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[Fausto]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I'd like a smaller car, but I don't think I'd fit.

Stop eating these.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I'd like a smaller car, but I don't think I'd fit.

Stop eating these.

Take off the bread and it's Atkins-Approved!

- M4H

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: ravana

Originally posted by: Descartes

Check out this car

mmm....TVR :heart:

Agreed. Did you catch Top Gear on Monday? Vicki drove the hardtop version of that car.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

If you're buckled in, how? I gotta figure being bounced away would be preferable than having half of your car crushed, especially if it's the side you're sitting on that gets crushed.

the car can take it, your body cannot. cars used to be built like that. it wasn't safe. ever shake up an egg in the shell?

I'd rather be shaken than crushed.

you'd rather be dead then. your head would separate from your neck.

Whatever :roll:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

If you're buckled in, how? I gotta figure being bounced away would be preferable than having half of your car crushed, especially if it's the side you're sitting on that gets crushed.

the car can take it, your body cannot. cars used to be built like that. it wasn't safe. ever shake up an egg in the shell?

I'd rather be shaken than crushed.

you'd rather be dead then. your head would separate from your neck.

Whatever :roll:

You can't say that getting slapped around like a pinball would have no negative side effects. Unless the entire headrest turns into form-fitting plush, there's going to be a whole lot of whiplash if you go bouncing off things.

- M4H

 

[geecee]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
If you're buckled in, how? I gotta figure being bounced away would be preferable than having half of your car crushed, especially if it's the side you're sitting on that gets crushed.

the car can take it, your body cannot. cars used to be built like that. it wasn't safe. ever shake up an egg in the shell?

I'd rather be shaken than crushed.

you'd rather be dead then. your head would separate from your neck.

Whatever :roll:

You can't say that getting slapped around like a pinball would have no negative side effects. Unless the entire headrest turns into form-fitting plush, there's going to be a whole lot of whiplash if you go bouncing off things.

- M4H

Wouldn't bouncing around be bad in areas where there are pedestrians? That could really get ugly.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: geecee

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
If you're buckled in, how? I gotta figure being bounced away would be preferable than having half of your car crushed, especially if it's the side you're sitting on that gets crushed.

the car can take it, your body cannot. cars used to be built like that. it wasn't safe. ever shake up an egg in the shell?

I'd rather be shaken than crushed.

you'd rather be dead then. your head would separate from your neck.

Whatever :roll:

You can't say that getting slapped around like a pinball would have no negative side effects. Unless the entire headrest turns into form-fitting plush, there's going to be a whole lot of whiplash if you go bouncing off things.

- M4H

Wouldn't bouncing around be bad in areas where there are pedestrians? That could really get ugly.

GOURANGA!

- M4H

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I'd like a smaller car, but I don't think I'd fit.

Stop eating these.

Yeah, eating better will make my legs shorten. :Q

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

You can't say that getting slapped around like a pinball would have no negative side effects. Unless the entire headrest turns into form-fitting plush, there's going to be a whole lot of whiplash if you go bouncing off things.

- M4H

Certainly not. But I also don't think they're going to bounce around like grocery store Superballs either. But I think you'll be better off with your car being pushed away from the impact than crushing like a beercan with you inside it.

 

[Preyhunter]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

You can't say that getting slapped around like a pinball would have no negative side effects. Unless the entire headrest turns into form-fitting plush, there's going to be a whole lot of whiplash if you go bouncing off things.

- M4H

Certainly not. But I also don't think they're going to bounce around like grocery store Superballs either. But I think you'll be better off with your car being pushed away from the impact than crushing like a beercan with you inside it.

I'm no physics geek, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with transfer of energy. In a crumple situation, the car is going to transfer less energy to its occupants than in a bounce situation. Inertia, momentum, blah blah blah.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

You can't say that getting slapped around like a pinball would have no negative side effects. Unless the entire headrest turns into form-fitting plush, there's going to be a whole lot of whiplash if you go bouncing off things.

- M4H

Certainly not. But I also don't think they're going to bounce around like grocery store Superballs either. But I think you'll be better off with your car being pushed away from the impact than crushing like a beercan with you inside it.

Cars today are built to crumple a certain extent and then stop. Look at the IIHS testing at 40mph of the 2000 Ford F150 versus 2004 F150 the and you will see the difference.

To see the energy exerted on the body, look at the other photos.

1997-2003: http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/0110.htm#
2004: http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/0328.htm

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and those euros get suckered into paying $20,000 for one of those little ForMores. :thumbsdown:

I wonder what the oil-scare folks plan to do about big rigs. Are we going to have a fleet of twenty "ForCargos" puttering around replacing each transport?

- M4H

Forget the trucks, what about the diesel TRAINS? They still move a metric sh!tload of cargo around the country.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and those euros get suckered into paying $20,000 for one of those little ForMores. :thumbsdown:

I wonder what the oil-scare folks plan to do about big rigs. Are we going to have a fleet of twenty "ForCargos" puttering around replacing each transport?

- M4H

Forget the trucks, what about the diesel TRAINS? They still move a metric sh!tload of cargo around the country.

If trains really were cheaper, we would be using them. Unfortunately, things are so spread out in the U.S. that it makes the train system economically challenging.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and those euros get suckered into paying $20,000 for one of those little ForMores. :thumbsdown:

I wonder what the oil-scare folks plan to do about big rigs. Are we going to have a fleet of twenty "ForCargos" puttering around replacing each transport?

- M4H

Forget the trucks, what about the diesel TRAINS? They still move a metric sh!tload of cargo around the country.

Duh, those should all become electric/solar hybrids...

- M4H

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and those euros get suckered into paying $20,000 for one of those little ForMores. :thumbsdown:

I wonder what the oil-scare folks plan to do about big rigs. Are we going to have a fleet of twenty "ForCargos" puttering around replacing each transport?

- M4H

Forget the trucks, what about the diesel TRAINS? They still move a metric sh!tload of cargo around the country.

If trains really were cheaper, we would be using them. Unfortunately, things are so spread out in the U.S. that it makes the train system economically challenging.

They are THE way to move stuff in and out of ports and THE way to move raw materials. They THRIVE on those, but they stopped being useful for end-product distribution a hundred years ago

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and those euros get suckered into paying $20,000 for one of those little ForMores. :thumbsdown:

I wonder what the oil-scare folks plan to do about big rigs. Are we going to have a fleet of twenty "ForCargos" puttering around replacing each transport?

- M4H

Forget the trucks, what about the diesel TRAINS? They still move a metric sh!tload of cargo around the country.

If trains really were cheaper, we would be using them. Unfortunately, things are so spread out in the U.S. that it makes the train system economically challenging.

They are THE way to move stuff in and out of ports and THE way to move raw materials. They THRIVE on those, but they stopped being useful for end-product distribution a hundred years ago

I meant non-diesel. I assume you were saying that we still depend on diesel trains when we should not be.