top ten dangerous cars

[bruiser]

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/10-startlingly-dangerous-cars.html/10/?ref=OB

I had a '66 Monza Spyder with the 140 HP turbo engine. My ex father in law wreaked it one night.

[sddinnh]

I still own a 1967 Corvette / 350 hp / 4spd convertible and I don't care if this guy considers it dangerous or not :lecturef_smilie: I love that car :clap:

[Mexican]

I had a 72 Pinto:yikes:

[PrairieSpyder]

I sensed an anti-muscle car and anti-SUV bias in the list. And going back to 1904 was a stretch!

[sddinnh]

I sensed an anti-muscle car and anti-SUV bias in the list. And going back to 1904 was a stretch!

Yah Think :rolleyes:

[ARtraveler]

An interesting list. My only encounter with that bunch of cars was a Pinto rental in 1972--while my car was in the shop.

[Bob Denman]

Owned several of them, and been in several more...
i TuRnEd OuT oKaY...

[sddinnh]

i TuRnEd OuT oKaY...

Of course you did Bob. Now, now - sit here quietly and I'll go get your medicine :lecturef_smilie:

[retread]

To put a little perspective on this list, when Nader brought out his book, he was in a press conference expounding on how the Corvair "was the single most dangerous car in the world". Brock Yates, a writer at one of the bigger car magazines asked "If the Corvair is number one, what is number two?" Nader couldn't answer, seems all his research was done to make the Corvair look bad.

john

[Bob Denman]

Of course you did Bob. Now, now - sit here quietly and I'll go get your medicine :lecturef_smilie:

:shocked: YaNk ThEw...

[HuckFin]

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/10-startlingly-dangerous-cars.html/10/?ref=OB

I had a '66 Monza Spyder with the 140 HP turbo engine. My ex father in law wreaked it one night.

The Corvair Spyder was made from 1962 to 1964 and had a 150 HP turbo. The 1966 Corsa had the 140 HP four carb motor standard and the 180 HP turbo. As far as being unsafe, I used to autocross my 1962 Monza (still have) and loved the way it handled). In fact I remember a friend of mine taking top time of the day with a modified 1964 Corvair, racing against the fastest sports cars of the time. This was back in the 70s when I lived in Colorado, racing at Englewood speedway.

[Chupaca]

Had some drove some and seen them all. Whats interesting is that they are not all dangerous for the same reasons. Some are related to the mechanics, some for where they were used, some for who drove them and some because of a witch hunt. Come on the 1905 model could be classified a tractor..those european models were for driving down tiny roads where to speed was 20 mph. But an interesting collection....

[bruiser]

The Corvair Spyder was made from 1962 to 1964 and had a 150 HP turbo. The 1966 Corsa had the 140 HP four carb motor standard and the 180 HP turbo. As far as being unsafe, I used to autocross my 1962 Monza (still have) and loved the way it handled). In fact I remember a friend of mine taking top time of the day with a modified 1964 Corvair, racing against the fastest sports cars of the time. This was back in the 70s when I lived in Colorado, racing at Englewood speedway.

True. Guess it was a corsa. I do remember it was a Monza. Bought it used from another GI. However, it was modified with a 140 turbo. I liked the 4 carb setup better. The 180 Turbo would move along pretty good. My ex father in law drove mine while I was deployed. Wrecked it on a desert road between Carlsbad, NM and El Paso Tx. Needless to say I was :mad: as heck when I found out.

[Bob Denman]

Does that mean I should stop looking for a Peel Trident to take on my next cross country trip?

Can I come along? :D
Since Steve got me my meds; I fEeL mUcH bEtTeR!

[SNOOPY]

They mention Bronco II, but have a picture of an original Bronco :banghead:

I had an original Bronco and they were awesome. :)

[Bob Denman]

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They mention Bronco II, but have a picture of an original Bronco http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/images/smilies/banghead.gif"
:shocked: You're absolutely right! Nice Catch!
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[bruiser]

My son has a Bronco II. Sitting in a barn in Delaware.

That was a good catch on the Bronco.

[Bob Denman]

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[Pirate looks at --]

Well I was one of the lucky ones I guess! I had a 71 Pinto that I crashed a number of times and lucky me it never exploded. I actually really liked that car, for a 19 year old it was great fun to drive and it was my first ever "brand new" car!

[flaggerphil]

I agree with part of the list but part of it is just silly. The Mustang and Corvette are not dangerous cars, but are often owned by dangerous drivers. The Pinto originally had a problem but my Dad had one for years without any issues. And it's been shown that Nader's vendetta against the Corvair was way off the mark.

[PrairieSpyder]

I'm surprised they didn't include the Jeep CJ-5. I think it had more roll-overs than the Bronco II.

[Bob Denman]

CJs (Actually, all versions prior to 1987), required a LOT of care when driving at speed... :shocked:
The short wheelbase almost guaranteed that if you hung the back-end out six inches; you had already crashed! :yikes:

[SNOOPY]

"
They mention Bronco II, but have a picture of an original Bronco :banghead:"
:shocked: You're absolutely right! Nice Catch!
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My first Bronco was a white 1977, my second was a 1988 that looked exactly like the second pic you posted. Eddie Bauer red and tan. :thumbup:

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[SNOOPY]

I had a 1978 Jeep CJ7 also. :shocked:

[SNOOPY]

And currently own 2 Mustangs.


Maybe this most dangerous list is actually my bucket list? roflmao


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[Dan_Ashley]

I always thought that the only dangerous cars were those driven by people who do not have motorcycle licenses. That's what I thought.

[jerpinoy]

I still believe that all vehicle are dangerous and the danger is lessen by the people who drives them. That being said Let's ride safe what ever we drive. When I worked for the post office as a rural carrier and I attended drivers training and I was told all accident are preventable and I believed them. Yes all accidents are preventable.

[SNOOPY]

:agree:

[Bob Denman]

. When I worked for the post office as a rural carrier and I attended drivers training and I was told all accident are preventable and I believed them. Yes all accidents are preventable.
Sorry...
:cus: happens every day, that's beyond anyone's control... :shocked:
The best that you can do in those situations; try and lessen the consequences! :thumbup:

[JerryB]

Re: When I worked for the post office as a rural carrier and I attended drivers training and I was told all accident are preventable and I believed them. Yes all accidents are preventable.

Hi jer,

I worked for the fed. gov't. for 30 yrs. We had one guy who was sitting at a red light & got hit from behind. They held up one of his well-deserved promotions until he could tell management how he could have prevented the accident.

:sour:

Jerry Baumchen

[Dan_Ashley]

Re: When I worked for the post office as a rural carrier and I attended drivers training and I was told all accident are preventable and I believed them. Yes all accidents are preventable.

Hi jer,

I worked for the fed. gov't. for 30 yrs. We had one guy who was sitting at a red light & got hit from behind. They held up one of his well-deserved promotions until he could tell management how he could have prevented the accident.

:sour:

Jerry Baumchen
Same mindless thinking on the police dept...police in the middle lane of a three lane one way road. He is stopped behind another car at a red light, there is a car on his left, and one on the right. The "squints", as we used to call the idiot office workers, demanded to know how he could have prevented being rear ended. After lots of problems he finally wrote in a report, "The driving officer could have previously taken flying lessons from Superman, then raised the car straight up." The squints left him alone after that.