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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [priggly]
by gregg_vw
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Jun 30, 2008 (4:48 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Jun 29, 2008 12:05 pm)
What the hell is your problem? You call the smart a "death trap" and go on about how you are trying to "inform" people. Why? Like people don't know the smart is a small and light vehicle?
Is everyone supposed to ditch their older small cars which test even worse than the smart? Are urban cars to be forbidden? Should motor cycles, scooters and bicycles be outlawed because they are so much more unsafe than the smart?
Safety is NOT necessarily the most important feature of any car. It depends on who is doing the shopping. You don't want a smart. I get that. Now please shut up.
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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [gregg_vw]
by sbonhartwell
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Jun 30, 2008 (5:00 am)
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Replying to: gregg_vw (Jun 30, 2008 4:48 am)
PLUS, The Insurance Institute rates it as one of the safest cars in most of the categories. Insurance companies no longer charge higher premiums because they finally investigated and found it to be safer than most of the vehicles they insure.
Sam
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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [priggly]
by scwmcan
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Jun 30, 2008 (5:14 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Jun 29, 2008 12:05 pm)
I am not the one being defensive, it is you who are being defensive. And yes YOU were using scare tactics, I never said the data was wrong (though I still question it's real world validity). And why would the 2009 smart have a higher risk than the 2008 the are the same car with no changes between them so therefore yes I do question the numbers. Is there data to back up the numbers (i.e. real world death and injury rates for each car) ? if not they have just put numbers into a calculation to make them say what they want them too, so sorry I still don't buy their numbers, the crash tests have been done and the smart is safe, it has been tested against larger cars and done well as well ( by Mercedes), and in the real world it has been in accidents with trucks and the passengers have been able to walk away with bruises. Is it as safe a larger car with the same safety features, maybe not (but due to the design of the car maybe it is better than you think), it is by no means a death trap as you stated though. I think your link places too much emphasis on the weight of the car, and this is just not for the smart, there are other factors besides weight that are important, and I think the people buying the car are aware that it is smaller and lighter than anything else currently on the road, they are also aware that in all safety tests the car has performed well (despite it's weight). Also I think you will find that the next generation of cars and trucks are going to be smaller and lighter, are you going to be afraid of them as well. BTW the smarts numbers a great except for when weight was taken into consideration, I find the site was misleading by saying that there were concerns with the NHSTA tests when the tests were passed with flying colors but when this site factored in weight the tests were a concern, that is what I call manipulating data to come to a predetermined conclusion regardless of real world results.
Scott
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by dennismau
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Jun 30, 2008 (7:31 am)
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It might be true that a Hummer is safer in a collision than a Smart car but the problem is we are running out of gas and it is getting more expensive day by day. The simple fact is VERY soon we are all going to be driving smaller and more economical vehicles. Americans are going to HAVE to change their thinking that they have to drive the very biggest car they can to be safe. Europe has already changed and we will have to also. Take a good long look at the Smart car. It's the future and it's coming sooner than you think.
Dennis
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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [gregg_vw]
by priggly
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Jun 30, 2008 (8:33 am)
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Replying to: gregg_vw (Jun 30, 2008 4:48 am)
My problem is rude posters like you whose communication skills are limited to phrases like "shut up." How pathetic. Enjoy your death trap, greggie.
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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [scwmcan]
by priggly
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Jun 30, 2008 (8:45 am)
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Replying to: scwmcan (Jun 30, 2008 5:14 am)
It is obvious that you are too emotionally biased to be able to objectively evaluate the material that informedforlife.org makes available.
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Re: [dennismau]
by priggly
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Jun 30, 2008 (8:46 am)
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Replying to: dennismau (Jun 30, 2008 7:31 am)
Funerals are actually even more expensive than gas.
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- #299 of 491
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Re: [priggly]
by gregg_vw
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Jun 30, 2008 (8:58 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Jun 30, 2008 8:46 am)
You made your point long ago. You have nothing new to say, except for insults and sarcasm. You really are incorrigible. Anyone has to wonder why you are still here and what is your agenda.
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- #300 of 491
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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [priggly]
by gregg_vw
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Jun 30, 2008 (9:02 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Jun 30, 2008 8:33 am)
BTW, priggly wiggly with your exceptional communication skills, I bought something other than the smart I had ordered. However, unlike you, I don't see the need to denigrate those who find that this car does fit their needs.
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Re: [gregg_vw]
by priggly
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Jun 30, 2008 (9:09 am)
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Replying to: gregg_vw (Jun 30, 2008 8:58 am)
The pot calling the kettle black. What a hypocrite. BTW your paranoia is showing.
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