Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:28 pmjay_a2j wrote:Think again!
This is why I drive one of those old steel Chevy trucks. It don't crumble like a freakin' pop can!
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Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:32 pmThis is why I drive one of those old steel Chevy trucks. It don't crumble like a freakin' pop can!
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:33 pmProbably another plot by the Sontarans.
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:06 amGood call Jonesy, I'm off to smash up my Sat-Nav this instant.
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:48 amRe: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:20 amWhy would I want to buy a truck anyway?
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:56 pmAh, we built the passenger compartment into a crumple zone to ensure precious cargo of substandard products headed for wal-mart is protected in case of collision.
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:08 pm450 mpg but if a bird hits your windshield, 0 mpg
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:44 amjay_a2j wrote:
450 mpg but if a bird hits your windshield, 0 mpg
A bird got stuck in our car grill once. We were wondering why everyone was pointing.
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:34 ammuy_thaiguy wrote:jay_a2j wrote:Think again!
This is why I drive one of those old steel Chevy trucks. It don't crumble like a freakin' pop can!
I have to correct you on one thing. The safest vehicle is not the "steel truck". The safest vehicles WILL crumble ... but around the passenger. The crumbling absorbs the impact, instead of passing it on to the passenger (remember those experiments with the steel ball bearings in a line?).
Do you want your truck to survive .. or the people in it?
Also, though I would say that truck is unsafe ... the US crash tests are historically at 35 MPH. Which is why a recent news report ( a few months ago) said so many car seats were "unsafe" at higher speed impacts.... and why there is a push to increase the speed at which these tests are conducted. (I believe many already have increased the speeds).
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:43 amPLAYER57832 wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:jay_a2j wrote:Think again!
This is why I drive one of those old steel Chevy trucks. It don't crumble like a freakin' pop can!
I have to correct you on one thing. The safest vehicle is not the "steel truck". The safest vehicles WILL crumble ... but around the passenger. The crumbling absorbs the impact, instead of passing it on to the passenger (remember those experiments with the steel ball bearings in a line?).
Do you want your truck to survive .. or the people in it?
Also, though I would say that truck is unsafe ... the US crash tests are historically at 35 MPH. Which is why a recent news report ( a few months ago) said so many car seats were "unsafe" at higher speed impacts.... and why there is a push to increase the speed at which these tests are conducted. (I believe many already have increased the speeds).
No, see, his idea is that the other cars crumble. He probably won't even slow down.
Re: Thinking about buying one of those new Chinese cars?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:10 amNice idea ... but I was an EMT for a "few" years ...
It "ain't really like that!"... physics demands that force met, be transferred ... and bodies make "nice" absorption points ... just too bad the ol' brains and organs don't always survive.
It "ain't really like that!"... physics demands that force met, be transferred ... and bodies make "nice" absorption points ... just too bad the ol' brains and organs don't always survive.