- 1. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Fhsloth3@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:14:27 EDT
- I was at the Atlantic City, NJ car show about 15 years ago and there was a Tiger for sale. As I was looking at the car a yuppie type came up and said to his girlfriend, " Those cars don't have air ba
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- 2. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: CoolVT@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:48:57 EDT
- But I think you will agree...they are potential death traps. What with the lack of crumple zones, absence of air bags, thin side doors, no roll protection, no shoulder belts, no antilock brakes, no
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00026.html (7,372 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: "un-cole-a@juno.com" <un-cole-a@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 14:51:41 GMT
- AMEN TO THAT FRED!!!!! There is just something about driving a car you can hear and feel. Also, the Tigers and Alpines let you drive them, not the other way around like some of these new cars. Tim B9
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- 4. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: "un-cole-a@juno.com" <un-cole-a@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 14:56:12 GMT
- At least we have seat-belts. I don't think some of these so called sub compact cars are to far from being death traps either. Even with the air bags and other so called safety features. Tim B9470149
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- 5. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: CoolVT@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 11:02:09 EDT
- There is no doubt that if you want to be safe today...."bigger is better." _______________________________________________ Tigers@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/tigers
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- 6. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: "Bruce" <brichards@fineeyes.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:06:14 -0500
- I always tell people that the only thing the seatbelts are good for is to help them locate the body after the wreck ;-). --Original Message-- From: tigers-bounces+brichards=fineeyes.com@autox.team.ne
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- 7. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Fhsloth3@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:28:52 EDT
- True, but the fun factor is off the scale, more than making up for these few little imperfections. Fred Baum _______________________________________________ Tigers@autox.team.net http://autox.team.ne
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- 8. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Fhsloth3@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:31:01 EDT
- The humongous SUVs are also death traps when you figure a Toyota Prius, with its low nose can wedge itself under an SUV and flip the monster in a "T" bone type accident. Kind of David and Goliath. Fr
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00034.html (7,207 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Fhsloth3@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:32:28 EDT
- "The humongous SUVs are also death traps when you figure a Toyota Prius, with its low nose, can wedge itself under an SUV and flip the monster in a "T" bone type accident. Kind of David and Goliath.
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00035.html (7,949 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:21:26 -0700
- A couple of years ago a guy in a SUV tried to dodge a deer in the middle of the highway just outside the city limits here. Lost control, went off the road, a wheel dug in and the SUV flipped, ejectin
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- 11. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Thompson <chris@cthompson.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:28:46 -0400
- I'm sure you all know that most SUV's, built on truck chassis, are exempt from federal rules on safety that are applied to cars. I saw a video recently of one of those tiny little Smart cars hitting
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00038.html (9,603 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: CoolVT@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 23:05:23 EDT
- In a head on collision between your beemer and your truck, which would you rather be in? M _______________________________________________ Tigers@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinf
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- 13. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Drmoonstone@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:10:22 EST
- Theo, get the new Tundra with the 5.7. Faster than a 70 SS 396 Cheville in quarter Mile and zero to sixty. Just ordered one and I can attest to it being able to get out of it's own way. Moonstone **
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- 14. Re: [Tigers] Tigers, Commotion thing (score: 1)
- Author: Drmoonstone@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:23:20 EST
- Best one I've heard is when the guy at the stop light asked, "Is that one of those cars that can go in the water?" My 17 year old daughter beat me on the the response with, "Hardly (with great distai
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00045.html (8,012 bytes)
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