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Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:25:28 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Re: James did an excellent reply, others will say it's not, lancer, Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:33:15
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don't even need to do a search. it's an FAQ. see link.

more c900 stories further down the page. newer cars more common near the top. One thing I noticed is the c900s seem to fare better than some of the newer ones (eg NG900), though all of this is anecdotal so ymmv... every 9-5 crash I've seen looks textbook... and then there was that guy who drove a 9000 over an overpass + dropped 30' onto the interstate below. darn good cars...

my brother flipped a c900 at about 40mph (not easy to do btw)... nobody hurt...

the other thing about safety: insurance companies keep track wrt claims. When I went to our insurance company to see if I could cut down our insurance, the guy said, well, the car gets 4/5 rating for safety which is the biggest cost. A Neon gets 1/5 and costs way more to insure! (c900 secret: safe + worthless + hard to steal = cheap to insure)

Folksam does a biannual report "How safe is your car" based on real life crash data. in 2009, c900 rates "average" (compared to all cars on the road, mostly much newer). in 2007, I believe it rated "good". 9-5 was "safest". 2009 now incorporates crash test data + rates cars without full road data as "safest" so I wouldn't worry too much about the c900 rating drop in the 2009 report.

(one other comment for Jeff: if safety is your prime concern, you can get a 5 year old 9-5 for half the price of those Asian cars... maybe not quite as reliable, but safer...)

James...

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