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Old 08-01-2014 | 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mike410b
If your daughters are both old enough to drive....they shouldn't have issues with being distracted while behind the wheel of a 2.5k lb weapon.
Thank you!! Please notify the insurance companies of america of your conclusions so we can get the rates for single female drivers (or male for that matter), under the age of 25, lowered to a more reasonable level.
 
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Old 08-01-2014 | 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by GeorgeL
Actually, when it suits their purposes, they will go far beyond "putting products through the wringer." Don't believe me? Watch this footage, shot by Consumer's Reports, illustrating their repeated attempts to get a Suzuki Samurai to tip up. They had to alter their test procedure, increase the speeds, and use multiple drivers until one could find the right combination of violent steering inputs to make the car lift a wheel. Listen to the CU employees gleefully cheer when they finally were successful after more than 50 runs! CU then called a press conference and stated that the vehicle would tip even in benign maneuvers!

Coincidentally, they had just broken ground on a new $15 million facility that they had to pay for. Basically, they denied all of us the opportunity to own an excellent and useful vehicle in order to line their own pockets.

CU finally admitted that they "never intended to imply that the Samurai easily rolls over in routine driving conditions." but it was too little, too late.

I'm confused, are we talking about the IIHS, who created and perform the tests on each new car in the county, or are we discussing the organization Consumer Reports, who merely report on the test results? The IIHS performs the exact identical test on each car, and documents the results, or are you suggesting they "rig" the results for cars they don't like?
 
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Old 08-01-2014 | 06:13 AM
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stability control

Buying a new car means you get stability control. That alone is a big safety improvement.
 
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