4x4
#16
Re: 4x4
speed has got me out of a few tricky situations just recently, especially on the SZR - you very rarely slow down on there to avoid a potential situation it is more likely you put your foot down to get the f out of there! the brakes work perfectly well, the car is only a year old. I don't know many people who buy cars based on their breaking system over their engine capacity?
#17
Soupy twist
Joined: Dec 2004
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Re: 4x4
I don't know many people who buy cars based on their breaking system over their engine capacity?
#18
Re: 4x4
Same as getting down slip roads - you use them properly but some drivers seem to think you have a personal grudge against them by getting ahead of them on the motorway.
#19
Re: 4x4
i still have to say that with 2 young kids, i do feel safer in a 4x4 here...it's not a car i'd ever choose if i didn't have kids, but the fact you are higher up than many other cars gives me a sense of security, because i feel we'd stnd a better chance in a crash than in an ordinary car...
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#20
Soupy twist
Joined: Dec 2004
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Re: 4x4
i feel we'd stnd a better chance in a crash than in an ordinary car...
An uncle of mine is a professor who works in vehicle accident analysis and prevention... the things he's told me Seriously, if you think you're safer in a 4x4 because it's bigger and higher than other cars, I'm afraid you're wrong. There are many normal cars that have far higher crash safety ratings than any 4x4s, and even in Dubai you'd be far better off if you were in one of those in accident rather than your 4x4.
Happy motoring!
#21
Re: 4x4
Yes, lots of people do, but unfortunately it's an illusory feeling of safety.
If you checked out the actual stats, you'd probably be quite shocked. In even a low-speed accident, a 4x4 is far more likely to roll over than a standard car. There are numerous documented cases of collisions between 4x4s and normal cars in which the occupants of the 4x4 came off worst because they rolled and the normal car didn't.
An uncle of mine is a professor who works in vehicle accident analysis and prevention... the things he's told me Seriously, if you think you're safer in a 4x4 because it's bigger and higher than other cars, I'm afraid you're wrong. There are many normal cars that have far higher crash safety ratings than any 4x4s, and even in Dubai you'd be far better off if you were in one of those in accident rather than your 4x4.
Happy motoring!
If you checked out the actual stats, you'd probably be quite shocked. In even a low-speed accident, a 4x4 is far more likely to roll over than a standard car. There are numerous documented cases of collisions between 4x4s and normal cars in which the occupants of the 4x4 came off worst because they rolled and the normal car didn't.
An uncle of mine is a professor who works in vehicle accident analysis and prevention... the things he's told me Seriously, if you think you're safer in a 4x4 because it's bigger and higher than other cars, I'm afraid you're wrong. There are many normal cars that have far higher crash safety ratings than any 4x4s, and even in Dubai you'd be far better off if you were in one of those in accident rather than your 4x4.
Happy motoring!
how much you want for the Cherokee?
#22
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,206
Re: 4x4
Other than sending you lovely people some
Iv just popped in because I love 4by4.It is the most economic,and lovely motor.Iv driven thousands of miles in it,brillant vision, on awkward roads,good in traffic,bad weather good weather,we have moved in it,slept in it,driven from the botom of spain through france all over UK in it.By the way its a 16yr old Toyota Surf.Just love it.
Iv just popped in because I love 4by4.It is the most economic,and lovely motor.Iv driven thousands of miles in it,brillant vision, on awkward roads,good in traffic,bad weather good weather,we have moved in it,slept in it,driven from the botom of spain through france all over UK in it.By the way its a 16yr old Toyota Surf.Just love it.
#23
Soupy twist
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,271
Re: 4x4
Cherokee's not as high as many other 4x4s... helps mitigate its tendency to roll
TBH, I bought it in the full knowledge that it's no safer than most cars. I bought it because I wanted to tool around in a big 4x4 while I could afford it
TBH, I bought it in the full knowledge that it's no safer than most cars. I bought it because I wanted to tool around in a big 4x4 while I could afford it
#25
Re: 4x4
I'd say that being able to have the power to move faster is very important indeed....can't really see how one would dispute that.
#27
Re: 4x4
but yeah there's been loads of crash test data between normal cars and 4x4's and the 4x4's don't exactly come off well...
as for the braking aspect... that's one thing i'll check when test driving a car... my current car is so light that is stops well short of almost anything else on the road... the problem is, you hesitate at a roundabout and brake, or slam the anchors on a road... the person behind you is likely to slam into you!
#29
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Re: 4x4
I can understand the safety myth around 4WD's.
It looks like it would be safer, because a regular car is nowhere near where you'd think it might do some damage.
But once it tips over...
Seat belts, airbags,side intrusion bars and crumple zones do a lot more good than height.
And seeign a car after a collision with a 4WD is a bit scary, unless you are an engineer, and you realise that the 'cage' in the centre is still intact and the passengers weren't squashed by the other car.
It looks like it would be safer, because a regular car is nowhere near where you'd think it might do some damage.
But once it tips over...
Seat belts, airbags,side intrusion bars and crumple zones do a lot more good than height.
And seeign a car after a collision with a 4WD is a bit scary, unless you are an engineer, and you realise that the 'cage' in the centre is still intact and the passengers weren't squashed by the other car.
#30
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Location: Brighton, moving to Dubai
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Re: 4x4
HOnda s2000 at the moment and i bloody love it, dont want to let it go....i would probably live in it if possible....
i love the fact i posted this randomly and there's been a hefty response. From now on i will appoint myself, poster of all that is random.
i love the fact i posted this randomly and there's been a hefty response. From now on i will appoint myself, poster of all that is random.