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OT: Crash Test
Anyone come across this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMNR2MKRlM
I saw this a while back but somehow encountered it again today. I know these are solid cars but at high speeds its scary to think that we'd be better off in just about any new car. Not very scientific but.. still. Ouch.
Last edited by nirvana19; 11-25-2007 at 05:31 PM.
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Saw it when it was first on TV here. Sure the guy said even new cars doing 60 wouldnt fare much better. Frightening. But we have short term memories so we will all be jumping into our cars as normal in the morning. I hope so anywayOriginally Posted by nirvana19
Ha i watched this today also, and was thinking about posting!
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Um, I fail to see the point of that. It looks as if I'd be in better shape in the e34 than the Volvo.
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the e34 landed on its wheels. and id rather die in my e34 anyway
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i've been in some really really bad car accidents, and i've been curious as to how the e34 would protect me. It's smaller than other cars I have owned, so it makes me a bit nervous, but it's still a decent size.
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crashes at the speeds shown in that video are survivable.
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Not saying the e34 is unsafe, this is a fairly extreme example (though worse crashes do happen) You'd be dead in either, just interesting to see. I thought the camera in the interior of the e34 at the moment of the crash was particularly jolting. The e34 was clearly much more rigid than the volvo, but the impact force all went to the cabin/driver. They didn't really shoq the inside of the volvo, it looks like the front just crumbled and it flipped when the impact started to reach the passenger compartment.
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Not if you're in that Volvo!
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