Re: Newair bag topic

[Tom Barrett <mail@ns.htc.net>]

FWIW:  I was in a head-on in my 86 Porsche about 9 months ago--no airbag.
Don't know how it did, but my head hit the steering wheel and bashed it up
pretty bad and lost one of my front teeth.  I'll take the airbag...

Tom
>  From: "Ryan Hart" <ryanhart@ntr.net>, on 12/4/97 8:49 PM:
>  Yeah. I'm not short enough to get hurt by one, and I don't have any kids!
>  : )
>  Seriously, though, I don't think having an air bag in front helps me at all.
>  I sit well back from the wheel, and I always keep the belt SNUG and in the
>  right place. If I hit something hard enough to get me into contact with the
>  bag, chances are I'm already blood jelly. In fact, in the head-on accident I
>  had in an airbag-equipped car, the only benefit was a couple of neat burns
>  on my forearms. I had a head-on in my bug once, and with the seatbelt in the
>  right place, I was just fine, if a trifle pissed.
>  Now, the SIDE and HEAD airbags, those are a GREAT idea. I can't help sitting
>  pretty close to the door and window, and that lil' bar in the door is
>  supposed to stop some big ol' OldsmoBuick monster from coming in? PUH-LEEZ.
>  So, if I have my trusty Jetta in 2004, who knows? Maybe I'll just retrofit
>  whatever new gimmick they've got for preserving lazy-ass American drivers
>  who can't be bothered to buckle-up or do it right. Of course, if I
>  extrapolate my driving habits... In 2004, the car'll have at least a qurter
>  million miles on it. I'll probably lose patience with that damn elusive
>  rear-seat squeak before then!!!
>  So, to answer your question, Probably Not.
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: deecee@exit109.com <deecee@exit109.com>
>  To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
>  Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 7:35 PM
>  Subject: Newair bag topic
>  
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>  >When I first attended factory training for Airbags we were instructed that
>  >the components have a 10 year life span. (This was back in 1987) When your
>  >car reaches the 10 year anniversary would you spend the money to have the
>  >control unit and air bag replaced assuming you still own the car?
>  >
>  >Don
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