abandon hope all ye who enter here

[silverseven]

should I mention that one of other cars that interests me for her first vehicle would be a Smart????
(the first gen are really starting to be affordable now)

Ron.

[Hasbeen]

Can't agree about the eurobox, or in our case, ricebox.

For years the safty people were pushing that story here, claiming
crumple zones made modern cars safer than big old ones, &
particularly big 4WDs.

Finally a whistle blower published the accident statistics showing
the 4WDs were safer, as were big cars, to be in, when an accident
happened.

Having once seen what happened when a bus stopped, a mini stopped,
but the next bus didn't, I am not interested in light cars.

I have always thought that the front of a 7 is about the right
shape, to lift a 4WD, or big ute you hit head on, straight into the
cockpit with you. The strong bits of a 7 are probably a bit too low
to be much help, if you were the meat in a sandwich. Guess it's the
luck of the draw.

Hasbeen

[rocky_679]

back to the fuel cap [:)] yes bought 1 fitted lovely the 1st day i put it on left it in the garage for only a week or two as i was taking her the car to hav work done on her i thought im low on fuel il go onto the garage fill her with som juice do u think i could get cap off no way in hell gd job i took a can with me [:D] so drove to garage on fumes said to the mechanic theres fuel in a can in the boot an left it with him lmao[:D] went to check on car 2 days later he hadnt put fuel in her as he said he couldnt get cap off so i borrowed hefty pair of pliers an got her off after a struggle [:D] we shall see lol

stephen j dark

[Bobbieslandy]

sorry my fault[:I]

[Rich in Vancouver]

I don't know about all this doom and gloom about sports cars in accidents. I grew up driving Minis and MGBs amongst a city full of full-size American cars of the 1960's and early 1970's. A 1970 Pontiac Parisienne can do as much damage as your average 4x4.
A few sports car drivers didn't survive but most did. If we all lived our lives worrying about death we wouldn't live a life worth living. As for our kids we can only prepare them as best we can, send them out to fend for themselves and hope for the best.
I worry more about my 21 year old daughter when she is in her 22 year old boyfriend's 2007 Audi A3 than when she is driving her own 1995 Ford Focus, and would feel no different if her car was a TR-7.
A classic Mini would be a different matter however!

Cheers,
Rich

BTW: I use a non-locking cap and have had no problems.
Would adding wire mesh to the bottom of the filler tube cause any problems when filling the tank?

1975 TR7 ACL764U

[Marko]

people misinterpret the safety of new cars, especially because of those euro NCAP tests , for example renault clio has 5 stars, BUT in the category of small city cars, 40mph into another small city car. And the "target" in the crash test is deformable, its not a worst case scenario like a solid wall.

against a 5 meter 2 tonne limousine or a lorry its not so safe.

in a crash with another car vehicle with lower mass is always in disadvantage. thats why from model to model mass of the cars has gone up , all those comfort accessories are not that heavy compared to added mass of the bodyshell.

problem with 4x4 vs regular car is that 4x4's hit in "unfair" places, completely avoiding the safety elements of a regular car, on the other hand, rollover in a 4x4 is much more dangerous because of all the empty space that you can wiggle around inside the passenger area.

as for a car for a new driver, i dont think it matters what car he/she drives as long as they use their head. Newer cars are definitely better (better suspension , better brakes, better mpg) , but if the driver know's he/she is driving a 20 or 30 year old car , and that they need to break a bit earlier , enter a corner a bit slower , as i said use their head.

safety of a tr7 can be improved with a better seat and better belts. If the bodyshell is sound it much stronger than most of the new cars, those front and rear bumpers are whats used on today's lorries [:D] , it wont fall apart in a crash, but that flat soft seat and narrow seatbelts could do some dammage.



you seen those rally crash video's , why cant they build all cars like that , the guy slides off the road into a ditch rolling over 5 times and hitting a tree, walks out cursing the codriver for reading the pace notes wrongly, and kicking the wheels of the car [:o)]