1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:42 -0500, John H
wrote:


We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

A lot of us thought that both we and the cars were indestructible.
:-)

I knew a young lady who hit a tree with a Chevy of about that vintage.
Both she and the car were badly messed up. The column of the
steering wheel pushed right back into the driver's compartment and
kind of wrapped the steering wheel around her head. She survived
fortunately but was badly hurt.

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On 2/27/11 6:30 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:42 -0500, John
wrote:


We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

A lot of us thought that both we and the cars were indestructible.
:-)

I knew a young lady who hit a tree with a Chevy of about that vintage.
Both she and the car were badly messed up. The column of the
steering wheel pushed right back into the driver's compartment and
kind of wrapped the steering wheel around her head. She survived
fortunately but was badly hurt.



I have a college friend who had a '59 Chevy and lived out past Garden
City, Kansas. Traveling home on one college break, he hit a steer. The
car was totaled and he nearly was, too. He spent months and months in
the hospital and in plastic surgery reconstruction. When he returned the
following fall, he was unrecognizable to all of us. The surgeons did OK
by him, but he was a totally different looking guy.

Oh, the steer was totaled, too.

I doubt any car would survive a direct frontal hit at speed with a
mature feedlot steer.

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On Feb 27, 5:52*pm, Harryk wrote:
On 2/27/11 6:30 PM, Wayne.B wrote:



On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:42 -0500, John
wrote:

We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

A lot of us thought that both we and the cars were indestructible.
:-)

I knew a young lady who hit a tree with a Chevy of about that vintage.
Both she and the car were badly messed up. * The column of the
steering wheel pushed right back into the driver's compartment and
kind of wrapped the steering wheel around her head. *She survived
fortunately but was badly hurt.

I have a college friend who had a '59 Chevy and lived out past Garden
City, Kansas. Traveling home on one college break, he hit a steer. The
car was totaled and he nearly was, too. He spent months and months in
the hospital and in plastic surgery reconstruction. When he returned the
following fall, he was unrecognizable to all of us. The surgeons did OK
by him, but he was a totally different looking guy.

Oh, the steer was totaled, too.

I doubt any car would survive a direct frontal hit at speed with a
mature feedlot steer.

Harry, white tails are bad enough, but get this. The ILLinois Dept. of
Conservation is thinking on turning Elk lose in my state. Can you
imagine hitting one of those? The car would whack it's legs out from
under it and all that venison (usually over 500 lb. for a mature one)
comes right through the windshield....

not a pretty thought.

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On Feb 27, 3:51Â*pm, John H wrote:
We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

Oh man!

Creamed o0ut a vintage chevy! Looked like it was in good shape too!

I like the comments:

"The Batmobile never had a chance against the Riddlers rental car."

"Even still, the Bel Air was safer "back in the day" as the driver
wasn't texting from his iPhone while listening to Cold Play as the GPS
barked out voice commands to the nearest Jamba Juice."

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On Feb 27, 5:30*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:42 -0500, John H
wrote:



We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

A lot of us thought that both we and the cars were indestructible.
:-)

I knew a young lady who hit a tree with a Chevy of about that vintage.
Both she and the car were badly messed up. * The column of the
steering wheel pushed right back into the driver's compartment and
kind of wrapped the steering wheel around her head. *She survived
fortunately but was badly hurt.

And that was a reason for putting the key on the steering column
instead of the dash. people would get in a wreck and literally have
the key driven into their knee cap,

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On 2/27/11 8:16 PM, Tim wrote:
On Feb 27, 5:52 pm, wrote:
On 2/27/11 6:30 PM, Wayne.B wrote:



On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:42 -0500, John
wrote:

We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

A lot of us thought that both we and the cars were indestructible.
:-)

I knew a young lady who hit a tree with a Chevy of about that vintage.
Both she and the car were badly messed up. The column of the
steering wheel pushed right back into the driver's compartment and
kind of wrapped the steering wheel around her head. She survived
fortunately but was badly hurt.

I have a college friend who had a '59 Chevy and lived out past Garden
City, Kansas. Traveling home on one college break, he hit a steer. The
car was totaled and he nearly was, too. He spent months and months in
the hospital and in plastic surgery reconstruction. When he returned the
following fall, he was unrecognizable to all of us. The surgeons did OK
by him, but he was a totally different looking guy.

Oh, the steer was totaled, too.

I doubt any car would survive a direct frontal hit at speed with a
mature feedlot steer.

Harry, white tails are bad enough, but get this. The ILLinois Dept. of
Conservation is thinking on turning Elk lose in my state. Can you
imagine hitting one of those? The car would whack it's legs out from
under it and all that venison (usually over 500 lb. for a mature one)
comes right through the windshield....

not a pretty thought.

Roadkill, human and otherwise. :)

1959 Bel Air versus 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
 

On Feb 27, 8:32*pm, Harryk wrote:
On 2/27/11 8:16 PM, Tim wrote:



On Feb 27, 5:52 pm, *wrote:
On 2/27/11 6:30 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:42 -0500, John
wrote:

We had a '59 Chevy when I was in high school. I'm sure glad I didn't have a head
on with the 2009 Malibu.

Damn, I thought those old cars were tanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

A lot of us thought that both we and the cars were indestructible.
:-)

I knew a young lady who hit a tree with a Chevy of about that vintage..
Both she and the car were badly messed up. * The column of the
steering wheel pushed right back into the driver's compartment and
kind of wrapped the steering wheel around her head. *She survived
fortunately but was badly hurt.

I have a college friend who had a '59 Chevy and lived out past Garden
City, Kansas. Traveling home on one college break, he hit a steer. The
car was totaled and he nearly was, too. He spent months and months in
the hospital and in plastic surgery reconstruction. When he returned the
following fall, he was unrecognizable to all of us. The surgeons did OK
by him, but he was a totally different looking guy.

Oh, the steer was totaled, too.

I doubt any car would survive a direct frontal hit at speed with a
mature feedlot steer.

Harry, white tails are bad enough, but get this. The ILLinois Dept. of
Conservation is thinking on turning Elk lose in my state. *Can you
imagine hitting one of those? The car would whack it's legs out from
under it and all that venison (usually over 500 lb. for a mature one)
comes right through the windshield....

not a pretty thought.

Roadkill, human and otherwise. *:)

yepper!