Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars

["anthony romano" <mamrom@xxxxxxx>]

Yes Indeedy. The cars are made of imitation metals/plastic today. However,
the industry today tried to compensate this buy adding air bags all around
you -failure.
- To add to your argument, driving a car today is safer because you are
driving a car made of METAL not a generic brand of metal. The cars of
yesterday were face with cars alike cars-ie Metal vs. metal (flip a coin on
who wins in an accident). Today, however, you have an advantage if you are
driving one of these older cars because it's Metal vs. Plastic -Ie:
Advantage- YOU! As they saying goes "They don't make cars they way they use
to"! -Anthony


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From: <r.villanueva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:41 AM
Subject: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars


> Just recently I was having a debate with someone with regards to safety
offered
> to occupants in old cars compared to today's cars, my view is that if
properly
> restrained, a person has a better chance of walking away from an accident
if
> driving an 'old' car than if they are behind the wheel of a brand new, air
bag
> equipped car, no matter the size. Having owned and driven a 1973 Imperial
I
> felt very safe siting such a loooong way back from the front bumper bar,
and
> the earlier cars from the 40's , 50's and 60's were even more solidly
built.
> Seems like car makers today are selling nothing more than thinly disguised
> plastic coffins on wheels, with very little styling based mainly on add-on
> accessories, cars which crumble like paper. 'Old' cars forever.....
>
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