Heavy Cars - why are they so bad?

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: kalrith

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I'd say safety ratings are a major concern for many US buyers, especially in the last few years. I know I look over them. Since the average US driver is terrible and driving a land tank it is a legit concern.

I agree. Safety ratings are near the top of my list when shopping for a car. I want a safe car for that fateful day when I'm stopped at a red light and get rear ended by an Excursion going 90 mph.

No car is going to protect you against that. Might as well kiss your ass goodbye in that scenario.

OK, I changed it to 50 mph to make it more realistic. I was basically saying I'm not worried about my own driving getting me killed/injured. I'm worried about some idiot hitting me and when I'm unable to avoid it.

Safety ratings are also very important to me because I want to keep my wife and unborn child as safe as possible. I know there are situations that would be a fatality accident in any vehicle, but I also know that in many accidents the severity of injury or even a fatality could have been prevented by driving a top-safety vehicle.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: ballmode
Go to the grocery store. Grab a cart.


You are pushing it - rear wheel drive

Try pulling it - Front wheel drive (harder)

Wouldn't it be AWD either way?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: kalrith
I want to keep my wife and unborn child as safe as possible.

If that were really true, you would lock your wife in a padded room in a bomb shelter somewhere. 😛

What you are really saying is that you are, like everyone else is, trying to find a happy balance between safety and freedom/enjoyment and that, on your own personal scale, that point leans more towards safety than enjoyment. There's nothing wrong with that, but there ought to be options for those of us who choose differently.

ZV

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: kalrith
I want to keep my wife and unborn child as safe as possible.

If that were really true, you would lock your wife in a padded room in a bomb shelter somewhere. 😛

What you are really saying is that you are, like everyone else is, trying to find a happy balance between safety and freedom/enjoyment and that, on your own personal scale, that point leans more towards safety than enjoyment. There's nothing wrong with that, but there ought to be options for those of us who choose differently.

ZV

If you really want to be less safe, can't you just ride a motorcycle?

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: ballmode
Go to the grocery store. Grab a cart.


You are pushing it - rear wheel drive

Try pulling it - Front wheel drive (harder)

Wouldn't it be AWD either way?

actually it's more like a plane - the wheels are just there to reduce friction.

FWD, RWD, or AWD means the power is going through the wheels to the ground, which definitely is not the case with grocery carts 😛

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Juddog

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: kalrith
I want to keep my wife and unborn child as safe as possible.

If that were really true, you would lock your wife in a padded room in a bomb shelter somewhere. 😛

What you are really saying is that you are, like everyone else is, trying to find a happy balance between safety and freedom/enjoyment and that, on your own personal scale, that point leans more towards safety than enjoyment. There's nothing wrong with that, but there ought to be options for those of us who choose differently.

ZV

If you really want to be less safe, can't you just ride a motorcycle?

I do, though not regularly since I left Ohio. The weather in the Pacific Northwest is not conducive to motorcycling for large portions of the year.

ZV