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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
I like Saturns if I ever get into an accident I want the car I hit to be a Saturn!  I hit one once when a lady driving a little green one ran a stop sign, the rear door broke apart and the rear fender didn't do much better. Their is just nothing their! The plastic just falls apart! And I hit it in my Camry that had a plastic bumper! In the Mercedes hitting a Saturn would be great for me I probably wouldn't get any damage at all. But the person iniside.
I will give you one two the newer paints Mercedes is using are not as hard as they used to be. They seem to chip a lot.
I don't car about the gadgetry and electronic crap, I want a sweet engine awsome brakes and a very well built structure. An advanced suspension setup and high quality interior is a must also. |
The Saturn has a steel space frame that is very strong in an accident. The door panel and fender you talk about are not structural. and can easily and cheaply be replaced. Try that with your less strong steel skined door. or fender. that are likely to be less strong as an assembly. And the parking lot dings your steel skinned door will get by ignorant and carelss people who slam their doors into yours.
Exterior body panels are not required to be structural for a strong crash safe car.
I hit 4 deer one night at midnight exiting a highway on a dark curve. Only damage to my car was paint and plastic panels. A lot cheaper than if I had hit them with my Mercedes and its steel panels.
Zero structural damage.
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Last edited by boneheaddoctor; 10-18-2004 at 01:33 PM.
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