Re: [MBZ] Smart v. C

ntino Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:50 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Smart v. C ABSOLUTELY! Prevention and avoidance is always going to be plan "A". But where saving my and my family's skins is the goal I want a plan "B" and "C&quo

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I hate you.:-) On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:31 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: > We have a Smart, or more accurately, SHE owns one. > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

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Fiorentino > > '85 300SD > > '80 240D 4 spd. manual > > '79 300DT (with new crate engine) > > '95 and '97 Crown Vics > > > > -Original Message- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto: > mercedes-boun...@okiebenz

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ual > > '79 300DT (with new crate engine) > > '95 and '97 Crown Vics > > > > -Original Message- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto: > mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > > On Behalf Of Mountain Man > > Sent: Tuesday, Apr

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pd. manual > '79 300DT (with new crate engine) > '95 and '97 Crown Vics > > -Original Message- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Mountain Man > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:54 PM > To: Merced

Re: [MBZ] Smart v. C

@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mountain Man Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:54 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Smart v. C Wonko wrote: > I'd own a Smart in a moment, especially if it was a diesel. Along with you, I would own a used Smart a

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We have a Smart, or more accurately, SHE owns one. They are quite high on the road so you get good sighlines, plus they are surprisingly zippy, maneuverable and nimble. These factors contribute to safety as much as the multiple air bags and cubic shape. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Luther w

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Correction, I don't use the phrase "old man", I use "old fart". Please get it right :D Luther, not an old fart :D Wonko the Sane wrote: If I worried for a moment about crashing, I would not ride a motorcycle as often as I do. My last accident was 7/4/76 (t-boned by a stop sign-running Charger

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When I saw the video, first thing I thought of was my '71 MGB. Airbags? Phhhewww. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > SO if two cars are travelling at constant speed, acceleration is 0, >> therefore Mass X 0 is 0, the force is 0 and the force when the two cars hit >> together i

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SO if two cars are travelling at constant speed, acceleration is 0, therefore Mass X 0 is 0, the force is 0 and the force when the two cars hit together is 0. Nope! Those two cars (let's suppose them equal for the nonce) stop within the length of their own hoods. Lotsa A required in order to

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SO, you're trying to tell me the the end doesn't justify the means? Pretty much, no. -- Jim ___ 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 del

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Wonko wrote: > at what point is the smoking car on either > train filled to capacity? When the bartender opens the Johnnie Walker Blue? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com

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Loren Faeth writes: > Force = mass X acceleration > > Twisted Fizzicks: > SO if two cars are travelling at constant speed, acceleration is 0, > therefore Mass X 0 is 0, the force is 0 and the force when the two > cars hit together is 0. Yes but when they hit there is a lot of accelleration the o

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And this, boys and girls, is why I took my first degree in music -- no math or science classes required. [All that caught up with me for my second degree, though.] If train A leaves Boston and travels west at 50 mph, and train B leaves San Fran traveling east at 60 mph, at what point is the smokin

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SO, you're trying to tell me the the end doesn't justify the means? No, I've just got a real problem with "official" statements >> that are just flat-ass wrong, even if some aspect of the >> conclusion happens to be right. Would it kill them to tell >> the actual truth? >> >> "Because excit

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Force = mass X acceleration Twisted Fizzicks: SO if two cars are travelling at constant speed, acceleration is 0, therefore Mass X 0 is 0, the force is 0 and the force when the two cars hit together is 0. At 08:48 PM 4/14/2009, you wrote: Oh. I thought you had some data to say that the Sma

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Oh. I thought you had some data to say that the Smart would actually come off the better for the event. No, I've just got a real problem with "official" statements that are just flat-ass wrong, even if some aspect of the conclusion happens to be right. Would it kill them to tell the actual tru

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Oh. I thought you had some data to say that the Smart would actually come off the better for the event. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > I've taken a couple of them in my academic career. Enlighten me. >> >>> "The heavier car always strikes the lighter one with more force, >>

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I've taken a couple of them in my academic career. Enlighten me. "The heavier car always strikes the lighter one with more force, according to the institute." How about "the lighter car always comes off worse in a collision". The forces at the strike time are equal and opposite. Conservation

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I've taken a couple of them in my academic career. Enlighten me. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > "The heavier car always strikes the lighter one with more force, according >> to the institute." >> > > Crap. Take a physics class, you morons! > > -- Jim > > -- nex

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"The heavier car always strikes the lighter one with more force, according to the institute." Crap. Take a physics class, you morons! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okieb

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The bow tie sort of gives it away! On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > I think the statistics are still in my favor > and even better if I drive like an olde man. > mao > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

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Mountain Man writes: > Along with you, I would own a used Smart anyday - I thought they had a > diesel? I am not impressed with the adv war against the small car - > it is big car detroit out to squash the nimble small car, methinks. > Also, think for a minute - well over 80% of the cars that ha

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Wonko wrote: > I'd own a Smart in a moment, especially if it was a diesel. Along with you, I would own a used Smart anyday - I thought they had a diesel? I am not impressed with the adv war against the small car - it is big car detroit out to squash the nimble small car, methinks. Also, think for

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If I worried for a moment about crashing, I would not ride a motorcycle as often as I do. My last accident was 7/4/76 (t-boned by a stop sign-running Charger while riding my motorcycle). Maybe I am just overdue for one, but I like to think that I am a successful defensive driver. [Kaleb and Luther

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The institute seem not to have studied physics sufficiently to understand force, momentum, energy, and other aspects of a collision. Or maybe they did and did not take Communications 101. The cars strike each other with equal force. What differs is mass, and perhaps velocity, and the respons

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iebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Haley Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:24 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Smart v. C Rich Thomas wrote: > ouch. > > http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7329117&page=1 "The Smart Fortwo hybrid vehicle, made by Mercedes, went air

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Rich Thomas wrote: ouch. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7329117&page=1 "The Smart Fortwo hybrid vehicle, made by Mercedes, went airborne when crashed into the heavier Mercedes Cheap Class. The heavier car always strikes the lighter one with more force, according to the institute." If t

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Yep, big surprise - physics will win EVERY time!! ;< Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:19 PM Subject: [MBZ] Smart v. C ouch. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story

[MBZ] Smart v. C

ouch. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7329117&page=1 --R ___ 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.co