I'd take a 124 or a 126 with ABS and airbags over the 123, but I think just about any car made in the last ten years is going to be safer in both of your scenarios.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have this discussion a lot with my wife. So let's take a poll. > > > > Accident like Wilton's. Two kids in back. Do you prefer a new vw GTI, or > a w123? > > > > Similarly, head on into a tree. New GTI or w123? > > > > I go back and forth between the virtues of car mass and the vetus of > airbags everywhere. Vs other cars, I prefer mass, due to transfers of > momentum from one car to the other. > > > > Vs a tree, I think the airbags win. > > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com