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Sept 22, 2010 14:07:32 GMT
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Don't worry about the 'exploding fireball' thing. The only reason it came about was because of the decision the Ford execs made over it being cheaper to award compensation to victims than it was to recall the thousands of Pintos that had been sold. It's just a thing that lazy journalists like to pick up on (and not do any research on) when they're doing their '50 worsts cars of all time' list). The car sold over 200,000 models. Here's a pdf file on 'the myth': www.pointoflaw.com/articles/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf
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Last Edit: Sept 22, 2010 14:09:06 GMT by DavidB
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Sept 22, 2010 14:11:36 GMT
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I dunno Violet, personally I choose to trust the media, as such, I treat the following clip as a gospel truth...
Chris
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Sept 22, 2010 19:03:37 GMT
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The Pinto (sedan at least, not sure if the wagon is the same) has two features which contribute towards the ol’ firey death thing. 1. When hit from behind they pretty much explode in a fire ball. There is more to this than just the proximity of the tank to the rear of the car because loads of cars have the tank right out back. Think of the original Mini for example or any pre-war car where the tank is slung between the frame rails behind the axle. Apparently Ford could have fixed this fault for $16 per car or something so I presume the crafty car owner could fabricate whatever fix it was Ford declined to implement. 2. When hit from the rear the rear quarters fold over the doors preventing them from opening. This means that when your car explodes in a fire ball you can’t get out. Violet - I've seen the figure of 27 deaths before but I took that to be 27 deaths in the first year of production from the context it was in. Either way I don't want to be 28. Admittedly its a small number out of the thousands on the roads over the years. These things need to be taken in context. Matt, I agree that it’s probably about the price for two of them. But then the prices of everything seem to be like that these days. Except the stuff I’m selling, naturally... Rysz – LOL! Seth - I'm not sure what you're saying there Stevo – my thoughts exactly. They aren’t exactly renowned as a rust resistant vehicle in the first place. I’m pretty sure the “Pinto = penis” thing is a myth, according to my attempts Pinto just means “Pinto” in Spanish. Pretty much every American car you hear of seems to have an urban myth that the name means something vulgar in Spanish.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Sept 22, 2010 19:23:04 GMT
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Far as I can see, pretty much everything is a vulgar word somewhere in the spanish speaking world. I bet mitsubishi were horrified when they found out that "pajero" is slang for w*nker in most of south america...
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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Sept 22, 2010 19:40:16 GMT
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Oh and here's fun videos
OTOH...
Now I heard a number of US police forces dropped the CROWN Victoria because of certain years having the same issue
found a video on youtube to illustrate it.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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