safety glass

[TM]

Actually, Lee- the laminated side glass in Volvos is an option
package item. Most of the models offer it in a package, but it is
only standard on the S80 T6.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of Lee Levitt
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:01 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: safety glass


Taka writes:

> The glass in passenger cars breaks into little pieces, as Dan and John

> have already mentioned.
> 
> Now, if you have something like the new Volvo V70R w/ the laminated 
> safety side glass option, the side windows also have the laminated 
> construction like the windshield, preventing glass from really going 
> anywhere, even when it is shattered.

Most, perhaps all, the larger Volvos now have this glass.

2 or 3 years ago I saw a dealer training video on this...it took a guy
with some dedication, elbow grease and a good sized hammer almost a
minute to break a hole in the side window glass.

Safe from both the perspective of side impacts and bad people intrusion.

I'm surprised other manufacturers aren't using this yet...

Lee
'02 A6 quattro avant
'96 A6 quattro avant

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