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Hey guys, i am a total wreck.
lazygamer:
While were on the topic of getting mangled in crashes...
Ok I like driving BIG FUCKING VEHICLES! Half ton-three quarter ton! I like stuff that is long and wide, plenty of room for teh Lazy, plenty of room for his squad(sadly he don't have one yet), and plenty of room for all the AR's in the back. ;)
(no im just joking, im not really a gun freak... yet. You try being a gun freak at 17)
But I sure do like Big/heavy stuff. I've always assumed that the heavier vehicles are safer in a crash. And the vehicles I do drive(although I have my learner's license right now) are half and three quarter ton Chevy Surburbans from the 70's. My question is, am I safer in a crash in a heavy vehicle? Or does the extra force from the heavy vehicle harm me more? It's true that the bigger you are the harder you fall. So woulden't this hold true for vehicles?
Besides the possiblity of crash protection, is there any other advantages to driving heavy vehicles?
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by lazygamer:
I've always assumed that the heavier vehicles are safer in a crash.
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I guess it all depends on if you are on the giving or receiving end of the crash. I make it a point not to crash into semis. Especially head on.
[ September 27, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
Calum:
quote:Besides the possiblity of crash protection, is there any other advantages to driving heavy vehicles?
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yeah. you look cool as fuck. Either that or people just think it's a penile compensator! depends on how you look at it i suppose...
pkd_lives:
Depends on so much. If it's a HUMMER then it's likely you'll walk away, if it's an SUV (4 X 4) then lets face it, if you role you are lucky if you just break something (and the older the SUV the worse it is). This is because these vehicules are designed for off road, they should never be driven more than 50 miles an hour AT THE MOST. Keep to very slow speeds and the vehicule is okay as soon as you have a respectable speed then your chances of dying in one of those vehicules are vastly increased.
Heavy vehicules are only safer if they are stronger. I drive a Wrangler. It's the only off-road vehicule I would drive (indeed it's the only off roader I have seen that can come out of an accident the same shape it was before it roled, I consider any of the other SUV types to be tantamount to suicide (indeed you are probably safer in a Chevy Metro than a Ford Expolorer if you have an accident).
HPC GUY:
OK i used to own a 86' delta 88. those freakin cars are tough as nails. i accidently clipped a brick wall once and a piece of the wall came out and my bumper had a slight scuff. :D that thing also had a mafia sized trunk great for holding 3 stiffs.
as for the 77' Datsun....Aye!! those where classic japanese racers! why did that have to happen to such a beautiful car?!! :(
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