WOW...
WOW...
Good thing my cars don't have any airbags 
GameboyRMH wrote: Good thing my cars don't have any airbags
So far the vehicles that have airbags, are still OEM original. Now, if I could just get the Brazilian airbag cover for my Ranger still......
In New York it's illegal to buy or install an airbag not in its original packaging.
Besides, I've seen me work. I have no doubt that I can touch a screwdriver to the wrong place and find myself in the back seat with a screwdriver in my head.
Did somebody say "Brazilian airbag covers"?
You want to rely on THOSE to save your life?
I was wondering when this might happen, there have been rumors for years. I once had a guy bring in a Rodeo Sport, fresh out of the body shop, air bag light on. That was because the airbag cover had been glued back on, the 'airbag' itself was shop rags stuffed in place. They told him we could turn the light off.
JohnInKansas wrote: Did somebody say "Brazilian airbag covers"?
Wanna bet those are fake airbags?
Almost like the majority of the vehicles I own that never had them. The horror!!!
In reply to Curmudgeon:
Not taking that bet. Hell, you can see the outline of the non-original equipment.
Did anyone else LOL at this picture?
bravenrace wrote: In reply to Curmudgeon: Not taking that bet. Hell, you can see the outline of the non-original equipment.
There are tool marks too.
curtis73 wrote: Did anyone else LOL at this picture?
I just imagine that dummy saying "man, I'm berkeleyed..."
You know if you are belted in the car properly you don't need an airbag to save your face. Stop sitting so damn close to the wheel. Steering wheel mounted airbags don't save lives anymore than cars without them do.
curtis73 wrote: Did anyone else LOL at this picture?
Kinda looks like they are launching their old underwear at the driver 
BobOfTheFuture wrote:curtis73 wrote: Did anyone else LOL at this picture?Kinda looks like they are launching their old underwear at the driver
Or they found a use for all the poisoned baby fourmula and defective wall board they had laying around....
Curmudgeon wrote:JohnInKansas wrote: Did somebody say "Brazilian airbag covers"?Wanna bet those are fake airbags?
If I can touch them, they are real.
Is that airbag filled with broken glass (the car's not the girl's)?
Ranger50 wrote:Curmudgeon wrote:If I can touch them, they are real.JohnInKansas wrote: Did somebody say "Brazilian airbag covers"?Wanna bet those are fake airbags?
I tell my wife when she points out a fake set that I don't care if they are real or fake, I'm window shopping not handling the goods so it's all good to me 
vwcorvette wrote: You know if you are belted in the car properly you don't need an airbag to save your face. Stop sitting so damn close to the wheel. Steering wheel mounted airbags don't save lives anymore than cars without them do.
That's almost entirely wrong. Air bags do save lives in conjunction with seat belts. It's without seat belts they're an issue
Air bags are called 'SRS' or Supplemental Restraint System. The reason airbags were beating the E36 M3 out of people is the original spec mandated by law was a bag had to slow an UNBELTED person.
In 1998, FMVSS 208 was amended to require dual front airbags, and de-powered, or second-generation airbags were also mandated. This was due to the injuries caused by first-generation airbags, though FMVSS 208 continues to require that bags be engineered and calibrated to be able to "save" the life of an unbelted 50th-percentile size and weight "male" crash test dummy.
Air bags are a 'feel good' device that is used to sell cars. That's why now there can be as many as 11 airbags in a car and they all share the same glaring flaw: they are only good ONCE which is useless in multiple impact collisions. They are also useless at highway sppeds, that's why you see all those roadside memorials.
The money and engineering put into airbags would be much better spent by strengthening the occupant 'cage', adding padding instead of airbags and improving seat and seat belt design to better hold the occupants in place. But that's hard to sell, so instead we get airbags.
GAHHHH.
Curmudgeon wrote: Air bags are called 'SRS' or Supplemental Restraint System. The reason airbags were beating the E36 M3 out of people is the original spec mandated by law was a bag had to slow an UNBELTED person. In 1998, FMVSS 208 was amended to require dual front airbags, and de-powered, or second-generation airbags were also mandated. This was due to the injuries caused by first-generation airbags, though FMVSS 208 continues to require that bags be engineered and calibrated to be able to "save" the life of an unbelted 50th-percentile size and weight "male" crash test dummy. Air bags are a 'feel good' device that is used to sell cars. That's why now there can be as many as 11 airbags in a car and they all share the same glaring flaw: they are only good ONCE which is useless in multiple impact collisions. They are also useless at highway sppeds, that's why you see all those roadside memorials. The money and engineering put into airbags would be much better spent by strengthening the occupant 'cage', adding padding instead of airbags and improving seat and seat belt design to better hold the occupants in place. But that's hard to sell, so instead we get airbags. GAHHHH.
Wow, you really set on beliving anything mandated has to be bad aren't you.
I'm with Cur on this one. I don't think they're bad per se, but I don't think they're all they're made out to be by manufacturers and John Q Public.
After a heated legal debate, I replaced Curmudgeon's airbag with one of these:
Well, how many airbags do you see on the racetrack? That should tell you something.
Curmudgeon has a point or two here.
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