Surely a big part of why the Toyota fire happened is just that it was a gas car? That's one big safety advantage of diesel that many people don't think about---it's combustible, but not inflammable, much less volatile. Not saying that MB's aren't safer than other cars, rather that there's a big fire-safety bonus to driving an oilburner on top of the inherent crash safety engineered into the car. (And not to mention the fact that a 240D is incapable of acquiring enough kinetic energy to damage itself or anything else in a collision!)
Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo On 1/24/06, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today we learned that a HS friend of my daughter was burned beyond any > recognition after her 2005 Toyota hit a rock pillar at the entrance to a > park and then burned. It took them almost a week to find out who it > was. There was not enough of the vehicle left to get a VIN from, and the > aluminum license plates melted away. The fire was fueled not only by > gasoline, but by all the plastic inside and outside the vehicle. > > This is a sickening event, and one that is unlikely in our well designed > solid old cars. Many of us have been involved in accidents in our Mercedes > and walked away. My daughter was T boned in her SL 2 years ago, and walked > away. It was the kind of accident that had reportedly caused many lesser > vehicles to burn. > > Each member of my family has been hit in their Mercedes in the past 4 > years. Each has walked or driven away. Fortunately, my last run-in was 23 > years ago when the Pinto pulled out into my ol rusty trusty winter 190Dc > and was wiped out. > > I believe my SDL may be the safest car on the road, if there is such a > thing with all the idiots they let drive now. > > Drive safe. Friends don't let friends drive Toyotas, ________, _________, > .... Or __________! You fill in the blanks. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
