Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!rayssd!hxe From: hxe@rayssd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: American v. Foreign Cars Message-ID: <552@rayssd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 11:54:14 EST Article-I.D.: rayssd.552 Posted: Fri Nov 2 11:54:14 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 06:48:50 EST References: <440@homxa.UUCP> Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI Lines: 19 >I don't know about anyone else out there in computer-land, but I myself >will ride in no foreign car unless I have no choice. I had a brake failure >on my former car (an '81 Firebird) and hit a '79 Datsun. NO,repeat,no >serious damage done to my car; however, the Datsun's rear looked like >multicolored metallic hamburger. Now tell me whether imports are safer than >domestics! > > Whip out those flamethrowers... > Anthony J. Rowley Excuse me? *Which* car had the brake failure and caused the accident in the first place? There's a lot more to safety than damage on impact. There is, for example, *avoiding* impact, but that's all been discussed before. Sheesh, I hope you don't drive on roads near *me*! --Heather Emanuel {allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5} rayssd!hxe I don't think my company *has* an opinion, so the ones in this article are obviously my own.