Re: Must See! Beautiful Pre-Production Tango!

[Victor Tikhonov <vtikhono@lsil.com>]

If someone runs into me at high speed, I prefer to roll over being 
inside rigid box (belts are on) than being smashed flat, when better
handling of a smaller car no longer matters.

Victor.


Glenn Wittrock wrote:
> 
> > We're talking about particular driver, me. For average all things
> > are indeed not equal. I don't feel that, and the way I drive,
> > I feel like the chances to get in trouble *for me* are the same,
> > SUV or not - someone is running into my car.
> >
> > SUV *in this case* will protect me better.
> 
> BUT when the psycho torpedoes you, your lack of handling is no longer under
> your careful control.  Once again excessive forces may be brought to bear and
> you and your protected family may be rolling down the road in a rollover
> prone machine .
> 
> Comparable example : I have a modestly overzealous  nuclear reactor, if I
> maintain cooling its ok, its only the fools who run theirs fly wide open that
> melt down, I don't so I'm ok.
> Ok, until my neighbor builds a damn and suddenly without warning I've got no
> coolant, uh-oh, meltdown.  I hate it when that happens ;-)
> 
> --
> 
> Glenn Wittrock
> 
> Linux: when you need to run like a greased weasel.