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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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Location: Hampshire UK
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What modern safety features do you have in your classic or vintage car?
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Brakes  |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: | | Brakes |
I thought you had just got an Austin 7  |
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Location: South East Wales
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| A loud horn! |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012
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Location: Nairn, Scotland
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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......hazard lights. I mean that the lights on my Austin are quite hazardous 
I also have ABS brakes, an acronym for "abysmal"!. |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, yes; mine are anti locking, too  |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Instead of having the petrol tank in a vulnerable position at the back of the car, mine has been located in the engine bay, just above my knees !
They thought of everything in those days.  |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012
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Location: Nairn, Scotland
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Ray White wrote: | Instead of having the petrol tank in a vulnerable position at the back of the car, mine has been located in the engine bay, just above my knees !
They thought of everything in those days. |
Fiat thought that concept so good that they repeated it right into the 1970's so my 1969 '500 benefits from the same feature.
The car is also constructed entirely from crumple zones. The problem is that the occupants occupy the main zone. |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
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Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Why have an Airbag, when like me, you can have a Gas Bag that also provides audible warnings for real and imagined hazards along with maximum speed warnings for every condition.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Fiat 500s become lighter and lighter as they get older, so improving the power to weight ratio.
It means you can accelerate out of trouble!  |
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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013
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Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:48 am Post subject: |
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My Singer has padding to the front edge of the under dash shelf to protect your knees in the event of a crash...lol
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| The Saxon doesn't have a dash, so that's even better |
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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013
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Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: | | The Saxon doesn't have a dash, so that's even better |
thats just a radical design mike!
where do you keep your driving gloves?
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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Location: Hampshire UK
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:02 am Post subject: |
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My Honda has the dash built in a position where your knees already touch it, so in the event of an impact
you have zero distance to travel before impacting said dash with those knees.....
Here is a picture of my Nephew in the Honda to demonstrate:
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