Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 02:17:15 GMT From: "Howard Nelson" <htnelsonnospnospamell.net> Subject: Re: How much is this car worth? - Ungrateful whiner!
"The Diesel" <hollywood_onealnospamo.com> wrote in message news:e1df7c64.0407091816.5a234e47nospaming.google.com... > I guess you really weren't paying attention to my post. > I would drive the UGLIEST most beat up unreliable car in the world if > it was a very safe car and had a strong boron steel safety/roll cage, > great crash test results, tons of airbags, great injury rates, very > low death rates, etc over the best looking most reliable sportiest, > biggest babe magnet of a car if that car was not a very safe car. > As horrible as the Town Car looks, that's NOT my main problem with it, > my problems with it are the fact that it has a rear fuel tank(behind > the rear axle), the fact that it doesn't have 5 star NHTSA front or > side crash test results, the fact that it is untested in the IIHS > front offset or the European NCAP Front Offset crash test. > The fact that I suspect that the roof on the Town Car is basically > made of foil and probably doesn't have any structrual integrity since > it probably doesn't have what in effect would be considered a roll > cage the way Volvos do(I saw them do a rollover crash test on the > Volvo XC90 on the Discovery Science Channel and the same test with a > Ford F-150 and the performance of the Volvo was INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE > and the F-150s performance was very sad). > I would for example not have so many problems with driving a Volvo S80 > in the same condition that the Town Car is in. > I'm not looking for what you think I'm looking for in a car. > My list of important features about a car are these in order of > importance. > > 1. SAFETY > 2. Reliability > 3. Fuel Economy > 4. Cost of Spare Parts/Labor Try the bus for short trips and scheduled airlines for long ones. They meet all your criteria. Howard --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/2004