My point was that even a normal Lada is going to feel like a tin can compared to what most people here have as their frame of reference. I'm not sure why anyon

My point was that even a normal Lada is going to feel like a tin can compared to what most people here have as their frame of reference. I'm not sure why anyone found that offensive. In retrospect I like the "stretch Lada is 5/3 as safe as normal Lada" line of reasoning better.