[s-cars] Teen cars Mine vs UrS4 .. Who wins?

[Taka Mizutani]

Exactly! Thank you Brett!

Actually, I'd advocate the A4 over the P2 Volvos- the Volvos are quite a bit
lower ranking in crash tests than the comparable Audis- I don't know how
much they really changed the B6 vs. the B7, but the B7 A4 is much better
than a S60/V70. The B6 has all of the same safety systems as the B7, same
chassis dimensions as the B7 was really a facelift and the interior is
identical, so I would think the B6 is also very good in terms of crash
safety.

Taka


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:55 AM,  <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > I have my own empirical evidence...  My oldest girl was carefully trained
> by me.
> >  Stick car, Colorado winters and a long commute to school, some of it
> interstate highway.
> > She was the first driver, and training her was somewhat of a novelty for
> me, so I was careful
> > and spent plenty of time with her.  She's been driving for 6 years now,
> and has yet to have any incident.
>
> You can train your kid to be the best driver in the world, and it will
> do jack when they get broadsided by some asshole checking his
> blackberry, or some idiot driving with bald tires.
>
> The Mini was a good answer. Reasonably priced used (I think?) for the
> base models, slow, safe, good handling, and reasonably practical.  The
> only shame is that your kid will throw up every time they get in and
> look at the interior.
>
> Other good candidates: second-generation a4, P2 Volvos.
>
> -B
>