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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: accountclosed who wrote (90145)	3/8/2001 7:43:11 PM
From: JHP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

ho ho ho i asume ho ho ho do you invest like that?<G> buy mennen! lol

To: accountclosed who wrote (90145)	3/8/2001 8:24:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Ant, It isn't quite that simple as some models haven't had some tests. Out of 5 points is best, your M class has a 4 for driver front on crash, a 5 for the passenger, no test for side collision and a good for the offset barrier (good is the best rating on the offset barrier). A BMW 3 series tests 4 for both in front, no test in side and a good in offset. The 5 series has a good in the offset and no other tests. Volvos test mostly 5s and 4s when they are tested. However, the tests are flaky in some ways and it depends on which is newest. The front collision is at a certain speed and ratings are against other cars that size. The side ratings are across all sizes. So, a Honda Civic rates a 4 for front end, but that is only vs. a car that size. It rates a 5 on side collisions, which makes it one of the top cars. I love Civics, but that seems conter-logical to me. Basically, the European cars and very large Ford products test well, with just the Honda and Toyotas testing well amongst the Japanese cars. In the SUVs, the Toyota 4-Runner and your M Class test the best, though the M-Class is missing the side tests, as I've mentioned before. The Nissan Pathfinder and Honda CRV test well except for a marginal on the offset barrier. The main thing I noticed about the tests, and these are not done by Consumer Reports, but by NHTSA, is how many are incomplete. Honda Accord tested mostly 4s for last year, but the co. has toughened it up for this year, so I'm eager to see how those turn out. Also, I was a bit surprised at the o.k. tests on the Saturn, given all the ad space they have purchased talking about their safety.