, not terribly great. I know somebody driving a Montana (aka TranSport Mk. II), and they haven't hit anybody... yet.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Alfalfa
10/20/2014 at 17:00 |
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Most modern superminis do pretty well in crash tests.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/20/2014 at 17:03 |
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Saab 900s arent all that safe...
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Decay buys too many beaters
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
10/20/2014 at 17:04 |
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Safer than my motorbike!
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Alfalfa
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
10/20/2014 at 17:07 |
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That's not what IIHS would have you think.
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desk…
They make it sounds like they're all deathtraps, but now that I look for myself they don't seem too bad...
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Alfalfa
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/20/2014 at 17:08 |
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Huh, I keep seeing articles about how subcompact and mini cars are terrible. Like this one.
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desk…
I suppose that
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Alfalfa
10/20/2014 at 17:09 |
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A lot of larger cars did badly in small overlap too. The next generation of cars will prepare for that test and be a lot safer.
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Alfalfa
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/20/2014 at 17:10 |
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Interesting, IIHS seems to think that all mini cars are death traps:
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desk…
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/20/2014 at 17:10 |
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I suppose thats true.
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Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> Alfalfa
10/20/2014 at 17:24 |
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If more people drive them the less of a chance there is to become sandwiched between two Canyoneros.
sellphones2493
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
10/20/2014 at 18:46 |
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Yesterday, a few friends and me were driving in my buddies 2009 Corolla SE (he's somewhat of a car guy - the Corolla's a manual). I'm in the backseat with two other grown guy's, and here he is doing speeds outside of legality.
I know, the Corolla's pretty new and whatnot, and I think it did OK in terms of crash testing. However, it reminded me of how easily I could die on an average sunday afternoon...
