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Environment & Energy

Uben

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1. For me, its not a matter of price.....

Reply to cprise (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:16 AM

Jul 2013

...it's safety! You get broadsided in one of these, your dead. Had my wife been driving this thing in 2000, she would have been killed instantly. She was broadsided in her Cadillac by a drunk pick-up driver. They both walked away from it with no serious injuries. How could you place the life of your family in one of these death traps? Sorry, but my priorities put safety ahead of fuel conservation or savings.

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Think you can�t afford an EV? Think again [View all] cprise Jul 2013 OP

For me, its not a matter of price..... Uben Jul 2013 #1

Death Trap? no... godai Jul 2013 #2

I like small cars, but... OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #6

I am just old enough to remember cprise Jul 2013 #3

Funny you mention. wtmusic Jul 2013 #4

I was trying to remember which E/E denizen had reported that one! Nihil Jul 2013 #11

^ U been told. U been showed. Schema Thing Jul 2013 #5

This car was hit in the side, but not at 55 mph Uben Jul 2013 #8

Of course there will not be any survivors in a Caddy hit broadside by a pickup truck wtmusic Jul 2013 #9

Something not being considered... Finishline42 Jul 2013 #7

Not all electric cars are small. tinrobot Jul 2013 #10