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Help please! What car would suit these rules?
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stumpjumper wrote:Don't get a smart car! They've got dangerously poor handling. I saw one loose it big time in front of me on a not particularly challenging bend. OK for city driving but lethal on the motorway. Lack of crumple zones mean there's nothing to cushion the impact in a crash either.
This sounds suspiciously like someone who has never driven a Smart. They actually handle very well, and are a lot more stable on the road than people imagine. MrsSmartprice used to have a remapped one, and it was fine well beyond the speed limit.
But the biggest load of tosh is the bit about safety in a crash. The car is far more sophisticated than most, with a Tridion safety cell protecting the occupants. Of course the crumple zones are different due to the shape of the car. But the whole construction concept is different. A classic example of lack of knowledge not getting in the way of an opinion :rotfl:0 -
I still would not recommend driving or riding in a Smart after having eaten
Any bump in the road can be "enjoyed".
Was it Top or Fifth Gear who rammed a Smart and some other miniboxes into a concrete barrier? The Smart "performed" quite well but they did state that anyone actually performing the simulation in real life would have organ-rearrangement issues :eek:In the United Kingdom 200,000 people are bitten by dogs every year and some people will die as a result. Of those bitten, 70% are children... So the question has to be asked....... Has the time come to ban children?0 -
Fifth Gear - IIRC they said the occupants would have most likely not survived the deceleration while the doors could still be opened after the impact!Lob_Rockster wrote:Was it Top or Fifth Gear who rammed a Smart and some other miniboxes into a concrete barrier? The Smart "performed" quite well but they did state that anyone actually performing the simulation in real life would have organ-rearrangement issues
The clip used to be available on Google Video but seems to have been removed.0 -
FJSRiDER wrote:That's not even slightly accurate - The Smart has a three star ENCAP rating. That is 'better' than a Saxo, Micra and Corsa and the same as the new Panda. :rolleyes:
I wouldn't want to be in one of those in a crash either!2009 wins: Signed Saxon CD, Solar Torch, Drumsticks, Priest Feast Tix, Watch, Hammerfest tix :beer:0 -
I wouldn't want to be in a car crash at all - and drive accordingly.stumpjumper wrote:I wouldn't want to be in one of those in a crash either!
But to not choose a Smart because of some ill-conceived prejudice is facile.0 -
i've been in 5 and i'm scared to say i enjoyed them all0
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Great, can you move onto stock cars, please, and leave the roads for the vast majority, who hate them?0
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