@Ismalith lol have you even seen the crash test for the Smart? I have. The g-forces inside the car when it bounces off a larger car are extremely bad for the occupants. Its a fact the the larger Suvs and trucks are safer
Just like modern Japanese cars: lighter & more nimble might be an advantage on a race track but I'd rather have a heavier more durable car.
Sure your Honda / Toyota gets better fuel economy than my BMW or wife's Mercedes or the typical American car that otherwise fits the same size category, but you'll never be as safe in a Honda/Acura or Toyota/Lexus as you will in a more substantial American or German car.
@PSG1JOHN1 What you say is true. I think one of the reasons that the Japanese never caught up to our tactics was that they lost such a large percentage of their best pilots when 3 of their carriers were sunk in the battle of Midway. Very few of the replacements seemed to live long enough to take tactics to the next level. A large part of that was due to the intrinsic weakness of the Zero to take hits and survive with light pilot protection and tanks that didn't have an internal bladder.
This is A6M2.
BattleshipYAMASIRO 4 months ago
I fly like that with my rc airplane sometimes :P
TheChickeneer 5 months ago
@FutureMarine246
Ok and what do you think is more dangerous?
A small crumble zone? or if the passenger cabin totaly colapses?
Ismalith 5 months ago
@Ismalith also not true again I ask have you actually seen the crash tests? I have
FutureMarine246 5 months ago
@FutureMarine246
Drive them against a tree or a wall and your changes to stay alive are better in a smart.
Ismalith 5 months ago
@Ismalith lol have you even seen the crash test for the Smart? I have. The g-forces inside the car when it bounces off a larger car are extremely bad for the occupants. Its a fact the the larger Suvs and trucks are safer
FutureMarine246 5 months ago
@sixty8panther
WTF?
American Cars and the SUVs in the extreme, are unsafer than a Smart.
I don´t know where u read that big = save, but it is nonsense.
Ismalith 9 months ago
@sixty8panther Sounds like you are hell of a bad driver. Still, you aren't safer than Hummer, Subaru, Saab or city buses for sure.
cyphertek 9 months ago
Just like modern Japanese cars: lighter & more nimble might be an advantage on a race track but I'd rather have a heavier more durable car.
Sure your Honda / Toyota gets better fuel economy than my BMW or wife's Mercedes or the typical American car that otherwise fits the same size category, but you'll never be as safe in a Honda/Acura or Toyota/Lexus as you will in a more substantial American or German car.
sixty8panther 10 months ago
@PSG1JOHN1 What you say is true. I think one of the reasons that the Japanese never caught up to our tactics was that they lost such a large percentage of their best pilots when 3 of their carriers were sunk in the battle of Midway. Very few of the replacements seemed to live long enough to take tactics to the next level. A large part of that was due to the intrinsic weakness of the Zero to take hits and survive with light pilot protection and tanks that didn't have an internal bladder.
JaleelJohanson62 1 year ago