"NKato" (NKato)
05/22/2018 at 19:27 • Filed to: None
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"NKato" (NKato)
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The old Ford F-150 or a Bimmer?
I drove past the two cars who were parked on the shoulder. The F-150 had its bumper bent in, while the Bimmer...
...well. Entire rear end was caved in. This is why I prefer the older cars when I’m driving around the newer cars...the other guy takes more damage than I do. Less likely to see a total write-off by insurance.
Yes. In that regard, I’m an asshole.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 19:37 |
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lol... me mum wrote off the garages loaner opel astra that way... backed in to a merc whilst getting out of a parking spot was all kindsa relieved when she saw the merc just had a scuffed bumper..... then she looked at the back of the astra....
then less than a week later a deer suicided into the passenger door of the replacement loaner..... that garage no longer wishes to do business with my mum
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 19:40 |
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The winner is whoever walks away. Personally, I’d prefer to be in the BMW in this situation as I have no further desire in my life to be my own personal airbag...
CRider
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 19:56 |
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The car that gets hit almost always ‘loses’. Not to mention the fact that the F-150 probably had a good 2,000 lbs on the BMW.
lone_liberal
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 20:04 |
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While old cars might not look crumpled up modern cars are much, much safer than old cars where you are the crumple zone. Climb under my Camaro and take a look at the (nonexistent) crash structure sometime or compare how that BMW did compared to a 2002tii.
E92M3
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 20:06 |
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But if you hit head on, that non collapsible steering column would smash your ribcage, and you’d die from 2 punctured lungs.
wafflesnfalafel
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 20:47 |
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A lady I work with got rearended yesterday - she was in her 3yo Subaru Legacy, the vehicle that rearended her was a 96 F250. Subie is surely a total, (though crumple zone technology probably saved their a$$es - it was flattened right up to the C pilar,) the F250 has some scratches and the tow hook thing is bent...
promoted by the color red
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 20:58 |
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That dissipated energy has to go somewhere. The BMW absorbs it so your body doesn’t.
19JRC99
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 21:10 |
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90s trucks are that perfect blend of simplicity and safety. Body on frame, solid steel, but airbags and collapsible column. And you can actually see out of the damn thing.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> wafflesnfalafel
05/22/2018 at 22:06 |
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But didn’t late 90’s F150 tend to crush the entire cab and scored so low I crash tests they were barely road legal?
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wafflesnfalafel
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
05/22/2018 at 22:11 |
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yeah, you are right, 150's smushed peoples legs... I’m thinking the 250 was stiffer...
PatBateman
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 22:30 |
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In high school (circa 1994, get off my lawn), my buddy drove a 1978 Chevy Suburban 2500 4x4. It was two-tone light blue, and we nicknamed it “El Cabrito”, because the son of a bitch could go anywhere; up mountains, through mesquite trees, etc.
Anywho, my buddy t-boned the Cabrito right into a brand new, limited edition Mercedes SL500 convertible in the school parking lot (we went to a very ritzy high school with very spoiled kids). Completely totaled the Mercedes.
It dented his front bumper.
El Cabrito was awesome.
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NKato
> PatBateman
05/22/2018 at 22:32 |
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Was the T-boning intentional? :P
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PatBateman
> NKato
05/22/2018 at 22:35 |
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It was not, actually. He was showing off his new cheapo sound system that he had rigged up himself while cruising the parking lot a little too fast. Failed to yield to cross traffic.
Also, Cabrito had a 454 in it. Torque for days. He’s lucky he didn’t push that German luxo-cruiser into another car.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> wafflesnfalafel
05/23/2018 at 01:40 |
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The 90s F-150 through F-350 had the same bodies. I’m not sure there was much difference between the frames.
duurtlang
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
05/23/2018 at 03:48 |
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duurtlang
> 19JRC99
05/23/2018 at 03:48 |
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Long-Voyager
> duurtlang
05/23/2018 at 07:07 |
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Stop crashing into stationary walls and it won’t be a problem.......
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19JRC99
> duurtlang
05/23/2018 at 10:11 |
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....That’s a 2004-2008. I’m talking-92-96. Also, I mean collisions with another vehicle