> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Jeroen wrote: > > > At 07:39 18-2-02 -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > > > > > > Well, is there no safer car that you can get for $20k more?, $50k > > more? > > > > > $100k more? FWIW, I survived a side impact at 50 in a Rabbit 20 > > years > > > >ago. > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > >It was probably higher. It was on a highway in the country, she was > > > >passing me while I was making a left turn. > > > > > > > >What is a rabbit? > > > > > > You do not know what a rabbit is? You skipped childhood or something? A > > > rabbit is a cute, furry animal with a high cuddle factor. Very popular > > with > > > children. Tastes quite good, too. > > > > Mmmmmm.... fried bunny... > > > > > Although given the context, Dan probably meant a car... :-) > > > > Yes. After the beetle was discontinued in the US, Volkswagen sold a boxy > > little car called the Rabbit. Good cars - I used to take mine mudding > back > > in high school. > > > > ROTFLMAO. That's the first new car we bought after we were married. I > guess I'm older. It was not considered the safest in the world, but we were > hit as a young family, with my 16 month old daughter in her car seat being > the only injury. Her car seat was buckled in, but we had an older seat, from > when she was smaller sitting next to her that we were moving. It wasn't > buckled in, flew around, and gave her a small cut. > > The point was that one can survive in less than the most safe car. To ask a > question of "The Fool" here, is your car the absolute safest on the road? > Is there nothing you can do to make it safer?
Probably Not. Probably, with $$$. The Fool doesn't do a lot of driving. The Fool is not the type of person to takes risks.
