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Sunswipe posted:"We may have installed a frag grenade in your steering wheel that detonates in the event of a crash. Please drive accordingly." I dunno, some people are just do-it-yourselfers. 
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the kentucky quid posted:I drove a car for five years with no airbag, subframe and my lanky loving rear end would hit the roof every time I hit a pothole. Stop being such a baby OP. great av/post combo
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goat manilla posted:We brought my wife's Honda in 4 or 5 years ago after piles of mail demanding that we do. When I finally made the trek they said, "lmao psych! Yours if fine!" You can go to the NHTSA and look up your VIN to see if it's already been done https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls
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JK Fresco posted:You can go to the NHTSA and look up your VIN to see if it's already been done Yep. I brought my 05 Corolla to a Toyota dealership and they did it for free.
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Feb 3, 2020 18:41
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Lol if your massive folds and impressive girth don't fill the cabin with huge fat filled flesh pillows and the smell of stale Doritos in the event of a crash, cushioning your feeble skeleton within your giant, blob like exterior.
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Feb 3, 2020 18:42
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My last car didn't even have airbags- I woulda died in a 20mph collision like in the 1950s, not like in the luxurious modern era where you can slam into something at 70 and still walk away if the claymore mine in your steering wheel doesn't get ya.
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https://youtu.be/IA2EBWFCULg
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frogge posted:My last car didn't even have airbags- I woulda died in a 20mph collision like in the 1950s, not like in the luxurious modern era where you can slam into something at 70 and still walk away if the claymore mine in your steering wheel doesn't get ya. It’s amazing how different your approach to driving is when you are gonna get loving destroyed by any gently caress up by anyone on the road
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Feb 3, 2020 19:52
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survive? why would I want to do that?!
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Wamdoodle posted:survive? why would I want to do that?!  Trade in your car for a motorcycle. Add explosive ordinance if you are hardcore nuff.
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Feb 3, 2020 20:30
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Colonel Cancer posted:
Honestly I ride a motorbike now and I’d chose the bike over my dinky 80s VW hatchback for safety any day. My legs aren’t instantly breaking from my own engine being forced through the firewall during any small impact collision on my bike.
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Feb 3, 2020 20:44
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I always thought it was weird my steering wheel had “front toward enemy” printed on it.
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Convex posted:
It’s funny if you imagine it like a cartoon and instead of metal debris that will kill you it is just confetti and glitter that flies out. That’s after it saves you of course. Zamboni Rodeo posted:I dunno, some people are just do-it-yourselfers.
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Feb 3, 2020 21:16
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We got lucky and have two of the oddball Toyotas that don't use these airbags. I would just try not to get in a wreck in the first place, op.
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I like how when this specific recall came out there wasn’t a fix for it. So people had to assume this apparent risk for close to 4 years before a replacement was available. “We don’t have a working solution, but we’re going to get a bunch of government money to make one and then start a letter writing and propaganda campaign that shames YOU for being a negligent rear end in a top hat and putting your families life in danger, please, we’re begging you to get the recall so America can sue Japanese manufacturing facilities and demand the insertion of CIA moles as safety inspectors because USDOT literally wants to act as a catalyst for WWIII on the basis of a bogus and unfounded scientific assertion that anyone with a 7th grade comprehension of science should be able to dispel.”
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Zamboni Rodeo posted:I dunno, some people are just do-it-yourselfers.
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:I like how when this specific recall came out there wasn’t a fix for it. So people had to assume this apparent risk for close to 4 years before a replacement was available. “We don’t have a working solution, but we’re going to get a bunch of government money to make one and then start a letter writing and propaganda campaign that shames YOU for being a negligent rear end in a top hat and putting your families life in danger, please, we’re begging you to get the recall so America can sue Japanese manufacturing facilities and demand the insertion of CIA moles as safety inspectors because USDOT literally wants to act as a catalyst for WWIII on the basis of a bogus and unfounded scientific assertion that anyone with a 7th grade comprehension of science should be able to dispel.” The best part is actually that when the recall came out, subaru decided to replace all the takata inflators with new takata inflators. Now they finally have a non-takata replacement, so apparently I have to take my 280,000 mile outback back to the loving dealer to have the new, finally not-a-frag-grenade passenger airbag installed. I wouldn't be surprised if other people that "already had it done" get the same "oops actually this time we have real replacements" letter I did. Or maybe other mfgs actually did the recall right the first time?
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Also, if y'all don't remember this lil takata gem, take a moment to read up: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-takata-blast/truck-carrying-takata-air-bag-materials-explodes-in-texas-killing-one-idUSKCN1140NJ They had to ID that poor lady by loving dental records. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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Feb 3, 2020 23:20
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The best part is actually that when the recall came out, subaru decided to replace all the takata inflators with new takata inflators. Yeah really the whole problem to begin with was just for one person and it was “your tampered with battery post will likely snap in a head on collision and your airbags will not deploy but hey at least you didn’t get shrapnel in you so we kinda were helping out” as 40 cars try to commit insurance fraud when you drive 10 miles down the road by pulling out in front of you or suddenly stopping in the left turn lane with a corner of their car sticking out. They wanted to have a preemptive excuse for a wreck they were planning to cause.
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Feb 3, 2020 23:26
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The warehouse had a mix-up and sent exit bags instead of airbags 
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Feb 3, 2020 23:27
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if i let them doodle with my passenger airbag in my matrix a year or two ago, do i need to let them do it again? got another notice, but no idea if its a new thing or they just have to send them out forever
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Feb 3, 2020 23:31
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does that count as dying in action? I demand a soldier's funeral if I get IED'ed in my own car
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Play posted:does that count as dying in action? I demand a soldier's funeral if I get IED'ed in my own car You shall ride into Valhalla shiny and chrome
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Feb 3, 2020 23:45
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There's nothing improvised about that explosive device, it works as intended.
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Feb 3, 2020 23:47
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My favorite part of this so far has been how it comes out in spurts. Like my Acura it was my passenger airbag, then my driver side airbag 6-8 months later. Now my Toyota 4Runner has had the passenger airbag done, and rumor has it my driver's side will fall under this one too. 4th times a charm on death I guess
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Feb 3, 2020 23:52
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Can we just get it over with and add airbag in the preventative maintenance section of the manual. At least then maybe they'll have replacements in stock without having to go through the dealers telephone menu made to frustrate away any and all people calling about a recall.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The best part is actually that when the recall came out, subaru decided to replace all the takata inflators with new takata inflators. The issue with the Takata inflators materialized as they aged, there was no issue with a new out of the box unit which is why they went into so many cars and passed all the safety tests. From a liability perspective it made complete sense to just swap out the aged out units for the same one but new until a solution was found, but I think all parties involved did an extremely poor job of explaining the rationale behind it.
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I'm sort of glad that my airbag might actually shred me like a face full of buckshot or save my life in a crash. I guess it balances out my chakras er something.
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Feb 4, 2020 00:56
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I worked at a Honda dealership in 2015 removing Takata directed fragmentation anti-personnel mines from cars. They were still installing them on new vehicles, long after the recall started.
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Feb 4, 2020 01:15
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The danger zone is "inside the car"?
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A Russian troll farm posted:I worked at a Honda dealership in 2015 removing Takata directed fragmentation anti-personnel mines from cars. They were still installing them on new vehicles, long after the recall started. How quick was the job, ended up discussing this because the service girl made it seem like it was an all day job when I thought it probably was like one guy in the shop that just specialized it and it was a couple of hours.
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Feb 4, 2020 01:47
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I get 2 of these warnings in the mail every day and have for at least a year but I ain't doing poo poo about it.
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just replace the danger zone with safety zone and you're good
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I bought an old Dodge Neon for $350 once. The trunk interior had to be ripped out due to mold. The overhead lamp was filled with dead bugs. The best thing about the car though was that there was a bad electrical connection, and the dash lights would randomly shut off. I would have to beat the poo poo out of the dashboard until they came back on, but one good bump and I was in the dark doing 70 or so.
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Pick posted:The danger zone is "inside the car"? Duh that's why you don't wear your seatbelt so in event of collision you are safely thrown out of the danger zone and into the safety zone.
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seatbelts???? you mean PUSSY STRAPS!
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Hammerite posted:Excuse me Charles, this is the Lil Swamp Booger Baby rear end in a top hat Megathread. I must insist that you please, by all means, continue to post about Tesla here. I'd rather that this was the bird with big dick thread.
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