Kurt Weiske -> Joe Mackey wrote:

 KW> NHTSA recently tested a '59 Chevy Malibu against a '11 Malibu in a 30 mph
 KW> head-on collision. I wouldn't want to have been in the '59. :(

  And the metal in the '59 was over 50 years old...
  I have seen a lot of wrecks with new cars.  Old ones generally just bend
the metal.  New ones fall apart.  A simple fender bender can almost total a
new car.
  I recall seeing the aftermath of a '53/54 Buick (in 1958) that hit a
covert at about 50 mph.  Both women were unhurt.  The driver had a minor
cut on her leg and the passenger just shaken up.
  In 1964 when I first started driving I slid on ice and hit a metal pole
in our '60 Chevy.  It had a very small dent on the bumper.  Today's car
would be all laying all over the place.
  If I were to get a car today I would want something with some protection
around me, not a shoebox on a motorized skate board like so many cars
today.

 KW> Glad they didn't use a '57 or earlier Chevy, that would have been a crime.

  In my book any time a old car is destroyed its a crime.
  Accidents are one thing, but to just destroy a car for any reason is unreasonable.
  Joe

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