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Old 09-05-2007, 09:51 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gumsie
Kind of, what you forget is that the crumple zone of the civic is at a height that is significantly lower than that of the ML. As a consequence, the bigger vehicle will hit the mostly 'soft' parts of the other one involved and the results won't be pretty.
That's the main reason that the 4x4 will win over the car in most cases. We need to get those big things off the road and give us all a fighting chance.
I hope you were being facetious with that statement. I would hate to even entertain the thought you were, somehow, serious about what you said.
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