Re: [DML] The COMPLETE DeLorean crash test videos, report and more.

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That test is only 30 mph. If you see the difference between the Delorean's
35 mph and 40 mph test, it is possible, but on the same speed, the two cars
crash would be similar.

Viktor


Idézet ("cbl302@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cbl302@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

> Forgot This... Compare the Brickin crash test at 35mph to the  
> Delorean crash test...
>
> http://www.bricklin.org/BI_CrashTest.htm
>
> Notice the Cabin was 100% untouched and the Doors were FULLY  
> operational...as far as I remember even the windshield DID NOT crack..
>
> Now which car would you rather be in in a Collision..
>
> BTW..the Hood sustained NO damage and that Bricklin WAS repaired and  
> put back to use
>
> Claude
> 1024
> bric
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cbl302@..." <cbl302@...> wrote:
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>> > This doesn't bear out Claude's flippant and inaccurate comment about the
>> > occupants being "DOA", as he posted earlier.
>>
>> Hey James...As for being  "flippant and inaccurate comment about the
>> occupants being "DOA",
>>
>> In THAT particular Test(the 40mph test) they would have either been  
>> vegetables or DOA..for lack of a secure door..Just look at how the  
>> door folded up like tin foil..(along with the rest of the car..and  
>> SS is Waaay stronger than human bones/flesh...Their internal organs  
>> would have been "compressing and distorting" in the same fashion as  
>> the car was..their heads would have been fine..but their brain(s)  
>> would have been shaking like jello in a bowl..not good if you plan  
>> on living...
>>
>> If those "were" real humans..they would have been goners..For one  
>> thing the Air bags were way over-sized for such a small confined  
>> space..and if you look at how the test dummies ended up..there was  
>> NO WAY they could have survived.. I sure as hell would NOT want to  
>> have been in that 40 mph crash..however the 35mph video shows a  
>> Very survivable  crash..with maybe just  very bad neck and leg  
>> injures ..again airbags that deployed with way to much force..
>>
>> Claude
>> 1024
>> bric
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