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Originally Posted by Tom-417
With all the talk about towing and being able to stop safely and survive a crash, I was reminded of this video from awhile back. The insurance companies tested a 1959 Bel Air vs a 2009 Malibu. I remembered those old cars of my misspent youth as being tanks and really thought we were making a mistake trading fuel mileage for structural safety. I never expected the results of this head on crash test.
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Wow, I would never have thought those cars we considered "tanks" would do worse in a crash than a newer one...go figure! We have a '63 Grand Prix that I won't consider safer than our 2004 Durango.
We had a crash with our 1980 Coachman where we lost control due, in part, to my husband going to fast for the conditions. That sure slowed us down (and caused us to find our TM!) While we were traveling up through California we saw so many CHP, it would be crazy to go faster than 55.