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| Thread ID: 93923 | 2008-10-06 21:51:00 | Bathurst 1000 | Hitech (9024) | PC World Chat |
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| 710200 | 2008-10-10 09:08:00 | My flatmate's brother hit a cow in his BMW & walked away with no significant injuries . He has been told that if he was driving a Jap car, he wouldn't have survived the crash . Thirty years ago, and well before driver/passenger safety was a big item, Toyota were engineering into their bread and butter cars crumple zones, submarining engines/gearboxes and collapsible steering columns that also diverted up toward the roof instead of into the driver's space . As I have mentioned once before on PF1, back then I survived and literally walked away from an open road head on collision (160 kmh plus) that virtually folded the front of my vehicle back to the the windscreen . Had I been driving the equivalent Ford (Escort) I'd not be here today . It was not a pleasant experience, and I do have long term effects from some injuries, but I was discharged from hospital and back home in my own bed within 5 hours of the accident, and up and about the next day . The other vehicle (which crossed the centreline) was a larger Ford and the front seat passengers did not walk away . I now drive a Mazda 6 which has one of the highest safety ratings of any car in NZ and has eight airbags, while Ford et al make a fuss about having two . If I had to take on a cow, I'd chose my Mazda over any equivalent sized Ford, and I think it is utterly shameful that both Ford and Holden still produce mainstream vehicles with just two airbags . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 710201 | 2008-10-10 09:38:00 | I once drove a Ford through a parked car and then through a power-pole, then carried on home,less a wheel and with the motor scrapping on the ground, Got out, opened the shed, parked wagon in the shed. Seems someone noticed though as the policy arrived and took me away before I made it into bed. Go FORD. Damned if I would want to repeat the incident in my Toyota. Death sentence. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 710202 | 2008-10-10 09:58:00 | With practice, could you do it better now? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 710203 | 2008-10-10 10:02:00 | Nope....still not 100 percent sure how it all fell-together on the night in question. Wasn't very cost effective either. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 710204 | 2008-10-10 10:04:00 | Ah. Then the power poles must be getting stronger. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 710205 | 2008-10-10 10:28:00 | Thirty years ago, and well before driver/passenger safety was a big item, Toyota were engineering into their bread and butter cars crumple zones, submarining engines/gearboxes and collapsible steering columns that also diverted up toward the roof instead of into the driver's space . I remember the crumple zones, weren't they predominately rust caused by submarine shipment of body parts . I think Corolla v's Cortina would have been luck . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 710206 | 2008-10-10 20:03:00 | I think Corolla vs Cortina would have been luck . We were both lucky, but you should have seen the Cortina, the LH front wheel ended up in the passenger comparment and injured his wife's legs, thankfully not too seriously . Before you ask, both drivers were sober . My car was a brand new 1978 SW model and Toyotas of that era no longer rusted out because the Thames plant had installed their anodic (or cathodic, I can't remember) dip tank that rust-proofed the whole body shell . There's a photo of my vehicle floating around on PF1 somewhere attached to a previous post if you want to check the damage . It was excellent vehicle safety design as well as a modicum of luck that save me . As for Metla's tale, he was fortunate to have only hit stationary objects that gave way . Had he hit them coming in the other direction at equivalent speed he wouldn't have got home, and if it had been an oncoming vehicle we probably wouldn't have had the pleasure of his attendance here . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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