Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] computer and car prices (was Re: [MLUG])

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> I know that a few years ago, in Consumer Reports or somesuch, they
> wrote that the size of the car was extremely important in determining
> survival in an accident.  Maybe newer cars are safer in some ways that
> help to avoid accidents, and they do have airbags, but I still think
> I'd rather be in a 1971 Pontiac Catalina than in a new Honda Civic
> when the two cars have a head-on collision.  Pretty sure, not 100%.  
> The old Catalina probably didn't even have a shoulder strap, just lap
> belts.

Exactly. A car from that period that hits a car from this period shreds
most modern cars. The lil plastic bubble cars get smashed like a tin
can. Not that I don't think Civics are decent cars but it'd take a lot to
convince me they are really safer. The current craze in SUV's certainly
hasn't proven to be very safe (or fuel efficient) and a lot of other
popular cars don't seem any safer. I do think there is that difference
between common cars and the more expensive models.

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