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My uncle was driving his van and was gonna turn right on an intersection but he failed to see the car in front of him about to turn before it was too late, and BAM, he was slowing down so it pretty low impact, he was driving a Dodge Caravan. The people he hit in the back were drivin a Mercedes.

Now his front right headlight plastic cover was smashed, the plastic fender was smashed in a bit and his hood was bended. Their car which was a Mercedes was barely scratched in the back.

These cheapass car manufacturers are making TONS of sucker money selling these asswipe cheapass cars with VERY low quality material but tons of gidgets inside.

Kind of reminds me of Abit motherboards. Tons of features, whistles and bells, but the components are crap.

Oh well, this is what happens when people buy junk, they just sell more and more junk, and the high quality stuff goes out of business or is raised to a high price for the elite market.
 

wfbberzerker

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arent the fronts (maybe backs too?) of cars designed to crush pretty easily, so they absorb the impact of a crash?
 

Noriaki

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Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
arent the fronts (maybe backs too?) of cars designed to crush pretty easily, so they absorb the impact of a crash?

Sure are. Welcome to the wonderful world of "Crumple Zones" dribgnikcom, read up on them.
 

Sluggo

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Well...the solid lead cars only got 4MPG....and didnt accelerate or handle very well.
 

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Originally posted by: dribgnikcom
My uncle was driving his van and was gonna turn right on an intersection but he failed to see the car in front of him about to turn before it was too late, and BAM, he was slowing down so it pretty low impact, he was driving a Dodge Caravan. The people he hit in the back were drivin a Mercedes.

Now his front right headlight plastic cover was smashed, the plastic fender was smashed in a bit and his hood was bended. Their car which was a Mercedes was barely scratched in the back.

These cheapass car manufacturers are making TONS of sucker money selling these asswipe cheapass cars with VERY low quality material but tons of gidgets inside.

Kind of reminds me of Abit motherboards. Tons of features, whistles and bells, but the components are crap.

Oh well, this is what happens when people buy junk, they just sell more and more junk, and the high quality stuff goes out of business or is raised to a high price for the elite market.

Doesn't mean it's cheap, it's called a "crumple zone". Designed to protect you in high-speed crashes, unfortunately crumples even in low-speed crashes.
 

IGBT

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I wish they would make some kind of knurff body that doesn't get dings or shopping cart dents.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: IGBT
I wish they would make some kind of knurff body that doesn't get dings or shopping cart dents.

Cool!

"Hey, what do you drive?"

"A sponge."
 
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Originally posted by: IGBT
I wish they would make some kind of knurff body that doesn't get dings or shopping cart dents.

They need to make that Yugo Adobe. Get into a wreck? Just add a little water and mold that fender right back in shape.
 

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The crumbling away is part of the energy absorbing system, which saves the most valuable asset...........your life! I noticed your reference to the Mercedes. If you want a car that can come thru that, still looking glamoruse, then step up and pay the price to own a Mercedes. See the point? ;) The rich will always have something you don't have. Deal with it. ;)
 

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Yeah, crumple zones are great:disgust:. Its real nice when your engine is sitting in your lap, or your feet are stuck under what once was your dash. Give me a big 78 Chevy Monte Carlo any day. Those older cars were built out of solid steal. This crap metal and plastic is the chicken sh!t car companys way of saving cash.
 

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um not true.


there was a time when car makers though stiffer is better. and guess what? people died horribly in crashes. you crash, you decelerate from X speed to 0 instantly, well u probably splattered on ur dash board:p oh yea they used to make dashes hard too, so u'd crack ur head quite well on em:p with crumple zones u garrantee energy will be absorbed by the car, not the person:p


as for y our low speed crash, ur van probably got hit at a worse angle then the mercedes. having headlights break and hoods bent has nothing to do with being cheap, its just how it got hit. if you want a car that survives low speed accidents with zero damage u get one with a big steel bumper jutting out from the car anchored by two pistons. but wait, no ones willing to buy something ugly like that:p
 

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Originally posted by: love1u0
Yeah, crumple zones are great:disgust:. Its real nice when your engine is sitting in your lap, or your feet are stuck under what once was your dash. Give me a big 78 Chevy Monte Carlo any day. Those older cars were built out of solid steal. This crap metal and plastic is the chicken sh!t car companys way of saving cash.

I think every available statistic out there will prove you wrong on this. Just to take the engine example since the early 70's engines have been designed to deflect downwards in any crash that would push it into the passenger compartment. This means that your 78 Monte Carlo is the beneficiary of the same safety technology but there have been many improvements in safety and design in the intervening 24 years. Given a 2002 auto of similar size and weight to your 78 Monte Carlo I would not hesitate to say that your chances of being injured are greater in the older car.
 

SeaSerpent

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jee, is that back when they only had lap belts?? How about a good three point seat belt system and air bags in those older heavy cars. I bet those statistics would be differant;) Umm, I dont have a 78 Monte Carlo, I have a Mitsubishi 3000GT:D
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: love1u0
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jee, is that back when they only had lap belts?? How about a good three point seat belt system and air bags in those older heavy cars. I bet those statistics would be differant;) Umm, I dont have a 78 Monte Carlo, I have a Mitsubishi 3000GT:D

No by 1978 they had 3 point belt systems in all autos, at least in the front seat. I don't recall if they were in the back seats at that time or not. IIRC airbags were first included as standard equipment by Chrysler around 1990 or so.
 

Nefrodite

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no actually, crumple zones have been implimented for quite some time. i think volvo did it first as ussual. you can probably check with em to when it first became widespread. the industry really sucks at adopting safety measures, mainly because the public couldn't give less of a sh*t. once lapbelts were instituted they were def in there. although lapbelt usage kinda sucked early on.
 

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depends on the speed. For high speed stuff, the crumple zone should have folded. But if it was low speed, then its really is just thinner metal, and plastic. Treehuggers wanted the extra 1 mpg..so the cars have to be lightened. Its all basic physics.
 

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<<but tons of gidgets inside.>>

My car has no gidgets or any other 1960's women