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02-06-2006, 02:26 PM | #37 | |
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Whereas american car people never seem to meet expectations on workmanship or what they say they will do. Sad but true. |
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02-06-2006, 03:53 PM | #38 |
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Hey All!
I'm almost ready for a second car. Wife and I share a Landcruiser but sometimes you need another car. I also would rather spend my money on motorcycles than cars so the Yaris is looking like my best option right now. Somebody on Edmund's was arguing pretty convincingly about the Corolla being a better buy because of sales discounts and equal gas mileage, what do you guys think? |
02-06-2006, 06:46 PM | #39 |
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Um, you simply cannot prove that airbags have saved lives.
What you CAN prove is that airbags have needlessly murdered people. If you are not the perfect 6' and 180 lbs, then odds are an airbag is more likely to injure you than save you. |
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02-06-2006, 06:57 PM | #41 |
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oooh, ouch.
I have seen to many stupid stories where the government charges parents with murder when an airbag has killed their child. Hmm, I think it is the government who makes airbags a requirement, maybe the government should realize it is their own fault. Just one more area government needs to get out of everyone's life. |
02-07-2006, 12:14 AM | #42 |
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how is this about the Yaris again...?
An airbag saved my wife's life in a head on. PERIOD. parents letting children be in the front seat is not the gov't's fault. neither is it the gov't's fault when parents let their kids jump around their car without their carseats/seatbelts on. Don't blame the gov't for poor parenting. I'm a commuter and hope to find one with side curtain airbags and ABS too... |
02-07-2006, 01:26 AM | #43 |
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I just don't understand why the seat belt is not enough to protect people in a crash. Stops your momentum. I've also heard that when the air bag goes off if it doesn't knock you out it covers your face so you can't see to steer away from an accident. I'm sure some people need airbags. But thats their choice.
Personally I wish it were up to the owner whether they want to have them in a car or not. To me from what all I've heard they're more dangerous. But at least we should have the choice whether we want them in the car or not. Last edited by foober; 02-07-2006 at 11:51 AM. |
02-07-2006, 10:21 AM | #44 | |
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The government has NO business telling people what they have to get in their cars. I am glad airbags saved your wife's life. That is good. However a safety device that has killed people isn't so safe, and shouldn't be forced on people buy a government that has absolutely no idea what it is doing. |
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02-07-2006, 10:51 AM | #45 |
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It's hard to judge neither airbag cost more life than it save or vise versa. Sure, we can look at the stats and point fingers at the government about it. However, accidents happens. And we have no control of that, and we would not know when will airbag save our life or injuried us.
But I do agree on we should have a choice of having airbags or not!
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02-07-2006, 04:27 PM | #46 | |
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Hello!! Sorry it took so long- busy taking preorders and educating people about Yaris!! Your request for a manual LB with side curtain airbags, and 15'' alloys is ABSOLUTELY realistic!! The only question left is......................................... what COLOR do you want ? In answer to your other question about SCA- it depends on what is high in demand. Right now it is an option that can be added for $650. Personally, I think all of them SHOULD have it because, as you said, safety is a matter of life and death and I COMPLETELY agree they should all have it. Unfortunately, some people just see it as another expense and would rather not pay for it. |
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02-07-2006, 05:53 PM | #47 | |
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Speaking of preorders, yarisnewfrontier have you gotten many? It would be really cool if the US yaris gets as many preorders as the Canadians had. |
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02-07-2006, 07:01 PM | #48 | |
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That makes no sense. |
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02-08-2006, 03:46 PM | #50 |
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Honestly, I see quite a lot of hatch 3dr or 5dr out on the street in Toronto. It is really that un-popular in the states????
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Hatchbacks are not very popular in the USA at all. Combine that with the fact that Japanese seem to be getting into Sports Sedans in the thousands, and their simply are not many hatch's to buy in the USA. Then the ones that are brought over here simply do not sell well. The Mercedes C class is the last example of a good hatch not selling well. Before that was the BMW 325 ti, a great handling car that very few bought. Americans in their 30s and older all grew up in monstrous station wagons, and they do not have fond memories of them. This causes them to avoid anything that reminds them of a station wagon. However I think as the teenagers and 20somethings start buying new cars, hatch's will become more popular in the states. |
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Another factor that may have affected the popularity of the hatchbacks is the belief that when rear ended, they do not have a trunk to cushion the impact. When tailgated by a large vehicle, a driver of a hatchback is likely to be more nervous. Let us see if the Yaris will change people's thinking and set a new trend in the US.
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02-09-2006, 11:08 AM | #54 | |
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why, I have gotten a few preorders- mostly people are just looking for information..... I have a feeling that the Yaris will be more popular than the Prius and every one that I actually get in inventory will be spoken for... |
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