Very interesting information, thanks for the link!

On Sat, 28 May 2005 04:37:04 -0000, Mapanari >
wrote:

>"Wesley" > :
>
>> Well, I was going to let this drop as I was tired of arguing with
>> someone who is basing their judgment on hearsay and limited driving of
>> the vehicle in question. I was doing some reading today on a web page
>> that was talking about insurance and linked to hwysafety.org which has
>> info on vehicle safety/collision/theft ratings. I found some info that
>> I think needs to be passed on. After this message, you'll not hear
>> anything more from me on this subject, everyone's probably tired of it.
>>
>> Take a look at
>> http://www.hwysafety.org./vehicle_ra.../ictl_0903.pdf
>> Maybe you can argue the montero is a bad vehicle as far as safety
>> goes...by this chart (look on page 4, right column) it's listed as the
>> worst in injury ratings. This is info compiled by insurance companies
>> that they use to determine how much they are going to charge you to
>> insure a give vehicle. Imperical data. Not someone's experience based
>> on whether they can make the wheels spin on a wet road. Now look and
>> tell me where the Isuzu Trooper is? Granted, it's not at the top, but
>> it's not anywhere near the bad ones on the bottom.
>
>Well, no no one is saying that the IZuzu trooper hasn't changed drastically
>in the last 10 or 20 years.
>
>Izuzu for too long, knowingly kept an unsafe vehicle on the road, like
>Suzuki Samurai, secret reports not made public about deaths, just like Ford
>and Bridgestone/Firestone did.
>
>Once you betray my trust so you can bail out with golden parachutes and
>never spend a day in jail for the thousands of deaths you contribute, like
>the Ford Pinto and people burning alive, you've lost me as a customer for
>life.
>
>
>
>>
>> Wesley
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