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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    you know, i was kinda half hoping that when the Mazda got smashed that the happy face would turn sad... alas, NCAP has no sense of humor
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    But how will cars still protect us from javelins or errant laser beams?
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    Did the back of the seat come off on both of the Benz's? Or did they test one seat for both cars?
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    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    It gave me a warm pleasurable feeling to see the Toyota Urban Cruiser get the lowest rating of the twelve... quite a bit like the feeling I get when the Yankees lose.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    Is it wrong that I was greatly pleased to see the smile knocked of the little Mazda's face? Because I was. A lot.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    I found the crash test of the X1 slightly satisfying.

    Like when you find out a suicide bomber only was able to kill himself.
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    04/30/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    i cannot wait for pete to kick him the hell out
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    mmm I'm absolutely enjoying watching the Boxter go into the wall over and over again. I could watch it until I go insane.


    Although for me to take pleasure in the video even more, a few things need to be added or changed...


    -A Mocha Latte in a cardboard cup smashing into the windscreen.


    -Crash test dummy replaced with a real Porsche driving wanker


    -His cell phone (which he'd be holding to his bead-filled head) melding with his face with the impact.

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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    I loved reading the argument the VetteHeads had on youtube over the video of the Vette. To bad I could not watch the Video
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    Image of Goes Like Stink Goes Like Stink
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    I want one of those crash carts for when people block my driveway
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/30/09

    @Goes Like Stink: good call!
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    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    The mercedes has some serious crumple...so where does the engine go?
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/29/09

    @ManicSquirrel: It drops the engine so that it doesn't protrude into the cabin. Or a Benz salesman would have you believe.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/29/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: That's what they reassured us about the Noob Eatall. Haven't had to find out, but it's a ten-year-old design that still rates at full marks in a frontal crash, so I guess it works.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    Given how much people say an overpowered car is simply a replacement or enhancement to one's manhood, this is sorta like watching a bunch of videos of people getting kicked in the crotch.....and just as entertaining!
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    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    Someone forgot to tell whoever crash-tested the Diablo that they use different cars for different tests. Probably cost-driven.


    These are all really good compared to, say, a Cavalier. In that the wheels don't enter the passenger compartment.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/29/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: Have you had that happen to you before?


    And aren't you kind of annoyed that our names are stuck like this permanently?

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    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    Why in the hell people keep mentioning ADAC's ridiculous rating given to the BS4? All other auto clubs that co-funded the test rated it a 3 star car.


    ADAC and the whole German media is pathetically protective of their auto industry. Just recently ADAC said Europe's most fuel efficient car was a VW (wtf?). And there, BMW, Merc and VW have the best reliability ratings, while in the US BMW and Merc are below average and VW is rock bottom.


    Nothing Germans say about cars should be taking seriously.


    [www.i3china.net]

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/29/09

    @Analyst: According to that logic, no national safety testing should be trusted.


    Besides, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the US gave Audi A6, Audi A3, Audi A4, BMW 3 series, Mercedes C class, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Eos, Volkswagen Rabbit/Golf, Audi Q7, BMW X3, BMW X5, Mercedes M class all top marks for 2009 model year.


    If you can't stomach the fact that Chinese cars are less safe than those of the established international manufacturers, I'm afraid there is no nope for you.

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    04/29/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Damn typo. I meant no hope.


    Oh, and the VW Tiguan also won too.

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    04/29/09

    @Pessimipposaurus:


    I never said Chinese cars are as safe as those of established international manufacturers. That's a ridiculous idea (at this point).


    But it is true that there was bias on the BS4 rating and that Germany is very protective of its auto industry, given its importance to their economy. I just think that the 0-star rating was a really low blow.

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    04/29/09

    @Analyst: Dude, because we need something to make fun of. I'm Chinese, but I don't take the jokes seriously or personally. It's just fact exaggerated.


    Hey, we've got all their money and jobs, so who's laughing now?


    "All your base are belong to us."

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    04/29/09

    @Mobius_1: You're mistaking yourself as an Indian there, buddy.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/29/09

    @Analyst:


    Why don't you go punch your clown, you might feel less argumentative after that.


    Or have a drink.

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    04/30/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Aren't they the same thing?


    :D

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    04/30/09

    @Mobius_1: Ha, you think we're going to repay that money? Joke's on you!
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
    so wait, is the porsche boxster a good crash or a bad one.

    i know econoboxes crumple like tin cans so the front absorbs all the energy but what of that car?
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    Image of CompWizrd CompWizrd
    04/29/09

    @damnelantra™: Well, the Porsche test is a 25mph full frontal.. what speed are the rest at? Aren't the tests we usually see at 45mph(and offset, at that)
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    Image of Alan Olson Alan Olson
    04/29/09

    @CompWizrd: I think most crash tests are done at around 30mph. I could be wrong. I know F1 crash tests are 15m/s, or about 55mph (it says so in the regulations).


    But I feel like for sport/supercars, and especially F1, crash tests should be done at much higher speeds, like 100mph, because that seems to be the popular thing to do these days.

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    04/29/09

    @Alan Olson: TBH, I'm not sure it matters that much. No amount of engineering and safety testing can replace good, sensible, safe, omniobservant driving that does not involve talking on the phone while facebooking on a laptop while drinking a Venti while putting on makeup while changing the song on the iPod while setting a new destination in the nav while talking to the kids in the back to shut them up while petting your dog in your lap while breastfeeding your baby while puffing on a cigarette while drinking a breathalyser while admiring the convertible that just passed while reading the newspaper while thinking about what hairstyle is good and what dress to wear and what shoes to buy and what bags to splurge on and what perfume to sample.


    I'm hoping most cars don't go over the speed limit on public roads, and really though, it is kinda hard IMHO (although some people's stupidity is beyond belief) to crash driving in a straight line on the highway.

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