Phil Clarke

I bet a volvo would get though it.

Phil

Mother wrote:
> ...seem to work pretty well:
>
> http://www.101fc.net/files/vids/VehicleBarrier.wmv
>
>

davepseudonym@hotmail.com

Only if you painted a motorbike on the concrete.

Tim Hobbs

On 10 Aug 2005 07:34:41 -0700, davepseudonym@hotmail.com wrote:

>Only if you painted a motorbike on the concrete.

My Volvo has just made no impact on a Mazda 626.

Mazda - scuffed bumper
Volvo - new rear door, new rear wing, nearside respray and blend

I'm getting a lot of stick...


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

Samuel

Well Tim, they certainly don't make them like the used to. put my '73 164
volvo against my S3 head to head, i dont reckon there would be a great deal
of difference. both built like brick shithouses and both way almost exactly
the same.

Sam.


>
> >Only if you painted a motorbike on the concrete.
>
> My Volvo has just made no impact on a Mazda 626.
>
> Mazda - scuffed bumper
> Volvo - new rear door, new rear wing, nearside respray and blend
>
> I'm getting a lot of stick...
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Hobbs
>
> '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
> '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
> '03 Volvo V70

Tim Hobbs

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:27:53 +1000, "Samuel"
<samuelmcgregor@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>Well Tim, they certainly don't make them like the used to. put my '73 164
>volvo against my S3 head to head, i dont reckon there would be a great deal
>of difference. both built like brick shithouses and both way almost exactly
>the same.
>
>Sam.
>

Aye, and to be honest I wouldn't want to crash in either. Weight
counts for a lot, but the way a car absorbs energy is the important
thing, not how it looks after the crash.

If I was going to have an accident with my 2 year old in the back?
I'd take my Volvo over FiL's Mazda every time, not to mention over
most Land Rovers ever made.

I'm still getting a lot of stick. To add insult to injury my
father-in-law is, as the third party, getting a courtesy car whilst
they touch up his bumper. I'm off the road for 9 days with only the
offer of a special price on a hire car. Hurrrumph...




--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

Larry

Landies are more fun though, I hit a rock with the side step, bent up the
side step something rotten, but did not impede my progress in any way :)


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"Tim Hobbs" <tim@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:27:53 +1000, "Samuel"
> <samuelmcgregor@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> Aye, and to be honest I wouldn't want to crash in either. Weight
> counts for a lot, but the way a car absorbs energy is the important
> thing, not how it looks after the crash.
>
> If I was going to have an accident with my 2 year old in the back?
> I'd take my Volvo over FiL's Mazda every time, not to mention over
> most Land Rovers ever made.
>
> I'm still getting a lot of stick. To add insult to injury my
> father-in-law is, as the third party, getting a courtesy car whilst
> they touch up his bumper. I'm off the road for 9 days with only the
> offer of a special price on a hire car. Hurrrumph...
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Hobbs
>
> '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
> '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
> '03 Volvo V70