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iceracer
iceracer PowerDork
11/7/14 1:55 p.m.

And the replacement bags are made by === ?

Bobzilla
Bobzilla PowerDork
11/7/14 1:59 p.m.

Actually, it's JUST the inflators. They're all comimng in from MExico. No lie.I have a stack behind me.

erohslc
erohslc Dork
11/7/14 2:16 p.m.
dean1484 wrote: Did any of these end up in American cars? And is there a list of cars that have these in them?

I heard that only about 14 million USDM cars are affected ...

stanger_missle
stanger_missle HalfDork
11/7/14 3:00 p.m.
Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
11/7/14 3:44 p.m.

Lancer007
Lancer007 Dork
11/7/14 6:57 p.m.

Oh goody, my car is on that. Even better is that the nearest Mitsubishi dealer is 130 miles away.

Flight Service
Flight Service MegaDork
11/7/14 7:19 p.m.
Nick_Comstock wrote: It's all a government conspiracy for population control. We need congressional hearings to determine when the president and attorney general knew and who gave the order to destroy evidence. We demand action on this now!

Running for Congress?

ncjay
ncjay Dork
11/7/14 7:46 p.m.

It's only a real problem if the airbag goes off. Normally, that should only happen if you get in a wreck. Don't wreck your car and this is all a non-issue. Jeez, people worry about every little thing.

Nick_Comstock
Nick_Comstock PowerDork
11/7/14 7:49 p.m.

In reply to Flight Service:

It has to pay better than what I'm doing now

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte SuperDork
11/7/14 8:21 p.m.

Claybrook Claymore.

chiodos
chiodos New Reader
11/7/14 9:03 p.m.

Whew! So glad the only "modern" car we own is an 08 accord and not on the list. Now I feel okay for deleting my airbags, rather headbutt a steering wheel than get shot with molten steel in the face

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
11/7/14 10:53 p.m.
JamesMcD wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
aircooled wrote:
Appleseed wrote: Seppuku. Ritualistic disembowlment. Takata will love it.
If I remember correctly. I think the standard procedure is for the person to plunge the sword (actually normally the smaller "house sword") into their abdomen, give it a nice pull to the side while someone stands over them with a sword ready to cut their head off. How bad an offense that has been committed determines how long the second guy waits to cut his head off.
People obviously had a great deal more will power in ancient times. I've run a pocket knife thru my palm and based on that agonizing experience - I'm tellin' ya - there is no berkeleying way I'd stick a house sword in my own guts, on purpose, no matter how many people my steel shot filled airbags maimed or how much honor I needed to pretend to care about. The 2nd guy with the two handed sword could stick it in there after giving me a quick and painless end if it made him feel better.
I'm not sure that decapitation is an instant death. There is evidence that one remains conscious, as a disembodied head, for ten seconds or so.

You sound like a cheery sort! We should have lunch!

Mr_Clutch42
Mr_Clutch42 Dork
11/8/14 12:10 a.m.

Government officials rely on these big corporations to get them elected, so similar to the financial system collapse in 08 from terrible banking practices, they will get a punishment similar to this. <img src="

>They will hurt for a few minutes, then carry on as usual. But, the corporation will have to eventually replace all of the airbags.

The0retical
The0retical HalfDork
11/8/14 12:21 a.m.

You'd think this would discourage all the tailgating, unsignaled lane changes, and general asshattery that I see along the interstates in California...Well at least Takata gave the problem the potential to sort itself out.

Neither of my cars is on the list. Takata and manufactures are springing into action fixing the problem, with stickers.

JamesMcD
JamesMcD Dork
11/8/14 1:17 a.m.

In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:

Let me know if you're ever near st. Louis.

petegossett
petegossett PowerDork
11/8/14 8:32 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote:
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Forget swords, why has no one suggested death by 1,000 airbags for the purps? Let them be disembowled by their own metal weilding airbags, sort of like Russian Roulet, how many air bags before one kills you?
JamesMcD wrote: I'm not sure that decapitation is an instant death. There is evidence that one remains conscious, as a disembodied head, for ten seconds or so.
How the berkeley do we know this stuff. Did someone offer to try it and report back?
Through an experiment done on a criminal executed by guillotine. He seemed to remain conscious for about 30 seconds: http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/28/1905-henri-languille-a-man-of-science/

Thanks for posting that! I never knew.

oldeskewltoy
oldeskewltoy SuperDork
11/8/14 12:03 p.m.

yep... no reason to own a pre airbag car... none at all.....

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