Don't worry, I don't have any plans on entering a destruction derby contest.

Trust me, if a tractor plows through me, I'd rather be in a car that kills me.

Ford had that fiasco with the crown victoria fuel tanks exploding when rearended. When police cruisers were blowing up left and right from being rearended when blocking traffic, they did a recall IMO. Their fix? Install a fire suppression system, instead of fixing the issue.

Also, I've never heard of a camera that blurs license plates automatically, so like Neil wants to, I'll call BS on that. I think Yves is just paranoid, he tends to blur out a lot of meaningless info in screenshots, etc.

Why is it feasible?

Not enough results in Google to make me believe it... I call BS... you paranoid liar...

You couldn't find a better parking lot to take the photo in? You're (?) practically standing in a puddle!

Those potholes are part of the inheritance from British rule. It is by law in England that every road is full of holes and that they are badly maintained.

However, you'd also think being an ex-British colony you'd drive on the correct side of the road

So that explains it.

(A lot of our law is based on English law passed down to us from the time of their mandate over here. Until several years ago our only copyright law began with something along the lines of "By order of the queen of England...")

I was sarcastic too until it happened. I've been in a caravan that decided the crumple zone involved my floorboard, crushing my legs beneath the dash. And just a few months ago, a girl decided that her blazer was a good fit for my drivers side door. Doing only 10-15 mph, her radiator came within inches of my face. Safety matters, because while YOU can avoid over 90% of accidents just by being an ACTUAL driver, those last 10% you don't have a choice. They pick you. Those are the ones you should worry about and work to prevent. Because they're not even your fault. Being safe got you pegged anyway (as opposed to asking for it).

That's why side impact standards matter so much.

Ford Pinto.

The Crown Victoria incident, however, was outside of the tested range of the car (above speed limits at 70-75mph and exacerbated untrained modifications to panels near the fuel tank). So it's different from knowing about a serious problem and ignoring it (like in the case of the Pinto). The safety ratings of the car? 5/5, 5/5 for front and rear impact. 4/5, 5/5 for side impacts for front and rear passengers respectively. When it came to the actual tests, they performed wonderful. But police blocking was outside standard consumer tests.

Honda CR-Vs are actually horrific in the same way. In my home town, a Mustang was drag racing a Corvette down a dense street late at night. At over 100 MPH, the Mustang came over a hill and rear-ended two girls in a CR-V waiting at a red light. The car immediately lifted and exploded. Both girls were engulfed in flames immediately. One died in the flames, the other got out only to watch her friend die in the flames before EMS could save her.

I don't think the CR-V is unsafe. Hondas have always seemed to be safe (though I haven't looked up information--just word-of-mouth). But some things really can't be prepared for. And no amount of preparation (except maybe a NASCAR space frame) can save you from that. A better solution is to stop people from doing stupid stuff like that. I don't mind people racing... but it better not be endangering innocent people. That's a special kind of sick-in-the-head. To risk innocent peoples lives for short-term entertainment. Moreover, people who run red lights (without stopping) are especially sick in the head. They think your life is less important the 3 minutes of their time. And they should all die for their incredible selfishness before they kill someone innocent. (Come to think of it, an old bastard almost killed me by running a red light as I had legal turn signal and had I not saved myself he would have rolled my car into three more cars.)

Come to think of it... I don't like driving anymore.

One quick append because it's cool to look at:

08 Sebring Convertible Frontal Hit. Notice how the passenger box is virtually unaffected. Even without a top to provide stiffness. That hit stopped the car. Which is very impressive from an engineering perspective. Nobody in the 1950's thought that was possible.

Don't forget that issue a few years ago where the ignition system would catch fire and most likely cause the entire vehicle to go up in flames. I think they fixed that one with a patch too.

With windchill it's -26 degrees Celsius (= -14.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and it caused on of the joints of the pipes to leak coolant. Tomorrow is going to be interesting.

i'm using a 50/50 mix, when i got it second day i noticed that coolant level was low, but with the cold leak has gotten bigger.it literally drips when i start it...i pushed it quite a bit today and did a whole 100kms.

Chris, I'm thinking of getting a sebring as a daily driver/beater, the fact that it still runs and is cheap to maintain is alluring, same goes with the hyunday elantra/accent