Hmmm or even better than that if you drive a 124 with airbags why not replace your flex discs before they fail and avoid the issues all together?

I personally think its kind of dumb to remove saftey components. I also think its kind of dumb to obsess over a used airbag. The simple fact of the matter is there is no real research about how long an airbag will really last. The replacement suggestions from the car makers are generated out of a need for profit and a need to avoid legal liability NOT on science. The moment you drive your car off the lot your whole car becomes used including your airbag.

I used to work in the supercomputer industry and many of the supercomputers I worked with were used to "simulate" car collisions. Even with the multimillion dollar hardware plugged into all of the most realistic calculations based on the known laws of phyisics the cars sometimes crashed differently than they did in the simulation. This tells us that the universe is far more complex than we can comprehend even with our machines and trained engineers.

My point to this is this. Whats worse an airbag popping in your face and causing a minor fender bender accident or being involved in a collison with a tractor trailer without an airbag and being crushed to death by your steering wheel and dashboard because your airbag did not deploy? Since you can't calculate or reasonably guess everything that may happen to you in the future its best to be somewhat prepared for anything. While its unlikely you would be involved in a severe accident where your airbag would be needed would you be willing to bet your life on that?