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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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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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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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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [gregg_vw]
by priggly
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Jun 30, 2008 (9:12 am)
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Replying to: gregg_vw (Jun 30, 2008 9:02 am)
And why didn't you buy the fabulous "smart?" Was it the incredible two year warranty? OR maybe the fact it takes premium gas? Or was it the fact it gets a whooping 26 mpg at 70 mph, as reported by one owner?
Incidentally, I wasn't denigrating anyone. That is more your style.
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Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [priggly]
by dennismau
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Jun 30, 2008 (9:29 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Jun 30, 2008 9:12 am)
I have a Smart car and driving back and forth to work and around town I have been averaging 40 to 45 MPG and on the highway I will get close to 50 MPG. You would have to drive the thing in 1st gear all the time to get 26 MPG! No matter what kind of car you drive there is always SOMETHING bigger. There are concrete trucks, eighteen-wheelers, Hummers, BIG pickup trucks. Does it make any sense to the conservation of fuel and the environment that to transport one person around you need a 5000 pound hunk of metal to feel safe. The simple fact is that unless americans move to smaller cars and change their wasteful with ways with our limited natural resources we are going to be forced to do it in the next few years anyway. Unless you make alot of money and even if you do do you really want to spend $200.00 a week on gas when gas hits $7.00 a gallon?
Dennis
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