Re: Volvo 240 crash data

[RELAYER@aol.com]

About that 240....

Last Month's Car & Driver had an editorial about the 240's crash data and how
it was MISLEADING!  I beleive they said the lack of deaths in a 240 reflected
the owner's driving habits, not the protection it provides in an accident.  I
think they said a Corvette (shake, rattle & roll) has the same saftey rating
when rammed into a wall as a Volvo 240, BUT the Corvette had the most deaths
per year, and the volvo had the least......SO this means that all 240 owners
are Moms driving 35 in the right lane, never exceeding the posted speed
limit, while the Corvette owners drive fast and dangerous (gee, could it be
the 330 hp engines fault?).  SO what decides a car is safe? the death per
year or the governments crash ratings for frontal impacts.....I say that # of
deaths per year per car is wrong.  What really counts is how the car survives
a crash into a brick wall at 45mph.

Personally, I really don't like Volvo 240s one bit
BTW, why are we spelling competitor nameplates backwards?     ?SDRAWKCAB

Christian J. Long
Orlando, FL
1990 CQ
1990 90 -- (which was just side swiped by rental car moron ruining a perfect
6 year old  ORIGINAL paint job!!)