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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
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I just watched a segment on a British car show (Fifth Gear) on crashing a
smart. They took a fortwo pure and rigged it to be driven with RC controls. I
should burn it to DVD. They drove it into a concrete wall at 115 km/h.
It... made me feel ill.
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http://www.smartz.co.uk/f/crash.wmv
It’s the video from the British show, someone edited down the show to just the
part with the smart crash, and put their own music on top. Dumb, but shows what
I was refering to.
The way it just EXPLODES off to the side looks so wrong. They don’t tell you
it’s a 30 degree offset test. This clip also doesn’t show how they’re still
able to open the doors and close them just fine as if it were in the showroom.
But it gets the idea across.
I’m very eager to show off how safe this car is to anyone who doubts it!! When
I get one I will not, however, drive into a concrete wall for you.
But I bet I could punch through half of Derek’s Element before bouncing merily
away intact into the ditch (with the hazard and dome lights coming on
automatially, of course). :)
-Iain
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| (...) I saw the video. Quite interesting. Much more intact that I thought it would be, but then after thinking about it, it's not too surprising. The problem with this type of crash in this kind of car is there are little or no crumple zones to (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Well the fortwo is suposedly coming to the US in 2007. I suspect they'll bring the forfour (horrid) down there, too. There is a ~5 month waiting list in Canada for a fortwo cdi. I don't want anyone to take my idea for a custom licence plate if (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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