Re: Bumpers on midsize cars are ineffective

Ray wrote:

Steve wrote:

I don't call that decent performance, since to me "performance" includes SURVIVING the 5 mph impact without damage, because those kinds of impacts are almost inevitable over the life of a car. Sure, let it disintigrate and save the driver's life in a faster impact- no argument there. Screw the car, save my family. But in a 5-mph fender-bender with a concrete pole in a parking lot? That shouldn't cost ANYBODY $1000 when you can clearly make bumpers that WILL protect AND survive without damage.


you whack into stuff on a regular basis?

Uhhh... NOOOO. Doesn't say that anywhere up there, does it?

Maybe you need to learn to park.

Don't construct a strawman. That was never my implication. My implication is that over the (hopefully) 20+ year life of almost any vehicle, someone (maybe me, maybe my wife) is likely to either to back into something gently or (more likely) some other vehicle is going to bump it while its parked. That shouldn't result in a big repair bill. EVER.

I prefer to drive as if my bumpers were made from gold plated kleenex. My insurance company and my wallet thank me.

Your insurance company would save a lot more if 5 mph bumpers survived 5 mph bumps WITHOUT DAMAGE, as they used to do in 1974.

And before you think I'm some old fart, my summer car is a Trans Am with a weak clutch caused by excessive nitrous usage...
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Well, I *AM* an old fart (though I drive too fast and love barking the tires with a big-block v8), and I don't like MY insurance rates being inflated by pathetic bumpers that meet minimum specs and nothing more.
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