You know most of those crash tests we see are done at about 35mph. If you insist on driving it like that, is there anyway to swing that knee slicer around to the top, and away from your legs?
Then again, knowing it's there to take a knee or leg off at any moment may make you a better driver, or more cautious one anyway. A high ranking Porsche fellow I once knew said, the very best safety item you could put on any car would be a big spike pointing straight out of the steering wheel, towards your chest. You would never stop thinking about the distance between you and the car in front of you or how much braking distance you will need the next time you go for the brake pedal. lol. Guess 'there would be no chance to learn for your mistakes though. lol I think we've become a bit too comfortable in our modern cars, but I don't know if I'm quite ready for a spike protruding from my steering wheel yet, or even a big metal collar with carriage bolts dangling over my kneecaps. hee hee Ed 300E 2009/2/6 Wonko the Sane <don.b...@gmail.com> > I doubt if my beater will ever again break 35 mph in its lifetime. Maybe > four miles round trip in town. It isn't like I am going to drive this to > the > next OkieQ down I-35. This is a haul crap to the dump truck, not a coast to > coast vehicle. > > But as for worrying about damaging myself in a beater pickup, let me remind > you that I am a no-helmet (in town, and a totally different story at 65 mph > on a trip) motorcycle driver. My motorcycle will screw me up way before my > beater pickup does. > > I've already totaled one motorcycle at 70 mph. Banging my knee was the > least > of my worries. > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM, <relng...@aol.com> wrote: > > > Looking at that column clamp made my skin crawl. When you hit something > and > > submarine under the belt, that clamp will split your patella in two and > you > > will be permanently damaged. > > > > Do something about it. > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090206/ab956b3f/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090206/c7942915/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
