So......

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 01/05/2015 at 22:53 • Filed to: None

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My Aunt bought me tires as a hanukkah gift. She told my uncle about my truck, specifically that it has no airbags. Now He's pressuring my dad to make me sell it and get something "safer". I really dont like how non car people have different mindsets about cars. Can No one be happy for me? My truck has a 4 Star Crash test rating from IIHS!

Brian Silvestro > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 22:55

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The amount of rage I have for people like that....

ignore them as much as possible

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Brian Silvestro 01/05/2015 at 22:56

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I cannot understand how in some people's minds "No Airbags" = "Death Trap". That is so beyond untrue

Brian Silvestro > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 22:57

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[hate intensifies]

CPT Speedbump > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 22:57

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Meanwhile, 3 cars with no traction control, 2 cars without abs or airbags...lol

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Brian Silvestro 01/05/2015 at 22:59

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DOES A 4 STAR IIHS CRASH TEST RATING MEAN NOTHING TO THEM!?! UGH!

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CPT Speedbump 01/05/2015 at 23:00

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My uncle has had a 1998 Corolla wagon since new. He gets no say

Alex from Toronto > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:00

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Well airbags can be pretty dangerous.

jkm7680 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:00

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Jeez, no offense but that just sounds ignorant on his part.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Alex from Toronto 01/05/2015 at 23:01

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No truer sentence has been said

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > jkm7680 01/05/2015 at 23:02

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Its incredibly ignorant

EL_ULY > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:02

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Airbags are important. But no airbags makes you a more active and extra careful driver because of it. Still, airbags help sooooo much trust me. They are just looking out for you dude.

GeorgeyBoy > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:02

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Use the fear of death to your advantage.

I think my dad said something along those lines when I drove my first non airbag car. Funny, I've only got in accidents in cars with airbags.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:02

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ABS-check(now that the shitty Pro-Comp tires are gone)

Traction Control-

Stability Control-

Air Bags-

My parents are the one's that okay'd it, and they were aware of all of this. My Dad didn't think it would even have ABS. It just teaches me to drive more responsibly because I know the consequences of not.

Granted, for a 1990's SUV, that isn't bad. I just need to invest in a good helmet.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/05/2015 at 23:03

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The only safety feature I have is ABS and Its all I need

CPT Speedbump > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:04

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Fail, lol

Bandit > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:05

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4 stars in the 90s... not a very high bar to reach.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CPT Speedbump 01/05/2015 at 23:05

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Yup!

Side question: Would you wanna get our trucks together for something fun at some point?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Bandit 01/05/2015 at 23:08

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Still, could be way worse

Nibby > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:08

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Install inflatable boobies inside your truck. Problem solved.

Jedidiah > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:08

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The human body can only survive a maximum impact speed of about 35 miles an hour; beyond that speed safety is a bit pointless.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:08

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Did they alternately give you a tire and then a set of lug nuts alternately for each night?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Nibby 01/05/2015 at 23:09

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BAHAHAHA

Leadbull > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:09

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[RANDOM ACT OF T-BONE]

Funktheduck > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:10

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I just got my first car with new safety aids like TC and abs. My last car was supposed to have abs but with how easily the wheels locked up I don't think it did.

My first car was a 1979 F150. The only "safe" thing about it is it's big. Still have it btw.

The point I think I originally meant to make is safety is relative and the safest car is the one with an attentive driver. You can have a billion airbags and every electric nanny but if you're texting while driving 80 mph you're in more danger.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 01/05/2015 at 23:10

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I know that was a joke, but now I wanna build a chanukiah out of lug nuts and model car wheels

bob and john > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:10

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pfft, silly cagers

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:10

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Just use my one-maybe-working-airbag deathtrap that folds in half in a crash as an example that your truck is in fact safer than a 7 passenger people mover designed to haul kids and other small humans around.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:13

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Just don't get too used to it, it's a bitch when all of a sudden it fails.

jkm7680 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:13

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Just drive carefully, responsibly and know your limits. You don't want an "I told you so" situation to arise. Those suck. He probably has good intentions.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/05/2015 at 23:15

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The car the drive school had me learn on had standard brakes. I have the reflexes for ABS and standard brakes. Im fine

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > jkm7680 01/05/2015 at 23:15

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Oh I always drive within my limits.

Bandit > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:17

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Agrajag > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:19

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Tell him you're gonna install a neckbelt instead.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2015 at 23:48

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My sister didn't much appreciate the airbag going off when she wrote off my parents Impala. It was a side-impact, and the air bag in the steering wheel wouldn't have done anything for her. In this case, it just made a hellacious situation worse, with watching the minivan smashing through her door and then the steering wheel violently exploding in her lap. Driver aids wouldn't have helped... she failed to yield at a stop sign.

Remind your uncle that none of the cars he drove growing up had airbags either, and he turned out okay, didn't he? (Well, okay beyond the Corolla, but he won't understand that one...)

Jacques L' Autre > Jedidiah 01/06/2015 at 00:31

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As someone who survived a 50mph head on collision I have to disagree with your statement. Airbags alone may have not saved my life, there was the seatbelt, and overall design of the car, but they sure as hell didn't hurt.

PyramidHat > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/06/2015 at 00:47

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Wow - didn't know that ABS could suddenly fail. I mean, it makes sense, but I never thought about it.

But more to your point, the downside of ABS, traction control, collision avoidance, parallel parking assist, automatic taco bending, etc... is that people (OK, not us fine folks, but other people) learn to rely on them and don't bother to learn how to drive a vehicle properly. No need to look ahead and start braking! We have ABS - we can wait until the last minute and slam on the brakes!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > PyramidHat 01/06/2015 at 00:57

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The worst mistake you can make is assume that you won't make a mistake. But with the ABS, in my case, it didn't necessarily fail more so that it was fooled. The tires that were on there got no traction if there was any moisture in the air, and yes they had plenty of tread left (60+%).

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/06/2015 at 01:53

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Sounds like you'll be getting a grey '03 Corolla here real soon!

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/06/2015 at 01:56

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I had a friend whose parents bought him a new video game system years ago. the first night, they gave him a controller, the next night a power cable ans so on and so forth he didn't get the console to play any games until the last night....It was epically cruel. However since it wasn't me, I laughed my ass off when his uncle told me the story.

Stephen the Canuck > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 01/06/2015 at 02:32

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Probably would have started with the console and given the power cable last.

Stephen the Canuck > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/06/2015 at 02:33

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Show them all of the Takata airbag recall articles.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Stephen the Canuck 01/06/2015 at 02:35

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Ill just tell them airbags contain an explosive charge and I dont feel safe driving with explosives directed at my face

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/06/2015 at 04:13

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my mom didn't care, as long as it wasn't utterly worn out, she really didn't care if it did or didn't have airbags, ABS, stability control or traction control.

CodyVella > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/06/2015 at 04:23

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I had an '88 Porsche 944 N/A parts car with airbags once. The airbags went off all by themselves while the car was sitting in my driveway minding its own business. Pffft, safer my ass.

Jedidiah > Jacques L' Autre 01/06/2015 at 19:09

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The airbags and seatbelt decelerate your body to a survivable speed and minimizes contact you make with dangerous interior bits; however, these devices do not always secure your survival above the survivable impact speed — the manner of impact and other factors determine this.

You risk your life every time you go above the this impact threshold; thinking that a few safety gimmicks guarantees your survival is unwise.

It is only pointless in the sense that people let themselves live in fear while their ignorance prevents them from seeing the risk that is always at hand. He should not let an ever present risk force him out of a vehicle he likes.