Re: The Auto Industy's 2nd Biggest Fear

Edwin Pawlowski turned on the Etch-A-Sketch and wrote:

> 
> "PerfectReign" <theperfectreign@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> Nothing to do with that - I just cannot trust a car that has almost
zero
>> buffer room  between me and the mack truck that is going to eventually
>> hit me.
>>
>> I much prefer 6,000lbs of steel holding back whatever idiot is driving
>> drunk
>> and without insurance.
> 
> I'd rather have a properly designed car of any weight with airbags and
> crumple zones than a 6000 pound cage of steel. 

Oh, I agree. Which is why I drive an Avalanche. 

> Weight is not the deciding 
> factor.

No, but it certainly helps out in tipping the scales in my favor. Kind of
reminds me when I got rear-ended by an Accord once in an older pickup.

The Accord had a horrendous scratch all up the hood and the poor person's
airbags went off.

My fender got a mild scratch.  


> 
> FWIW, I was broadsided by a Mack truck in a compact car and walked away
> needing only a Band-Aid for a cut.

You're very lucky. I had a friend's dad die as the result of a guy driving
a
Peterbuilt making a wrong lane change on the 101.



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