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pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

Just spotted another gem on MSM news: 'Strange cars that made it to the showroom'.

A picture of a Pacer. I think the last one I saw was in 'Wayne's World' and it's inextricably bound up (for me) with Bohemian Rhapsody.

I remember there being quite a few about and just hope some were saved for posterity.

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22835 Location: UK

didn't they have a longer door on one (the kerb) side??

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

Was that one of Ralph Nader's favourites due to its fuel tank location?

Peter

Uncle Joe · Guest

Theres nothing wrong with a car that was once owned by Brigitte Bardot...even if the passengers door was four inches longer than the drivers. One good thing that can be sais about it is that it didnt get the engine that was originally planned for it, a !

pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

Brigitte Bardot eh! Like it more by the minute. Wink

Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

Thanks Scotty,

I trawled around google with "Bean Counter Nader Pinto" but didn't spot your article but I did come across something that is a Wiki lookalike:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Pinto Wink

and the real Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto

Peter

62rebel · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:39 am Post subject:

the Pinto was a victim of media bamboozling just as were the late model Chevy pickup and the Ford Explorer. it's fuel tank was located mere inches from the rear axle housing, tis true, but in that era EVERY American and quite a few "Foreign" makes still placed the fuel tank in close proximity to the axle. a thorough test proved that the Pinto was no more likely than ANY OTHER car EXCEPT Volkswagen type1 to rupture the tank in a rear end collision. (type1 like all Beetles carried the tank up front)

rant officially over. thank you for your indulgence!

i've owned quite a few British and German cars over the years, so i'm not simply being defensive of American product!

Dirty Habit · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 398 Location: West Midlands, UK

Uncle Joe · Guest

That reminds me of a particular model of car here that was splitting in two when they got t-boned. But thanks to their safety reputation, nothing much was ever heard of it...

62rebel · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:36 am Post subject:

i saw a Toyota Camry that had been hit from behind rather hard; the boot was sheared away from the boot floor and pushed all the way into the front seat area. so much for crumple zone technology. from what i gathered, the car was hit by an SUV whose front bumper came nowhere near the car's rear bumper....
and the SUV driver probably never even saw the Camry.
safety systems are only as good as the situation allows. as the old Honda ad campaign went, "stupid Hurts".

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

Long time ago I used to share lifts to work with a friend who had a 105E Anglia saloon. I say saloon because he was rear ended by a lorry that did a an amazingly clean job. The car looked just like a little flat bed truck after the accident. The lorry coming to a halt just behind the front seats. Happily I wasn't sharing that day but my friend was completely uninjured. Shocked

Peter