What's the safest car you can buy?

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
06/15/2017 at 08:38 • Filed to: None

For under $2500.

I’m guessing the 01-04 Olds Aurora.

DISCUSSION (23)

pip bip - choose Corrour > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:39

one without rust?

Honeybunchesofgoats > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:44

‘98-03 Town Car? The last model had some safety improvements, but I don’t think even the high mileage ones are down to $2500 yet.

Echo51 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:44

The one you don’t end up crashing in. Just buy something decent sized and without rust and you’ll be fine.

duurtlang > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:44

Mk2 Renault Laguna. Probably. Will certainly be safer than the Olds. Similar age though.

Nibby > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:45

a used volvo or MB

X37.9XXS > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:47

For the win

Kinja'd!!!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:48

Guessing a Volvo or SAAB of some kind.

Tekamul > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 08:49

Bus pass

facw > Honeybunchesofgoats
06/15/2017 at 08:52

IIRC the Panthers are mediocre at side impact crashes given their ancient underpinnings. I’d guess you’d do better with a more modern design.

facw > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
06/15/2017 at 08:53

Yeah, off the top of my head I’d guess an early 2000s S80 or something.

Honeybunchesofgoats > facw
06/15/2017 at 08:57

I don’t know how it would compare to cars today, but at the time, it was the first car to receive 5-star crash test ratings across the board.

facw > Honeybunchesofgoats
06/15/2017 at 09:05

At the end of its run the Crown Vic wasn’t looking so hot by modern standards:

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/ford/crown-victoria-4-door-sedan

Did fine from the front where the miles of hood provide lots of room to dissipate energy, but less well elsewhere.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 09:06

Any old Saab or Volvo

Milky > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 09:21

My Crossfire.

I’ll sell it to you for $2,499

Carsbikesscooters > facw
06/15/2017 at 09:23

I have some (rather famous) friends who were in a town car crash and one was super seriously injured.

Carsbikesscooters > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 09:24

Mass wins, so I’d say an old e-class of some stripe.

Wacko > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 09:29

Kinja'd!!!

jariten1781 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 09:39

Rating or actual safest? If the latter an old Suburban or Expedition will do you; just don’t hit something your size or that’s permanently affixed.

fhrblig > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 09:48

I’m pretty sure the 1st gen New Beetle did pretty well in crash tests, but that was before they started doing the small overlap tests. I’d guess there are some of those in that price range, but they probably have the sludge monster 1.8T.

1967ers - lover of dead auto marques > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 10:02

Saab 9-5. It was the safest car on the planet when introduced and still holds up well.

awmaster10 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 10:03

Volvo s60 is probably nearly as good as the aurora but just way better in every other way. I prefer the s70 and 850 though. Can be had very clean for under $2500 and if you get a GLT or T5 you get a sweet 5 cylinder with a healthy turbo.

Mine was $3500 with 140k miles GLT AWD and it was super clean, but I got rear ended hard after one month of ownership and it was totaled. I didnt feel a thing though, which is impressive for such a small and light car (3100 lbs). Runs about 6.3 seconds 0-60 which was really quick back in 1998. Mine was Identical to this picture.

Kinja'd!!!

Land_Yacht_225 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 10:47

A W140 S320 Mercedes all day long, you can even get a 1996 which is the year they got side curtain airbags. It’s also too heavy for the straight six to move it fast enough to cause a serious collision.

https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/cto/6141573402.html

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/6143090775.html

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > mkbruin, Atlas VP
06/15/2017 at 11:18