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As someone who drives a car from the 60s on weekends this was terrifying.
by TrueGeek 4y ago
As someone who drives a car from the 60s on weekends this was terrifying.
- hunter-gatherer 4y agoMy thought as well. Might be time to trade my shit in.
- wwweston 4y agoYeah, I'm having second thoughts about my 91 sedan with no airbag...
- orangepurple 4y agoThe lack of airbag is OK because you'll be decapitated by the steering column pushing the steering wheel through your neck (1:45 in linked video): 1998 Toyota Corolla vs 2015 Toyota Corolla (Auris): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xidhx_f-ouU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xidhx_f-ouU
- kube-system 4y agoIt’s not the airbag that keeps the steering column from going into your neck, it’s the collapsible steering column.
- Sebb767 4y agoI think the implied point was that the steering column will kill you anyway, so the lack of an airbag is not a problem.
- smileysteve 4y agoairbag is overrated as long as you wear a seatbelt. if it had had an airbag, it's likely to kill you either with phosphorus (early 90s) or metal shrapnel (late 90s to current)
- speedgoose 4y agoWe haven’t watch the same crash test videos.
- aidenn0 4y agoThe recent article about ejection seat failures makes me wonder about airbags
- gcheong 4y agoAt least you'll go out in style. Seriously though, it would be great see the older car styles brought back with modern safety standards or older cars in some way upgraded to modern safety standards.
- system2 4y agoLook at what they did to mustang.
- blt 4y agoNot possible sadly. A lot of the appealing features on older cars (thin pillars, tall windows) are incompatible with current safety standards. Part of the reason why new cars tend to look clunky.
- Doxin 4y agoI get why thin pillars don't work with modern safety standards, but surely tall windows are fine? There's plenty modern cars with fairly tall windows, like the renault kangoo?
- hef19898 4y agoYou need both, slim pillars and large windows, to have the same aesthetic as classic cars.
- DavidPeiffer 4y agoI'm not having success finding the requirements, but I am almost certain there are requirements on window size. Purely by logic, as the window size increases, side impact rating will decrease.
- blt 4y agoIt's not the tall windows themselves that are dangerous, it's the accompanying low door sills. Higher door sills mean more of your body is protected by metal instead of glass.
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- userbinator 4y agoAs someone whose daily driver is a "land yacht" from the early 70s, I'm not too worried... the crumple-zone is huge.
- ehnto 4y agoThere were some cars with crumple zones back then, but you very likely do not have a crumple zone capable of protecting you. No matter how long your bonnet, you will probably take the brunt of the impact with your body in a car from the 70s. Not saying don't drive it, I drive a 90s car with no airbags as a daily so I am only marginally better off.
- emmelaich 4y agoThey don't crumple much, despite the size.
- hef19898 4y agoWhat ever other car hit will so. In such an accident, the combined crumble zone is halved so. If you a concrete wall, good luck so. I know what would happen if I have a serious accident in my week-end hobby car so. A likely hood that is significantly reduced by current fuel prices. And a serious maintenance backlog...
- prmoustache 4y agoWhile you can't control all the outside parameters we also don't tend to drive them the same way.
- hef19898 4y agoAbsolutely not! You tend to be much more careful with hobby cars then you are with average daily drivers.