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Mar 13, 2005 | 11:33 PM

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Kestrel

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Originally Posted by Jafro

safety? Any sub-2400lb car with drum brakes is a tin can compared to everything else on the road no matter how many doors it has. It will lose in a crash-up derby. However, civics are totally harmless when used in accordance with state laws.

What do drum brakes have to do with it?

Mulak: When cars are designed, they are only safe up to a point. If you were to, say, smash a Civic or any similar small car in between two semis I guarantee the car is not going to survive. If you're looking for a really safe car, you probably need to get a bigger car. Or a truck.

Mar 13, 2005 | 11:45 PM

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RicoD

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i suggest a tank with the AWD civic engine....

h: thats safe...unless u get shot with a armor piercing missile

Mar 14, 2005 | 03:16 AM

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Jafro

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Originally Posted by Kestrel

What do drum brakes have to do with it?

Drum brakes don't make it any more or less of a tin can. Stopping distances are just longer on cars with drum brakes... making it a tin can that takes a little harder to stop despite its light weight, that's all.

Mar 14, 2005 | 05:49 AM

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Mulak

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Mulak: When cars are designed, they are only safe up to a point. If you were to, say, smash a Civic or any similar small car in between two semis I guarantee the car is not going to survive. If you're looking for a really safe car, you probably need to get a bigger car. Or a truck.[/QUOTE]

how about a honda cr-v?