Are the optional airbags worth it ? - Toyota Yaris Forums

fantabulousbaby · 09-04-2006, 03:37 PM

2 answer ur question: hell to the mo-fo'in yeah side airbags are worth it!! I understand when it's your time, it's your time but some deaths and serious injuries r preventable with utilized technology. It's $650 more and you'll get it back if when you sell it. I will insist on them for the rest of my life. Airbags saved me in 03. No, they weren't the sides, but if I did get hit from the side I would've definitely needed them. I was surprised to read someone wrote about how the 'odds' are against you having an accident. I learned somewhere that everyone averages 1 accident every 6 years.. that is some research companie's guestimate, and some people never even get in accidents, but you just never know.. it could happen anywhere, anytime, and you can be hit at whatever position.. the way I look at it, if you get hit head on or from the rear, there's all that material (bumper/engine or trunk space) to absorb impact first, but from the sides.. that thin ass door.. and the possibility of smashing my head against it.. no thanks.. I'll pay extra.

On another note, think about how drunk drivers seem to never die.. pay attention to the news.. since their bodies are in a relaxed state and us sober drivers stiffen up, 'we' get hurt and they don't. Usually just a scratch for them. I live in Houston where drunk drivers (and bad drivers period) are plentiful, I never know where someone's gonna hit me.. and even though I have gotten into the habit of looking all 4 directions instead of front/back, I'll take the extra protection anywhere I can get it.

Some may laugh at my determination, but since I insisted on side/curtains for the Yaris, I did an extensive nationwide search, flew from TX to AZ to drive 17 hrs back, got windshield crack and my first ticket ever.. but I got my side/curtains

sorry 4 long post.

09-04-2006, 03:37 PM	#30
fantabulousbaby Drives: 3 series Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 75	2 answer ur question: hell to the mo-fo'in yeah side airbags are worth it!! I understand when it's your time, it's your time but some deaths and serious injuries r preventable with utilized technology. It's $650 more and you'll get it back if when you sell it. I will insist on them for the rest of my life. Airbags saved me in 03. No, they weren't the sides, but if I did get hit from the side I would've definitely needed them. I was surprised to read someone wrote about how the 'odds' are against you having an accident. I learned somewhere that everyone averages 1 accident every 6 years.. that is some research companie's guestimate, and some people never even get in accidents, but you just never know.. it could happen anywhere, anytime, and you can be hit at whatever position.. the way I look at it, if you get hit head on or from the rear, there's all that material (bumper/engine or trunk space) to absorb impact first, but from the sides.. that thin ass door.. and the possibility of smashing my head against it.. no thanks.. I'll pay extra. On another note, think about how drunk drivers seem to never die.. pay attention to the news.. since their bodies are in a relaxed state and us sober drivers stiffen up, 'we' get hurt and they don't. Usually just a scratch for them. I live in Houston where drunk drivers (and bad drivers period) are plentiful, I never know where someone's gonna hit me.. and even though I have gotten into the habit of looking all 4 directions instead of front/back, I'll take the extra protection anywhere I can get it. Some may laugh at my determination, but since I insisted on side/curtains for the Yaris, I did an extensive nationwide search, flew from TX to AZ to drive 17 hrs back, got windshield crack and my first ticket ever.. but I got my side/curtains sorry 4 long post.