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Post by Rob on Nov 16, 2021 11:09:57 GMT
You'd be surprised how a Fiesta sized car will crumple if hit with enough force from behind. I'm talking about a 5th generation Fiesta. I know because I've got the scar on the back of my head from driving one!
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Post by Humph on Nov 16, 2021 11:22:36 GMT
Best strategy is to try really hard not to have a crash usually.
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Post by bpg on Nov 16, 2021 11:29:25 GMT
I would think any car would crumple when hit by an HGV. Lots of crumple, provided there is people space, is good. It means the car is absorbing the energy of the crash. No crumple, the energy has to go somewhere. Flesh and blood doesn't look too good if used to absorb crash energy.
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Post by Humph on Nov 16, 2021 11:33:53 GMT
I suppose more metal must help a bit. Although I saw the aftermath of a confrontation between an articulated lorry and a Mondeo estate recently. The lorry had had won, convincingly.
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Post by EspadaIII on Nov 16, 2021 13:03:23 GMT
I wonder if electric cars with a huge ladder and batteries low down in a stiff frame make them a better place to be in a rear end shunt?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2021 13:25:26 GMT
Best strategy is to try really hard not to have a crash usually. 😉 Excellent advice, hard to avoid bellends whamming you up the trumpet, however, as it's not really in your control. |
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Post by bpg on Nov 16, 2021 13:37:33 GMT
I wonder if electric cars with a huge ladder and batteries low down in a stiff frame make them a better place to be in a rear end shunt? Conversely, how will a conventional ICE car behave when hit low down in the frame by a car with an additional 500+ kgs of battery mass. A conventional SUV with a high CoG being flipped by 2+ tonnes of low slung Tesla ? |
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Post by Rob on Nov 16, 2021 18:00:00 GMT
The roof of a modern car will still bend quite a bit - from experience - and enter into the safety cell of the car.
Back to EVs and accidents, you'd hope the cells are in a strong enough compartment not to get damaged because a lithium ion cell is going to pose a danger itself. Seen a Tesla on fire? I do wonder about the logic of making the batteries in an EV part of the structure of the car.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2021 11:38:57 GMT
Still humming and haaawing here, I just don't want to spend the money really (I don't like spending money and I haven't got all that much disposable in reality). But I might offer him £1100, if I build up the will to pick up the phone, for the Corolla, on the basis that it's a £1500 pound car max, and needs £400 of tyres and front brake pads/discs. There's a KIA Ceed I might look at too. But I expect the lad will prefer the Toyota. Can't escape the DCR, can I? www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111109422334 |
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Post by dixinormus on Nov 19, 2021 22:46:22 GMT
I kinda prefer the Kia - it’s several years newer.
Maybe a better chance of bagging a bargain in January when the car sales market is usually dead?
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Post by WDB on Nov 19, 2021 23:55:12 GMT
Don’t know if you’ve noticed but there’s not much ‘usually’ about these days. 😛
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Post by bpg on Nov 20, 2021 2:54:56 GMT
If you can find the car you want, the six weeks run up to Christmas usually finds car sales people quite malleable.
Most buyers have gone with their minds and wallets set for Christmas.
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Post by Humph on Nov 20, 2021 11:51:18 GMT
Yes, December can be a good time to buy a car. Well, “usually” as you say.
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Post by EspadaIII on Nov 21, 2021 10:47:26 GMT
It looks a tidy Kia for over 100,000 miles.. Very little internal wear on the touchable surfaces.
Worth a go.
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Post by Humph on Nov 21, 2021 13:12:10 GMT
Yes, the Kia looks ok. Supposed to be good wee cars I gather. Good service history on that one anyway. Might feel a bit more “modern” to drive than the other one.
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