Which car for sixteen year old?

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R51reed said:
<<
One more important thing I forgot is the following: Regarding air bags, all
Volvos up to roughly 2000, have a sticker on the side on the door stipulating
the date at which the air bags must be changed. For example, on my '93 240, it
says 2003. When Volvo cars were produced under the ownership of Volvo, air
bags were deemed to be good enough or 10 years. Replacing a single front air
bag will set you back ~$2K (rough approximation - could be much higher or
slightly less -depending on model). >>

Has ANYONE ever replaced their airbag routinely?? I have a 1990 745T and have
never considered replacing mine......Just wondering.

Never replaced one, personally I'd just yank it and install a steering wheel
from a similar model that came without the automatic nose-breaker.
 
Sure you are not concerned, your air bag is less than 10 yrs old! Eh!
Eh!


[Nobody] (Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:42:12 GMT):
Personally, I'm not concerned about the air bag not deploying when
needed. What REALLY concern me, is the deployment of the bag at
random. It has happened at least once. The person posted his story
somewhere on the net.

If I recall correctly, the car involved was a 740 and was more than 10
yr old. The daughter opened the driver door, sat on the seat and
started the car. The bag deployed and got the daughter to hospital.
I think nothing was broken, but it was apparently very bloody...

I'm not concerned.. One out of how many airbags made for volvo?
 
Revision took place under Ford ownership and management.

Found
On
Road,
Dead!

;-)
 
Who want to spend a few $Ks on replacing something that is not broken
on a vehicle that is more than 10 yrs old??? And which might not
really make any difference, like in roll over and side impacts...
protection.

P.S. Regarding ABS, air bags, DSTC, and whatever gadgets they can
come up with, has any of you realized that the number of deaths and
injuries due to car accidents has been going up, not down???

People get all emotional about the ~3,000 dead at the 9/11 events, but
it only took about 6 months in the U.S.A. alone, to kill as many
people in car accidents!

I guess "what you don't see don't hurt you", eh?
 
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