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Re: mmmmmmm (archive)
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Posted by Fabio on February 12, 2001 at 15:46:35:

In Reply to: Re: mmmmmmm posted by Shawn on February 12, 2001 at 13:34:06:

You have all raised good points about the safety of older American cars. I just got rid of my 1984 GMC pickup truck, the ones with the steel dashboard and hard steering wheel. I would always worry about what would happen if I should ever get into a serious accident with this death trap on wheels. The seatbelts were completely useless. I find a lot of older GM cars to have very poor seatbelt mechanisms. I can attest to the excellent safety belts in the E23 BMW.



yup that was my point--I have seen some accidents here that leave me unable to sleep. As I am sure you did. My BMW grabs you so fast wth the seat belts that yu are jolted back form just aplying the breaks hard. And the steering wheel is tilted so that you are not face to face with it--the over size has something to do with it as well. The hting I noticed about the smashed car was that it looked like theperson shoul dhave been dead inside and yet sitting in the car the cab was in realy good shape yet.

I will never drive an American tin can again.

Shawn




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