Adding Yaris Side Airbags

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2 RemoveThis @mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> You are entitled to you own opinion but as one who spent fifteen years
> designing crumple zones, of my thirty years as an automotive engineer, I
> will choose the larger safer SUVs and cars for myself and my family every
> time, over a small cars simply to save a relative few hundred dollars a
> year on fuel.
>
> mike


If thats the case then you should just buy an abrams tank... dumbass

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2.DeleteThis@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> True but if I were hit by a semi, I would prefer to be driveling the best
> built vehicle, like a CV
>
> mike
>
> "Scott in Florida" <scottinsunnyfla.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:11:47 -0400, "Mike Hunter"
>> <mikehunt2.DeleteThis@mailcity.com> wrote:
>>
>>>To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
>>>electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
>>>Toyotas parts and labor prices
>>>
>>>Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car,
>>>side
>>>air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary objective
>>>you
>>>should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an
>>>Avalon
>>>or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family
>>
>>
>> No car is safe if you are hit by a semi truck.
>>
>> My advice would be to become a defensive driver....
>>
>>
>>>mike
>>><gtbrown.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
>>>> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
>>>> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
>>>> that would cost.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Scott in Florida


For once I have to agree with Mike. Outside of the possible rollover
factor with high SUVs, I have to admit that they're a whole lot safer in
collisions than tiny Yarises, Hyundai Accents, New Beetles, Honda Fits and
other lightweights. You have greater weight, higher sitting position and
everything else going for you with a sturdier structure. I saw a T-bone
accident at an intersection several years ago, when a Dodge Minivan went
into the side of a Buick Le Sabre. The Buick driver was shaken up but
within a minute, he had slid across the seat and exited the passenger side,
since his driver's door was stove into the car a foot. If he'd been
driving a little car, his next ride would have been to the hospital or the
morgue.