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Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?
Posted by Thorir Jonsson (more from Thorir Jonsson) on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:59:23
In Reply to: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, speegee, Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:03:47
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Altho one photo is no real evidence of how well the hood functions in all head-on collisions it still gives us pretty good idea how it is designed to work. I think this is about as big a collision as anyone can hope to survive and as can be seen, the hood stays latched both at the front and rear and crumples up in the middle.
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Posts in this Thread:
- 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, speegee, Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:03:47
- Why has no one mentioned the width?, cL0uD9o0, Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:42:02
- who stole my name?, speegee, Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:21:58
- First hand experience in that type of wreck..., Ed F, Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:11:18
- Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, Saana88 , Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:19:14
- From personal experience - not true!, Ari , Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:32:36
- Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, Thorir Jonsson, Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:59:23 <-- Viewing This Message
- Never question the safety of a Saab!, diskullman, Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:55:32
- Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, Michael , Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:25:21
- Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, Marc R. Gray, Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:54:16
- Buick uses the same design on the Park Avenues, Steven W, Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:45:26
- Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, Cliff, Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:26:16
- Re: 900 reverse-open hoods dangerous in accidents?, Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:14:31
- I think it's the other way around, Nathan Pflaum , Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:13:15
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