Did you see that link to the Jalopnik article on the cost to repair newer cars' safety systems, and how it was causing a lot of them to be totaled even after a minor accident as a result?
Mass is always going to be on your side. If you’re in a Prius and you go up against a soccer mom in an SUV, you’re going to lose no matter what. That’s one thing I don’t worry about with my cars. With the exception of maybe the SL500, they’re all big and substantial enough that short of a semi or locomotive, they’ll most likely come out of it OK. And if the car is totaled, so be it. It will have served its purpose. -D > On May 9, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Anyone have any good suggestions on researching auto safety records? > > I have been looking online but it seems to be more difficult than it ought to > be. I keep coming up with information on new vehicles but little on used ones. > > The powers that be want me to believe that a tiny new car is safer than a > larger old car because it has some new fangled electronic doodads that might > prevent me from wandering into an oncoming lane etc. > > I am really more interested in something that will provide superior > protection if some texting driver happens to run into me when I do not have > time or space to dodge out of the way. > > I know you folks think that the older MB's are wonderful cars when it comes > to safety but I am curious as to how they and others compare. > > For example, I always thought that the Ford Crown Victoria should be > reasonably safe as it is a larger car etc but apparently the fuel tank is in > a bad spot and serious rear end collisions are bad news with them. I assume > it would be similar for the Lincolns which were built on the same chassis. > > I have no interest in buying a new car but I am interested in finding a > larger used car. I have been driving the Honda Civic that I acquired from my > mother and it is a nice little car but a bit too little for my tastes. It > gets good fuel mileage but I do not want to be in it if it gets hit by > something bigger. > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
