Re: wagon crumple zones

[Jim Griffin <JGriff@pobox.com>]

At 02:43 PM 10/16/97 -0600, Ralph wrote:
>BTW, I was driving a GM rent-a-heap last
>year in Connecticut and was hit from behind by a Land Rover Discovery.  I
>got whiplash because of the s---ty low head restraint and the drivers' seat
>was so badly bent backwards that you cound not have driven the car.  One of
>the things I hate about traveling is not to have the safety of my Audi.
>
>Ralph Poplawsky
>'91 200TQ
>'95 Volvo 850TW

Sorry to hear about that... I too hate not having the safety of my car when I travel away. People think I'm crazy.. but if I have to travel and it is 3 hours or less driving time from my house... I drive (rather than fly). Not only does this make sense from a time perspective (i.e. it almost takes 3 hours to drive to the airport, wait, load the plane, take the flight, de-plane, get the rental car....), but I much prefer to be in my Audi (or soon to acquire '87 VW QSW!!) just for the safety factor alone.

I absolutely DREAD getting one of "Ford's finest" from Hertz. Yep, everytime I sit in one of those cheap, cheesy seats with those "whiplash engineered" headrests, I cringe. In response to their ads, yes... I HAVE driven a Ford lately... and.... well, since this is a "family channel", I will refrain from commenting how I REALLY feel... I'll just simply say that I don't like Fords... :-)



Jim Griffin
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 Maryland, USA
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'92 100S
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