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Are all sedans unsafe?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:25 am
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:25 am
Long story short, I rear ended some car on Saturday and his suv barely had any damage and my front end looks pretty bad. When I bought the car, the part that was important was the 5* safety rating. Is all sedans rating bs? Should I just get a suv?
Side note what’s a good safe reliable suv under 20?
Side note what’s a good safe reliable suv under 20?
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Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:26 am to fareplay
Sedans are safer than trucks
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:26 am to fareplay
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my front end looks pretty bad
designed to jackass.
This post was edited on 9/24/18 at 11:27 am
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:26 am to fareplay
Do you even physics baw?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:28 am to fareplay
Modern cars are designed with crumple zones and sacrificial body parts to minimize the energy transferred to the passenger compartment. They are safe because they get torn up in a wreck.
Go look at some crash photos from the 30's and 40's when cars were built like tanks. Barely a dent in the fender and the wreck is a fatality.
Go look at some crash photos from the 30's and 40's when cars were built like tanks. Barely a dent in the fender and the wreck is a fatality.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:30 am to fareplay
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Long story short, I rear ended some car on Saturday and his suv barely had any damage and my front end looks pretty bad. When I bought the car, the part that was important was the 5* safety rating. Is all sedans rating bs? Should I just get a suv?
So your crumple zones worked, keeping your dumbass alive to post this stupid question, and you're questioning the safety rating?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:30 am to fareplay
Energy cannot be created or destroyed baw. Would you rather your fender take the impact or your noggin?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:30 am to fareplay
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what’s a good safe reliable suv under 20?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:32 am to fareplay
Front end is designed to crumple so it absorbs the impact and softens the hit felt by the passengers
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:32 am to castorinho
he can get a 2016 Kia Sorento
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:32 am to 50_Tiger
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Do you even physics baw?
I thought A&M folks were smart
. The vehicle should have a low impact or "5 MPH" bumper to resist lessor damages not 20-40 mph. You should have had a truck baw with a brush guards and cool LED lights. You must have went to Blend.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:33 am to fareplay
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Long story short, I rear ended some car on Saturday and his suv barely had any damage and my front end looks pretty bad. When I bought the car, the part that was important was the 5* safety rating. Is all sedans rating bs? Should I just get a suv?
Were you or your passengers hurt? If not, then the ratings are not BS??
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:37 am to fareplay
Your sedan is designed to absorb the impact, so you don’t absorb said impact. Functioning as intended. Prepare thy anus though. Gordon cometh.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:38 am to fareplay
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Long story short, I rear ended some car on Saturday and his suv barely had any damage and my front end looks pretty bad. When I bought the car, the part that was important was the 5* safety rating. Is all sedans rating bs?
Jackass.
This post was edited on 9/24/18 at 11:40 am
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:41 am to fareplay
Front ends and rear ends are designed differently. If you would have both hit head on it’s likely similar damage.
But yes also as said physics, you want to be in the heavier of the two vehicles in a crash.
But yes also as said physics, you want to be in the heavier of the two vehicles in a crash.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:41 am to fareplay
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Are all sedans unsafe?
All motor vehicles are inherently unsafe, and one's safety is more a matter of the driver's competence than the vehicles design.
Rather than being a little beta and trying to wrap yourself in the safest vehicle, focus on being a better driver of all vehicles.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:42 am to fareplay
you miss the point of what "safety rating" means, and its not just sedans, its every vehicle. the front ends are made like egg shells.
the safety rating isnt about damage, they make them on purpose to be totaled in anything more then a light tap.
its called "crumple zones" so the people inside dont get hurt but in just about any accident, even the most minor, you have huge repair bills or its outright totaled.
take a new f150 and bend the front bumper and one side fender by tapping someone at a light and its 50/50 it has frame damage and gets totaled.
its insane because that same amount of damage on a 90's f150 and its a $1500-$2000 repair and its good as new
the safety rating isnt about damage, they make them on purpose to be totaled in anything more then a light tap.
its called "crumple zones" so the people inside dont get hurt but in just about any accident, even the most minor, you have huge repair bills or its outright totaled.
take a new f150 and bend the front bumper and one side fender by tapping someone at a light and its 50/50 it has frame damage and gets totaled.
its insane because that same amount of damage on a 90's f150 and its a $1500-$2000 repair and its good as new
This post was edited on 9/24/18 at 11:43 am
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:47 am to fareplay
What the vehicle looks like post accident has little bearing on the crash rating.
What matters is if the occupant cabin integrity was maintained/likelihood of occupant injury.
What matters is if the occupant cabin integrity was maintained/likelihood of occupant injury.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:50 am to fareplay
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Toyota Dealership Displays 2018 Toyota Camry That Got Rear-Ended by a Semi-Truck
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:57 am to keakar
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its insane because that same amount of damage on a 90's f150 and its a $1500-$2000 repair and its good as new
But that would still be "totaled" by the insurance company as the repairs are higher than, or some X percentage of, the value of the vehicle.
Just because it can be fixed, doesn't mean it's not considered "totaled."
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