Yeah that’s why I keep a low profile in everything I do. You can be sued for nearly anything.

If the majority feels the way you do, we’re doomed as a species.

Let’s ignore for a second that you can’t get a drivers license anyway without attending a certified first responder course, but I know of case where people broke several ribs of a crash victim while performing CPR. 

One of the things I like about my Fit is how narrow it is. Makes parking super-easy. It’s not as small as the Changli for sure but, it can go 70 mph all day long so that’s a plus.

I was just thinking about how much safer modern car are. I love cars from the ‘90's but they were built out of tinfoil. 

That’s primarily what I wanted to know too. This kind of accident happens all the time. I want to know what kind of car I should be driving before it happens to me.

I have to say I find this to be completely annoying too.  You can’t account for other people’s fears though. 

I’d like to see a link because this sounds pretty “internet lawyer living in mom’s basement” to me.

Maybe in China. In the US there are laws to protect the people against this.

Just goes to show how safe modern cars are.  

I could solve the squat problem with air-bagged suspension. How about a modern 454 instead of an LS? I’d trade “spirit” for reliability. I had a “super-rocket 425" in a 66 ‘Olds. I didn’t find it to be particularly noteworthy. I’m just not keen on the old unreliable iron.

That’s the big question I guess. He’s doing it often enough he wants a dedicated highway cruiser car instead of using one of his existing cars. I agree though, it’s not clear.

Although old, these cars don’t need a lot of work to keep going, GM built them to be tough as nails.

Reliability on the Mach-E is still uncertain, though.

That is 260,000 miles over the course of five years.

I like the ES300 choice. I’d buy a couple year old one then throw it away after putting your 260,000 miles on it. I’d just ignore the depreciation requirement, it’s silly.   Once you put 260K on a car, it’s used up.  

My dad was weird that way. For awhile he had a WW2 Zundapp motorcycle with side car and when that impulse went away he started thinking about importing Ladas.  I have some of his impulse disease too. 

It’s not like they get any kind of driver training to speak of. We let anyone drive in the US. In other countries there are multi-month training classes and it costs significant money to get a license. I prefer our way but, we have to accept the collateral damage of having mostly untrained drivers running around.

Framed cars tend to transfer more impact to the passenger because of the ridged frame. A car like my Fit would have crumpled more and absorbed more energy before the rest of the energy slammed my flesh-bag into the seat belt. The seat belts stretch absorbing energy which keeps me from splashing over the interior.

The dealer didn’t build a defective car. GM did. For me the big question is what did GM know and when did they know it. If they had some inkling they had problematic batteries and knowingly shipped defective cars, I’d say hang-em-high. If there really was no indication of the problem in all of their testing, I’d be…