Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:53:59 -0600 From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> Subject: Re: Airbags tested on 9000
In the US, there is a company that specifically makes covers for the area where the air bags go in case you don't want to replace them. Sorry, I don't recall their name, but I remember the cost is about $100 US per cover. Obviously this varies by model and year. They have covers for both the steering wheel and passenger side and colors to match the interior. In the US, this isn't illegal because the law only requires the air bags to be operational when the car is manufactured. What the owner does after that is their own business. If the car is sold, truthfulness would dictate that the potential buyer be told that there were no air bags in the car, but technically this isn't a requirement as far as I know. Walt Kienzle "Joachim Baptist" <joachim.baptistnopsamacom.net> wrote in message news:3bfe9fa5$0$186$ba620e4cnopsam.skynet.be... > I crashed my car ;-( into a wall yesterday. It wasn't at high speed and no > one was hurt. I can now say that airbags do work. Damage i have is the > following. Broken front glass (probably due to a glitch that was there > allready). > One lamp broken. > both side signals got broken at there fixing points. > front bumper of course and the grill. > Also the 2 airbags exploded. > It's a 9000 cde from 94. I went to the garage and they say that it will set > me back something around 10.000 $ The high cost is because of the exploded > air bags. > Problem is that i was going to sell the car because of a big journey next > year. Only thing i can do is try to sell it to the highest bidder and maybe > get back some 2.000 $ max. Even if i get it fixed i will never get the money > back out of it. > > Anyone an idea to what would be the best option? Can you get it fixed and > leave the airbags out? I have been told that some do it but it is illegal > over here in Belgium. > > Anything would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jo. > >
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