[IntrepidXJ]

Anyone ever seen this:

http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/99018.htm

For being a "10 best" car, these ratings don't seem very well? It only got an overall "Marginal" score?

 

[blkbute]

yeah, that poor is not lookin too good either, hmm.. well you cannot expect it to be perfect. Its better then driving some small car though. Bigger is safer. LOL..

 

[IntrepidXJ]

I feel the same way

 

[1mz-fe]

camry is a smaller car and it does way better. i'm not saying that i'd rather wreck a camry, just making a point. the intrepids have a crummy safety rating dating back to 1993.

i don't know about real wrecks, but low-speed impacts have no effect on these cars. when my 97 was almost brand new my mother was driving it and i was shotgun, someone rearended the car behind us and he slid into us (pulled up too close). his front bumper was all screwed up, my rear fascia has exactly 3 gouges in it where the plastic was indented by various parts of the other car. i've painted them in but they look bad. but the point is that no real damage was incurred. i've heard similar stories, in small bumper incidents these things are almost indestructible.

 

[blkbute]

yeah, I had an Incident with a guy tap me on the back. just took a polish to it, it fixed it all up, there is a very tiny ding in it, but you cannot see it. it looks like light refection. But when it happened I thought the back was screwed. guess not/