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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
08/13/09

In reply to Kia Soul, Insight And Prius Awarded IIHS Top Safety Ratings
Of course they are safe. After all they have been designed to cater for the needs of Asian woman drivers.
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Socialvegetable
08/13/09

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This comes as no surprise to me. I rear-ended a Kia Spectra at about 5-10 mph merging onto a highway. The Kia's rear bumper was a little scuffed. My '96 Firebird on the otherhand is in the body shop getting a new hood, font bumper cover, passenger headlight assembly, and passenger front fender. The Kia driver and I were both stunned by the amount of damage my car took, but I guess we shouldn't have been.

Cost to repair his car: less than $500
Cost to repair mine: hahahaha. I have to laugh to fight back the tears.
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philibuster
08/13/09

@Socialvegetable: Rear enders usually have much more damage than the rear endees. The rear of the car is not built as softly as the front, because how often are you driving backwards quickly into something?
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pauljones
08/13/09

@philibuster: Ask my sister, who somehow managed to launch my uncle's 5.0 liter Mustang in reverse directly into the semi behind her at the light.
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MushyHeirloom
08/13/09

@philibuster: That, and when both vehicles are braking hard, especially a wedge-shaped Firebird, the active vehicle often ends up underneath the passive one's bumper, damaging its hood as well.
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Flathead Smith
08/13/09

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I don’t trust any deranged entity that destroys perfectly good cars
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MushyHeirloom
08/13/09

@Flathead Smith: There are only two perfectly good cars here.
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STR8SIX
08/13/09

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The Prius rating must have been blogged before the Li-ion battery pack vented and set the lab on fire.
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MushyHeirloom
08/13/09

@STR8SIX: JESUS CHRIST IT'S A Li-ION GET OUT OF THE CAR?
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MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy
08/13/09

@FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh?: Hahaha TFD... or is that MTTS? Wish I could heart-click you again for that.
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MushyHeirloom
08/13/09

@MrHowser: Appears to be the former. I suspected it was.

I've also got his panflute chart Sharpied on my bedroom wall.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/13/09

In reply to Kia Soul, Insight And Prius Awarded IIHS Top Safety Ratings
Excellent crash performance should translate into a stiffer chassis and better mounts subframes and components. These should translate into better handling and vehicle dynamics.
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HammSammich
08/13/09

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So given their excellent crash survivability rating, I'm hoping for a professional demolition derby series featuring only Toyota and Honda hybrids.
"Sunday, Sunday Sunday...8pm at the Fairgrounds, it's Battle of the Hybrids! Watch as your favorite drivers narrowly escape chemical burns and electrocution. If you're not there you better be dead or in Jail...and if you are in Jail...Breakout!"
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goatrope
08/13/09

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The IIHS tests are getting too easy to ace. these automakers with their supercomputers are able to dial in their desired scores. It's like the automakers are a frat house with copies of all the old tests filed away for the football players.
Obviously, it's time for the IIHS to modify their testing procedures. I think randomly-placed explosive charges will liven things up a bit.
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smalleyxb122
08/13/09

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I'm pleased that the Soul did well. The prospective drivers of these are probably going to do something stupid, but they've got their whole lives ahead of them to wise up.
But why are we trying to save the Yippies*?
*Yippie:n.1: A former yuppie turned hippie using "ill-gotten" gains in a manner in which to atone for their misdeeds whilst suckling at the corporate teat.
2: A hippie, who is, despite the patchouli stench, gainfully employed, and can afford a Prius over an '83 Vanagon.
var: yippy pl: yippies.
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SagarikaLumos
08/13/09

@smalleyxb122: I'm not sure how the Soul got a good rating in the frontal crash since the driver dummy's head went outside (see the freeze frame shown when the movie is unplayed). It could easily strike the post or mirror whilst flailing about. That isn't safe.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/13/09

@smalleyxb122: Yippie: a member of the Youth International Party; see Abbie Hoffman.
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LBJ's Love Child
08/13/09

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
I still have my membership card from 1970 somewhere. Oh wait, I think I burned it.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/13/09

@LBJ's Love Child: Sure you didn't confuse it with your draft card? Easy mistake.
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Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event
08/13/09

In reply to Kia Soul, Insight And Prius Awarded IIHS Top Safety Ratings
The 2010 Kia Soul (Why not Seoul?) also gets my pick for the only box car I don't absolutely detest. Congratulations on the award and your sexy rear sloping roof.
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pauljones
08/13/09

@Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event: Actually, as odd as it is, the Nissan Cube is pretty cool. I just wish that Toyota would bring back the original xB, as the new one just has no soul, pardon the pun.
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Ash78, tryptophanatic
08/13/09

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"Why did the wife make me buy this thing?! I give up. There's a tree." SMASH. "Dammit."
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Z71
08/13/09

@Ash78: Investigator: "Ah, it's a classic case of Prius-remorse."
Cop: "But, how did he end up in the grille of that Mack truck if he crashed over there?"
Investigator: "Well, the Prius is just so horrible that when he tried to crash and kill himself he realized that he couldn't. This caused his brain to implode with rage and he ran straight into traffic, causing much more damage."
Cop: If only the Prius was unsafe, it could have saved the lives of those 50 people who crashed when he ran into traffic.
Investigator: "If only..."
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BMRFILE
03/13/09

In reply to 2010 Kia Soul: First Drive
Wow, tons of haters. Go ahead people, make fun of Kia. But ask yourself this: When was the last time any of the domestic lumps ever designed and launched a subcompact that looked appealing?

The Soul is a great car for the money. Even when loaded up, it's still a good value. I'd buy one of these over a stupid looking HHR any day.
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Maymar
03/13/09

@BMRFILE: The Pontiac LeMons!

Well, you said looked appealing.
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Al Navarro
03/13/09

In reply to 2010 Kia Soul: First Drive
My only question (and it is a nagging one) is why Wes, who is admittedly a motorcycle crashing daredevil, gets to drive all the cars with soul while Matt only gets to drive a car named Soul.

A rearranging of the pecking order is due, methinks.
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Phylip Dana Mason
03/13/09

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Can you say Scion Xd look alike? seriously, Kia/Hyndai have got to stop stealing other companies designs, are they that stupid they can't design their own cars?
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Maymar
03/13/09

@Phylip Dana Mason: To be fair, they're stealing from another group of thieves.
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tgpt
03/12/09

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What's with all of the hating on Kia? Sure the Rio isn't a nice car, but the current Optima is - yes it's a little bland, but it's aimed at a segment of the market where all of the competitors spend millions upon millions of dollars trying to out-bland each other.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
03/13/09

@tgpt: First ever use I've ever seen of 'out-bland.' Nice.
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Novaload
03/12/09

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And if I could photoshop, I'd show the little thing growing up, its one headlight migrating to the other side of its wee skull as it settles onto its side for a life on the bottom.
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