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    Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report

    Yes, The IIHS-Crashed '59 Chevy Had An Engine

    Jalopnik Crash Week Begins: 1959 Chevy Vs. 2009 Chevy

    IIHS: Only Smart Fortwo Gets "Good" Roof Strength Rating

    Kia Soul, Insight And Prius Awarded IIHS Top Safety Ratings

    IIHS: No Mid-Size Cars Score "Good" In Low-Speed Collisions

    IIHS: Small Cars Are Big On Damage In Low-Speed Collisions

    IIHS Small Car Test: Three Gruesome Slow-Motion Crash Videos

    BREAKING CARS! Minicars Perform Poorly In IIHS Crash Tests

    IIHS: PT Cruiser Most Dangerous New Small Car In America
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    I see the dummy in the Bel Air, then I see the one in the malibu and I cant help but think "what a pussy". Im just waiting for the next set of pictures where the dummy from the '59 gets out to punch the other one in the face a couple times for driving like a moron and destroying his ride.
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    High Speed Indeed promoted this comment triumph was starred triumph was unstarred
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    09/29/09

    @triumph: I see the dummy in the Bel Air, then I see the one in the malibu and I cant help but think "what a living human being". Im just waiting for the next set of pictures where the dummy from the '59 gets cut out of the vehicle, zipped up in a body bag, and trucked off to the morgue.

    There, fixed that for ya.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    A lil post punk theme music
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment VeeArrrSix was starred VeeArrrSix was unstarred
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    09/29/09

    @VeeArrrSix: I inherited that picture cover 45 from my dad, along with 1000 other punk and dub 45s from when he was living in England and Jamaica in the 70s. I listen to them more often than my own record collection these days.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    09/29/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: I would drive 500 miles to paw through them.
    Oh yeah, rip them to .mp3 before the ex girlfriend jacks them.
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    I think that guy it picture seven would be okay. Sure his legs are folded up like a frog on a lily pad, but he looks pretty comfortable.
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    I think the best way to serve justice would be to take the guy running the IIHS (who must also be around 50 yrs old) and smash him into a 2009 Malibu @ 45 mph.
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    Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger promoted this comment 85cieraholiday was starred 85cieraholiday was unstarred
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report

    I propose that to get an auto license one must be able to maintain a minimum track lap time on a figure eight dirt track with approximately 40 other like minded contestants for thirty minutes. Licenses are issued to the ones still under power at the end. The whole licensing operation is paid by ticket sales to view the event from picket fences lining the track.
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    Edited by Flathead Smith at 09/28/09 4:52 PM Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
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    09/29/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: Is that an LTD wagon? man, I just saw one of those on Craigslist near me for $900. They are rare- can't believe they're smashing it up!

    By the way, excellent idea. Driver's ED ought to be held on a road course, not a parking lot!
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    Please stop. Smashing the car that sported the best ass in the world is just sick.
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    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment SpudMills was starred SpudMills was unstarred
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    09/28/09


    @SpudMills: yeah, I can't help but be reminded of my cuff links when looking at the above crash image.
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    Edited by Ben Wojdyla at 09/28/09 4:48 PM Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
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    09/28/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: I wanted to buy those, until I realized I'd never use them.
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    09/29/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Just gonna say, Ben, you're the man.
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    09/29/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: You sure those aren't brass knuckles?
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    Image of dmdukejr dmdukejr
    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    Am I the only one to look at, for example, the vent-wing window frame on the '59 and be saddened by the fact that it survived for 50 years only to be destroyed in a gaudy PR-driven science experiment? I'm all for progress, and I know it's just an old car, but I can't help but get a little sentimental over this kind of thing.
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    TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah promoted this comment dmdukejr was starred dmdukejr was unstarred
    Image of UGAdawg UGAdawg
    09/28/09

    @dmdukejr: I actually looked at it as a celebration of how far we've come in auto safety. As much as I love a classic car, those things are death traps. What would be awesome is if they designed one point for point and incorporated all the safety features of today while incorporating the high style of yesteryear.
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    skitter promoted this comment UGAdawg was starred UGAdawg was unstarred
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    09/28/09

    @dmdukejr: I know the way you feel

    It's kind of like finding a live dinosaur that was long thought to be extinct, and then shooting it because you wanted to perform an autopsy.
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    TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah promoted this comment Joe Valasek was starred Joe Valasek was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    09/28/09

    @UGAdawg: Initially, I enjoyed the video for the same reasons you did. But I have come to realize that it is truly important: This is what must be brought out for the people suffering under the illusion that older, 'heavier' cars are safer.
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    Thought when they pulled them apart, they might find a Pontiac!
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    P161911 promoted this comment Str8stroke was starred Str8stroke was unstarred
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    I thought crash week was great. My neighbor however took it literally. He ran into my car last Saturday ripping off the bumper.. it spends crash week in the body shop and I get to pick up tonight. Irony or just a coincidental bummer?
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    Edited by Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II at 09/28/09 4:18 PM Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was starred Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of Joe Valasek Joe Valasek
    09/28/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets:
    Depends on what you drive.

    It could be an Iron-y Continental Bumper...

    (Shifty eyes looking for the pun-police...)
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    Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets promoted this comment Joe Valasek was starred Joe Valasek was unstarred
    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    I was just really really happy that there were no Dave Matthews references.

    That is all.
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    Number_Six promoted this comment VeeArrrSix was starred VeeArrrSix was unstarred
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    09/28/09

    @VeeArrrSix: What's a Dave Matthews?
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    09/28/09

    @Number_Six: If you have to ask... you can't afford it.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/28/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
    Crash Week was fun... you guys showed us some great video and images. Hopefully we can all take away from it some valuable lessons.

    Personally, though, Crash Week has put a certain someone's credibility in jeopardy... we were promised booth professionals and that promise has not yet been made good. Your slight of hand, your misdirection, it didn't go unnoticed. We're still waiting.
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    09/28/09

    @TimTim:
    And no, stumpy doesn't count.
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/21/09

    In reply to Yes, The IIHS-Crashed '59 Chevy Had An Engine
    This old video still amazes me, in context of this post...
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    skitter promoted this comment Gaseous Clay was starred Gaseous Clay was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/22/09

    @Gaseous Clay: Imagine both of those cars in a 10 mph collision. The Renault suffers bumper, headlamp, and hood damage and is totalled. The Volvo needs a bumper cover. The Renault's airbags go off. The Volvo's might. The Renault has the resale value of a severed goat arse. The Volvo most likely lives on.

    Regardless, there are no injuries. And circumstances like these are how most collisions occur.

    I'll risk having to undergo physical therapy in a car that's nearly as safe as those offered today, because the odds of my ever getting into a severe collision are far lower than the odds of my being bent over by my insurance company if I drive, and am hit in, a newer, bendy, plastic car.

    Everything is a compromise, and I would not hesitate to see those I love in either vehicle. But I know which I'd rather repair.
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Yes, The IIHS-Crashed '59 Chevy Had An Engine
    I think this should also remind us that American auto manufacturers resisted safety equipment for years and were basically FORCED to install seat belts, padded dashboards, and other safety equipment in their cars. That's totally despicable, like comic-book villain despicable. Meanwhile, many European car companies actively pursued safety technology without being forced to do so.
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons was starred alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/22/09

    @alowishus finally has his Miata: I remember reading that Ford offered seat belts as a low-cost option at least as far back as 1955. Only lap belts, though, so you'd still break your face on the wheel.
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Yes, The IIHS-Crashed '59 Chevy Had An Engine

    Rather still have that old technology over this one tho...
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    Image of DiExMachina DiExMachina
    09/21/09

    In reply to Yes, The IIHS-Crashed '59 Chevy Had An Engine
    Somebody send in an 1961 Imperial, lets test out a few cars with that thing. You would even be able to get about 10 crashes out of the Imperial. So it saves money.
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    P161911 promoted this comment DiExMachina was starred DiExMachina was unstarred
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