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Re: Is safety important? Posted by Magellan [Email] (more from Magellan) on Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:00:37

In Reply to: Re: Is safety important?, David Mills, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:29:36 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Still can't compare them, unless you factor out age, socio-economic status, etc. of the drivers, which affect how many accidents there are per vehicle. There are just so many more young, aggressive, inexperienced kids driving golfs and jettas than there are driving Saabs - it really skews the numbers of accidents per 1000 vehicles. Same reason why there aren't many deaths in minivans - less accidents per vehicle in the first place due to the type of driver behind the wheel.

Crash tests are a little more telling, though even those can't factor in the ability of a driver to avoid a crash in the first place (SUVs usually fare well in crash tests, but I would never consider them "safe" vehicles due to their inherent instability and lack of responsiveness).

Still, I'd say overall the 95 is probably a "safer" car than the Passat; it does better in crash tests, is about 20% heavier (law of gross tonnage rule is alive and well), and still handles about as well (at least from magazine tests and within the limits of my own seat of the pants judgement (I own a Passat and just bought a 95 for the wife)). Being about 50% more in cost, it should outperform the Passat, though, right?

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9-5 or Passat Wagon?, Purple, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:14:34
- Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, David & Julie, Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:14:38
- Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, olliedawg, Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:23:16
  - Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, B5Joe, Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:27:27
- A test, jd, Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:33:13
- I work at a VW/SAAB dealer..., Jim, Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:58:00
- Gona be a hard choice, Coolknight, Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:28:46
- Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, Magellan, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:43:22
  - One more thing, Magellan, Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:42:33
  - Performance mods?, GM, Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:52:29
- Is safety important?, David Mills, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:13:11
  - Re: Is safety important?, John Davies, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:05:49
    - NHTSA has the figures look there n/m, Pete , Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:31:11
    - Re: Is safety important?, David Mills, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:29:36
      - Re: Is safety important?, Magellan, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:00:37 <-- Viewing This Message
        absolutely disagree, David Mills, Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:16:06
        Re: absolutely disagree, Magellan, Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:21:27
        Surprise!, David Mills, Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:59:37
        About those "responsible" Saab drivers..., jd, Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:08:48
        Re: About those "responsible" Saab drivers..., David Mills, Sat, 20 Jan 2001 14:38:20
        A good statistic would be fatalities per accident for each car..., AdamB , Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:03:25
        Ideally divided into groups according to the speed, AdamB , Fri, 19 Jan 2001 04:00:48
- Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, Mister Ed, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:36:27
  - 9-5, Steen, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:45:28
- Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, David & Julie, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:21:10
  - Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, Purple, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:40:30
    - Re: 9-5 or Passat Wagon?, joe , Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:38:49
    - check out saabcatalog.com, David & Julie, Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:39:10

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