years back, a friend driving a Ford F350 diesel truck got into a head on collision with a honda. The honda designers had followed David's design protocals by designing the car so the engine dropped down and under the car in the event of a head-on. Ford F350 diesel truck man was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the collision. Ford F350 diesel truck man walked away with minor scratches while Honda man died at the scene.

State tropper told Ford F350 diesel truck man that he could thank that BIG FRIGGIN' Ford diesel engine up front for HIS LIFE. So.....keep driving cars with the 'drop down and out in the event of a head-on' engine feature. When that Ford F350 diesel truck crosses the center line and takes you down the middle, who should we send flowers to??

~smh~

F350 v Honda? Seriously? With that mass difference, what did you think was going to happen? It is also unlikely that your story is true because the driver of the F350 in all likelihood would have been dead from head trauma due to not wearing a seat belt.

The trooper is as big of a liar as you are then because no matter what stories you make up, the engine still has nothing to do with the safety of a vehicle. In the case of the F350, the body rails will prevent anything from crushing, not the engine. It is only being held to the vehicle by two engine mounts that are there to prevent the engine from torquing out of the engine bay and they prevent the engine from dropping to the ground. Hit the engine hard enough from the front and it will sheer right off the mounts.

When a F350 hits a semi head on, who do you think walks away from that accident? Mass plays a significant factor in accidents.

As for engines, you do not want them preventing the car from absorbing the collision. Modern cars destroy themselves in an accident for a reason. They save your life. There is plenty of research on the topic should you care to read it.... or you can say this BS a few more times in the hopes that it will maically become true.

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Well, surely there is a news story to this as most fatal crashes sadly, but typically have. What model of Honda?

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This accident was over 30 years ago......I don't remember what Honda model he told me....all I remember he said was Honda man was dead at the accident scene.

A 1980/90 honda up against a F350. Sure.....that out come is very surprising. And the imaginary cop in your story still lied. The engine had nothing to do with the survival of the imaginary truck driver not wearing a seatbelt.

The inertia of a driver coming to a near complete stop in less than a second would have sent him into the steering wheel and windshield.

I have always been told, when you are going to lie, keep the lie simple. When you start adding in extra stuff, that is when you trip yourself up. All you had to say was that a Honda and a truck collided and the truck driver survived. Adding in the type/brand of the truck and then the fact that he was not wearing a seatbelt do not help your story. The weight disparity pretty much kills any relevance of the comparison. The lack of a seatbelt pretty much points to it being a fabrication. And now you are claiming you know the details of the truck but not the Honda.

Better luck next time.

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- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Jeeze husky man ;

Just when you'd begun to join the real world again you lie lie a run and make a public fool of your self yet again .

What diesel engines were avaialable in 1980' Ford Pickups ? .

For what it's worth, the front of the Tesla is gone because it burned up ~ you really should do -some- research before making up tales from your imaginary friends .

The fire was never put out, they gave up and let it burn for four hours before it burned itself out .

Interestingly, Elon Musk lied (just like you ! ) and said the car couldn't be operated like this when last night the Chief safety engineer for Tesla gave an interview where he said (paraphrased) : we immediately took one out to our private test track and I was surprised at how easy it was to make the car drive by itself after you get it underway .

He then described step by step how to do it....

I don't think I'd ever want a Tesla (save this to embarrass me later !) but they're certainly popular with many people , I see them all over the darn place now .

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I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

If a Tesla could be customized a bit more in term of colors (interior/exterior) and some other odds and ends I would be very interested. Right now Id just like to drive one and see what ludicrous feels like.

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- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

You two are the proverbial broken record.....

The easiest solution would be for you to stop lying. Given your track record here, I doubt that will ever happen.

And this story of yours is still 99% BS.

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- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

I want a Tesla Johnny cab
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY

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At least we're not man children stuck at 12 years old .

NO ONE would ever believe one of your obviously made up stories ~ you've been proven wrong time and time again yet you still insist on lying and acting like a child .

We're not the problem her husky man, YOU ARE .

You were even banned and given a second choice and you have not yet learned .

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I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

6,500 lb. F-350 vs. what was likely a sub-3,000 lb. Honda, and the Honda came out second in the contest? Odd...

The F350's of the '80's era were available with the I.H. 6.9L diesel engine as an option. THAT much of the tale is plausible.

The differences in mass between the two vehicles means more than "crash-worthiness".

If a city bus was hit head on by a freight train I'd expect the same sort of results.

Additional information. I'd forgotten about the Cat 3208's.

"The medium-duty trucks were offered with two gasoline engine, a 6.1L (370) and a 7.0L (429); both V8s were variants of the 7.5L developed for truck use. Multiple diesel engines were offered through its production as an option. Initially launched with the Caterpillar 3208 and Detroit Diesel 8.2L V8s, the medium-duty trucks received inline-6 engines developed jointly by Ford and New Holland during the late 1980s, ultimately receiving Cummins B-series and C-series diesels."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series_(seventh_generation)#Medium-Duty_F-Series

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Thanx Mike ! .

An F350 is not a medium duty truck, by definition it's a light duty truck not matter how you spec it out therefore, not diesel equipped...

My point is : don't act like a child and just say whatever comes to mind thinking others won't *instantly* see you're a liar and a coward in addition .

-Nate

I do not understand the point of the auto plot stuff on the Tesla and other high end cars. The way I see it, since these systems are not fully autonomous, they should not be in the car. It s a big jump to go from driver assistance aids like lane tracking, collision avoidance, smart cruise control ... etc to a auto pilot. The name alone I think gives a false sense of security to people. Most people do not read directions so the few disclaimers that come on the screen will certainly be ignored. People see auto pilot and they think, Oh... I think my phone is in my bag on the back seat...let me turn around look for it for a few min... the car will drive. I think these aids are not ready for the drivers of the US or vice versa.

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- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.