Re: Carfax, Buying Used, & Craigslist.org

Pszemol wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:LPydndNvWPZBO_vVnZ2dnUVZ_****nZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Talking about active safety  - how about ABS?
>>>>> Which model years/trims had it already installed, which not?
>>>>
>>>> do you know much about abs?  did you know that it doesn't 
>>>> necessarily stop you any quicker, and can in fact /increase/ braking 
>>>> distances?  if you have an abs system on your car, open the owners 
>>>> manual and read
>>>> what it says about that.
>>>
>>> Don't be such arrogant!
>>
>> what's a "such arrogant"?
>>
>>
>>> I know exactly how ABS works and what are its effects on 
>>> driving/breaking.
>>
>> you know how it works???  i'd love to read your explanation!
> 
> You are out of luck because you are not nice enough and you seem
> to me to prefer staying with your ignorant point of view...

oh, don't be a spoil-s****t!  tell us anyway!


> 
>> btw, if you learned how to spell "b-r-a-k-i-n-g", you might be more 
>> convincing.
> 
> Is English your native language and you think everybody is the same as 
> you? Or that if somebody who makes some language mistakes
> it is some indication of his lack of technical knowledge?
> Don't be such an arrogant American who thinks that if somebody
> does not speak or write perfect English his must be dumb in
> everything else...

honestly, i'm not as interested in your spelling as i am your ability to 
have an opinion on something you don't seem to know anything about.


> 
>>> In my opinion the car with ABS in general is safer than the one 
>>> without one.
>>
>> what is your opinion based on exactly?  it's not facts about braking 
>> distances because abs is not necessarily better in that regard.  you 
>> /do/ know about abs systems, right?
> 
> Braking distance is not all what is im****tant in car safety.

eh?  that's an incredibly bizarre statement!  personally, i'd rather 
avoid the accident than have one, and braking distance is a fundamental 
component of that.


> Do some reading and maybe you will learn what you are missing.

i read extensively.  you simply don't know what you don't know.


> 
>>> Buying older cars you loose this feature and some others, too.
>>> It is buyer choice, of course, but I considered it worth mentioning
>>> together with your coment about missing sway bars in newer model.
>>>
>>>> abs is /fantastic/ for people like my grandmother who will do 
>>>> something like skid on the freeway, all 4 wheels locked, and sit 
>>>> there pressing the pedal as hard as she can while she has absolutely 
>>>> no control of the vehicle whatsoever.  when i'm old enough to drive 
>>>> like her, maybe i'll consider abs.  in the mean time, as long as i 
>>>> know about cadence braking and friction coefficients, i'm quite 
>>>> happy with standard brakes thanks.
>>>
>>> Don't forget you are not talking about the car for yourself but for 
>>> Elle.
>>> She might be somebody's grandmother :-) Or - just a driver little 
>>> more educated in benefits of modern car safety systems than you...
>>>
>>>>> Talking more about safety systems... how about air bags? Would you 
>>>>> prefer driving with 20 years old airbag or 8 years old one?
>>>>
>>>> i prefer to have /no/ airbag!  if true driver safety were the 
>>>> concern of gub'mint, roll cages, helmets and 5-point harnesses would 
>>>> be mandatory, not airbags.  just like in race cars.
>>>
>>> This just tells me how uneducated/ignorant driver you are.
>>
>> buddy, helmets beat air bags every single time.
> 
> I am not your buddy.

i'd be your buddy if a helmet saved your life!


> 
>>> Also, again I have to remind you that the choice is not yours but
hers.
>>> It is her car we are talking about. It is her decision if she wants
car
>>> with air bags or a death trap without one :-)
>>
>> keep drinking the kool-aid.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>> Also, in case of unfortunate accident - how would you think 20 years
>>>>> old body would perform compared to the 8 years old with no rust?
>>>>
>>>> mine's california and it has no rust.  and 8 years in the rust belt 
>>>> is no guarantee of integrity if you want to be really pedantic.
>>>
>>> I am not talking about cosmetic rust but undercariage rust, ball 
>>> joints, etc.
>>
>> i'm not talking cosmetic either - that's why i take the trouble to 
>> specify "s-t-r-u-c-t-u-r-a-l" in the part you so carefully snipped but 
>> didn't annotate.
> 
> There will be no structural rust on 8 years old car

eh?  have you ever been up north?


> but it is a good
> chance that 20 years old civic will not be strong enough to crash
safely.

rubbish.  my 19 year old california civic is completely rust free.


> 
>>> Once again, I have to remind you that your advices are addressed to 
>>> Elle.
>>> Do you know where is she located? I do not recall her mentioning this.
>>
>> then you've not been here very long.  or you don't know how to use 
>> google.  or you're stupid and lazy.
> 
> I am here long enough to learn very well how arrogant and impolite you
are.

like i care!!!