Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-25 Thread Zoltan Finks
A friend of mine worked for a rental car company and used to like to yank the emergency brake and spin cars around at speed. Eventually he flat-spotted some tires and I believe he got fired. Brian Tony wrote: Also, taking a page from another recent discussion, there is also another video showing

Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-25 Thread Steve MacSween
on 10/24/07 11:33, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: however, it is not implausible that the combination of automotive engineers and government stooges have done something right and have now made ordinary cars crashworthy. i generally simply presume all such government collaborative

Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-25 Thread Mitch Haley
Steve MacSween wrote: As a footnote, that Renault will have been built to the current Euro crash test standards, which are higher than ours in NA. I would have been interested to see a Chevy Cobalt take the hit instead. Cobalt and Ion are on a worldwide chassis (Delta), so I'm sure there's

[MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-24 Thread Tony Wirtel
Not directly MB related, but many of us (myself included) own old Volvo wagons and the following includes a crash test of a Volvo wagon and a newer European small car. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=123091 Really not terribly scientific, but does give some food for

Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-24 Thread Gary Hurst
very informative. really does get me thinking. On 10/24/07, Tony Wirtel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not directly MB related, but many of us (myself included) own old Volvo wagons and the following includes a crash test of a Volvo wagon and a newer European small car.

Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-24 Thread Peter Frederick
. Peter -Original Message- From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 24, 2007 8:09 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals very informative. really does get me thinking. On 10/24/07

Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals

2007-10-24 Thread Gary Hurst
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (No MB) Safety- Olde big car vs. new small car, buying used rentals very informative. really does get me thinking. On 10/24/07, Tony Wirtel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not directly MB related, but many of us (myself included) own old Volvo wagons and the following includes