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Subject:Re: Crash Test's, Crush Zone's and other garbage
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200

>Crush zone's and Crash test's are only relevant to new vehicle's of
>sound construction-----not 15 to 20 year old vehicle's, where the
>fasteners are weakened by corrosion, and /or the sheet metal's molecular
>make-up has been altered by years of harmonic vibration, stress, and who
>know's what else----
>
>And think about this---Who Care's?

>Not only is all this crash info garbage --- allot of you are playing
>Russian Roulette, in overpowering these 4 wheeled boxes---with the Land
>of the Rising Sun flat 4's, or the TIICO morphodite conversions-----
>
>Yea Baby---make it go faster-----then when the time comes to apply the
>hooks in a heart stopping situation, which of course weren't modified to
>compensate for the increased HP----SPLAT !!!!

I care's, Terry me old son, which is why my SVX-powered
rice-and-cabbagewagen (sake & sauerkraut) is getting Porsche 993
brakes all round. Not hooks, ANCHORS.

Mine also has zero rust and has never had an accident.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut