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Old 07-23-2014, 10:28 AM
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Not quite a w140 - it's a Ford Taurus SHO.
Sounds like a Jersey stealth car. That's gotta be with passengers and a full tank but how many bags of lime and bodies in the trunk does it take to get it up to 4400 lbs?

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What they didn't tell you is that the G forces on the Smarts passangers were much higher than in the larger S.
THAT is what I would like to know. How much more?
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Old 07-23-2014, 10:43 AM
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Got it.

We'll pay for the flowers out of petty cash.
Who is "we'll"? I only would buy flowers for a girl I am thinking I can get in bed with.
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Old 07-23-2014, 10:57 AM
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Who is "we'll"? I only would buy flowers for a girl I am thinking I can get in bed with.
If you really mean that, and get caught, your wife might buy YOU the last flowers you'll ever get:

Lilies.
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Old 07-23-2014, 11:17 AM
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If you really mean that, and get caught, your wife might buy YOU the last flowers you'll ever get:

Lilies.
I doubt I will be so lucky to just get killed. Probably something more painful and longer lasting. As they say in "The Mummy", Death is only the beginning.
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Sounds like a Jersey stealth car. That's gotta be with passengers and a full tank but how many bags of lime and bodies in the trunk does it take to get it up to 4400 lbs?
That's curb weight spec as per Ford. It does have a huge trunk though; could easily hold the late, lamented Vinny the Finger, a few shovels and a few bags of lime...
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I have a ticket from a scale when i bought some stone. The EMPTY weight of my 1994 F250 extended cab 4WD diesel is right at 7000 pounds.
Think about that.
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I have a ticket from a scale when i bought some stone. The EMPTY weight of my 1994 F250 extended cab 4WD diesel is right at 7000 pounds.
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Cool! Like this one?
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I have a ticket from a scale when i bought some stone. The EMPTY weight of my 1994 F250 extended cab 4WD diesel is right at 7000 pounds.
Think about that.
My truck scales at 4200 empty but I have tickets from tri axles that were hauling stone for us...80k..heavy!
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Cool! Like this one?
Is that what you hope for?
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I didn't find a list of the most crashable cars. I would be interested in a list of the heaviest cars with side airbags installed. Mostly interested in 2006 and up but there are exceptions for older tank-like vehicles with advanced safety equipment.

Not interested in an Excursion, Suburban or anything like it. If I get that neurotic about it I will probably lower a Peterbilt.

Top 10 Best Cars to Crash

This list looks like marketing BS.
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Old 07-24-2014, 10:46 AM
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I didn't find a list of the most crashable cars. I would be interested in a list of the heaviest cars with side airbags installed. Mostly interested in 2006 and up but there are exceptions for older tank-like vehicles with advanced safety equipment.

Not interested in an Excursion, Suburban or anything like it. If I get that neurotic about it I will probably lower a Peterbilt.

Top 10 Best Cars to Crash

This list looks like marketing BS.
There is a guy with the Truck Historical Society, ( I think) who has built a 5/8 scale or close Peterbuilt on an F series chassis. Its complete with sleeper and the flexible joint between the cab and the sleeper. If memory serves me correctly, its a "Johnbuilt".
Maybe there is a market for it.
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If they'd allow us to get the diesels here, I'd drive one.

I have a regular customer whose brother is a dealer in Canada so he (the customer) has a Smart diesel with dealer plates on it here in CT. He gets 70+ MPG with it.



There are diesel smarts in the US, they are used but allowed.

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