----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Gilleland"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:00:18 -0600
I would be very upset if my 74 Imperial was
involved in a crash, I love that car. But if my
life depended on it, I would rather be in that
car than any other vehicle I own. I undestand
the newer vehicles absorb the impact, but they
will have to absorb a lot of impact if they run
into my two and a half ton Imperial. I may have
seat belt marks on my body, but I think I will
fare better than the person in the newer car. I
don't see a Kia or Honda having a chance
against my Imperial, especially if it's high
speed, better call the Morgue, because you just
hit a Sherman Tank. Now for the big SUV's they
may inflict damage, but I think I would still
be better off in my Imperial than any other
vehicles I own. Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: <50scars@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars
> If you want to play mass against mass, how do you think an Old Imperial
> would fare against a new 4 wheel drive 1 ton Suburban? We hear the
> complainers whining about what an unfair advantage a large SUV has over an
> econobox all the time.
>
>
>
>>> From: "DR CHALLENGER"
>>> Subject: Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars
>>>
>>> problem is that old cars dont absorbe the energy of an impact and the
>>> passengers get the impact.
>>
>> Old cars don't absorb *as much* energy in a crash.
>> If you hit (or get hit by) a modern car in an old car, the modern car
>> will
>> do much of the crushing for you. In a collision, the heavier vehicle
>> transfers most of the energy to the lighter vehicle (which, in this
>> case, crushes). Hitting a tree is undoubtedly safer in a new car.
>> Hitting a car, is often safer (wearing belts, of course) in an old car.
>> Old car above is generally meant to mean _big_ old car. Big cars put
>> more
>> distance between you and the impact, so that helps a lot. A '63 Falcon
>> is a lot less safe than a '63 Imperial in a crash, and the Falcon
>> probably performs very poorly safety-wise compared to a modern car. A
>> collision with something bigger and heavier than you is also probably
>> much safer in a new car.
>>
>> If I was in a crash between an (old) Imperial and a Honda Civic,
>> though -
>> I'd want to be in the Imperial.
>> -Kle.
>> '69 Crown 4DHT
>>
>>
>>
>>
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