[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: 5000 safety questions
Hairy green toads from Mars made Richard C. Gann say: > 1) Is anybody familiar with the procon-ten safety system that > pulls the steering wheel away from the driver via steel > cables into the dash board. This is an often stated safety > fact where I come from (South Africa) and am surprised safety > conscious Americans don't talk of it more. My 100Q owner's manual has a couple of pages on the procon-ten safety system. It incorporates the seat-belt tensioners, and other things too. If you want, I can type some in from the book. > 3) Is any one familiar with the crash tests that the German > Magazine, Auto-Motor (I think that's the name), did where > the 5000 was rated at the top regarding safety, ahead of > Volvo. I think this article was printed in 1987. The 1989 100Q rated best in the US (ever) on the 35MPH frontal impact tests. This is *without* an airbag. I notice that the new A6 got the best import score this year - the only import to get straight 5's. > 4) Are US spec cars safer, those ugly bumpers on certain cars > look really dumb !!! and those strange door mounted safety > belts???? Audi's use airbags, not the door-mounted passive restraints. Those are dangerous (not as safe as a regular seatbelt, which I *always* wear). -- Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation (603)-881-1294 110 Spit Brook Road http://www.zk3.dec.com/~duane M/S ZKO3-3/U14 Nashua, NH 03062-2698 Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too heavy to care.
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