Clash of the Titans: Ford v.s. GM

[STOVE BOLT]

Kinda Sounds Like Gm Caught That Virus From Ford. You Know, The Pinto With The Exploding Gas Tank, And The Self Destructing "firestone" Tires.. Bigger Brouhaha Over This One.

[fredjacksonsan]

Yep. You ever see the wear pattern on tires from the front end of an Exploder or "Twin I-Beam" suspended pickups? Worn all to hell on both inside and outside, almost without exception. Conlcusion: Tires underinflated, tires never rotated (both consumer problems) or suspension puts side loads on tires.

The exploding Pinto we made fun of all through college.

[mason_RsX]

Weren't Pontiac Fieros notorious for randomly catching fire on the highway?

[M3FordBoy]

I've heard that about the Fieros to, but not about the Explores.And about the firestone tires wasn't Fords fault and ford stopped putting firestones on their car and trucks, but why GM still does is beyond me.

[va-un4given]

kman10587--Please keep politics out of this forum. And I don't believe that Toyota or Honda would display such a blatant disregard for human life just to make a little money. And in return, people buy their product because they know that it's relatively safe and errorproof.

HMMM kinda contradicted what you wrote huh?? by teh way nothing is flawless

[va-un4given]

tot eh orig debate....

we are also talking about the same ppl who ride around on those firestone tires with 90psi in the tires, i dont know how many ppl brought cars in with tires over inflated or underinfalte cuz it didnt LOOK right. and now were asking the question about seatblelts and the exploding gas tanks??? in point, alot of ppl are naieve about cars and could care less. unfortunatley ignorance and apathy apply to alot of ppl involving cars. Id be willing to bet that 80percent or mroe of those ppl driving the new ford exploders, dont even know that it could explode... as far as the 1970s ad that chevy put out about seatbelts, that was along time ago and it was pretty dispicable,but EVERY car manu could care less about human life over the almighty buck, sad but true..all cars have a fault in them somewhere that could hurt ya, they just dont share abougt it cuz itll cost too much to fix....and anybody that is dumb enough to ride around with no seatbelt or the chance to blow up, why hold it against the car manu...i mean we are in the age of ppl that need directions on the back of soap boxes on how to use properly....just a thought

[kman10587]

Originally Posted by va-un4given

kman10587--Please keep politics out of this forum.

What'd I say?

[STOVE BOLT]

Originally Posted by va-un4given

kman10587--Please keep politics out of this forum. And I don't believe that Toyota or Honda would display such a blatant disregard for human life just to make a little money. And in return, people buy their product because they know that it's relatively safe and errorproof.

HMMM kinda contradicted what you wrote huh?? by teh way nothing is flawless

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GASSIN ABOUT? I SAID NOTHING I DID NOT MEAN. IF POLITICS GOT IN, SO WHAT! IF YOUR "GOD" I AM TRULY SORRY. OTHER WISE, KISS MY A--.

[crayzayjay]

Cool it guys.

[drunken monkey]

.....i seem to remember that for a long time during the testing of seat belts, lots of things did go wrong.
don't forget that you are talking about seatbelts of more then 30 years ago.

even as recent as five years ago, incorrectly fitted seatbelts could in extreme circumstances, de-capitate you.
(i vaguely remember a story in a tabloid about a kid was killed in this way).
airbags, if you aren't sitting correctly, can kill you.

you three year old car with it's 4* passenger saftey doesn't stand a chance against a new car with 4* passenger safety.

things go wrong with new cars.
that's a given.
manufacturers try to the best of their ability to reduce faults before shipping out cars but sometimes there are things that just couldn't be forseen.

did think bmw know about the first mini ones would se themselves on fire?
did toyota know that the first yaris's to get to uk would need to have their brakes re-calibrated?

[va-un4given]

stove bolt if you look closely at who i was reffering my comment too, it wasnt you. GEEZ kid lay off the caffine and redmeat, and keep the immature language to yourself, remember just a forum not do ir die...have a nice day none the less, but read everyting before you respond with such beligerance

[va-un4given]

oh and by teh way stove never said anything about disagreeing with your comment anyhow, think ya better re read what my comment was, think long and hard this time about what it means...cyas

[va-un4given]

yeah i remember a few cases in the early 70s to mid 70s before shoulder straps were put into effect and even when they were. Few cases where ppl who were in a rolling cars accidnet, were cuz in half at the mid section, or cut severly due to the force of the roll. if youve ever been in an accident or rearended, that seat belt really hurts when your thrown forward, in most cases itll leave a bruise on your chest and waste. Air bags can break your neck if you hit it hard enough....really when you think about it NOTHING is truely safe except watching what your doing and trying not to get in an accident.