Date:         Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:01:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Death of a 911 (For Stan) (NVC)
Comments: To: macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET
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My favorite episode of Top Gear featured a very plain Jane Renault. The car
was on loan from the manufacturer.

The Top Gear crew was impressed with all the air bags that came with the
car. So, what did they do? They found someone willing (some sort of
professional, but I can't imagine what his job title would be) to simply use
the basic safety belts (no helmet that I recall) and smash the brand new car
head-on into a car, wall, or other stationary object. The objective? How
well do all those air bags work.

The best part of that whole segment is that Renault had no idea they were
going to crash the car, much less destroy it.

I'd like to destroy a car right about now.

Cheers,
Bruce
motorbruce@hotmail.com

>From: Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>Reply-To: Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Death of a 911 (For Stan) (NVC)
>Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:55:13 -0800
>
>This is an episode of a British series called "Top Gear". The host does
>foolish and semi-foolish things with all kinds of vehicles. He does not
>seem to think much of Herr Porche's auto, does he?
>   My personal favorite was when he got a new Range Rover stuck 3/4 of the
>way up a Scottish mountain!
>
>bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
>   > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8393480500658592820&q
> >
> > Cya,
> > Robert
>
>Now that is just sick & wrong! Even for a fryeday! Thanks!
>
>Grin,
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>
>Evan Mac Donald
>
>1984 Wolfburg
>1985 GL 7 Pass.
>1991 Carat Weekender
>1972 Chevy P/U
>1993 Bonneville