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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:26:50 -0700
From: "J. Schneitman" <schneitmannopsamhlink.net>
Subject: Re: Bumpers are too freaking low!


A new Altima turned in front of my 85 900T and my wife Tboned the altima. Wouldn't have had anything but bumper damage if the piece of crap hadn't caved in all around my saab. Was able to drive away and still driving it. msummers <msummersnopsamh.edu> wrote in message news:VyRR2.1110$hl6.44447nopsam.itd.umich.edu... > Have any of the genius drivers here ever noticed that when you brake, the > front of a car "dives" to a certain extent directly in proportion to the > degree of braking? The bumper is at a fine height (unless you're going > head to head with a SUV). Just stop driving into people! (If you must, do > as I did and hit them without braking...oops. It was only 25mph, but it > totaled the '95 Jetta) > Matt Summers > Metro DC > '92 900S > > White Flame (aka David Holz) <white-flame!!!nopsamemove!!!cities.com> wrote: > : So I get in what should have been a fender bender yesterday. Wet road, > : stopped car immediately in front of me, I'm doing 30mph. Anyway, I skid > : into the rear end of this Honda. My bumper goes under hers. Even though > : I'm not going fast (neither of us felt any sharp impact), both headlight > : assemblies are completely shattered, the grill broke off, and the hood got > : mangled and won't open. No damage to the honda, because my headlights, > : grill, and hood conveniently slammed into her bumper, while my bumper > : sustained no damage, because it didn't hit anything! > > : Whose the flatulent-brained moron who put the bumper 1 foot lower than > : everybody elses?!?!? This is an '87 900. Do the newer models have any more > : sense built into this aspect? I love Saabs just as much as the next Saab > : nut, but this is one thing that is definitely STUPID about the car. > > : White Flame (aka David Holz) > : http://fly.to/theflame > > > > -- >

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