Also, less inertia means less initial power required to get a vehicle moving. ... From: Andre To: highefficiencyvehicles@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April...
That's most people. They want that high up feeling and all the luxury of that SUV, and I in my Honda Del Sol, must dodge them because they just enjoy whipping...
... wrote: "Related to safety, I don't get Pat's argument about the inertia: how can more inertia be better? I would think the opposite (less inertia means the...
100,000 to 200,000 miles? I'm on may way, my '95 Taurus Wagon has 154,000 miles on it and still runs pretty well. I've had to replace the exhaust system a...
My "significant other" drives a '97 civic that's getting a bit long in the tooth, by that standard. ~150k miles. Still runs flawlessly, passes smog w/o...
I've been watching various posts about the greatness of buying a new vehicle because of the "green" aspect that "all these new cars are so much better in the...
Good point, but it was answeed in one of my posts. The energy cost of making a car is around the same as using one years worth of fuel, in that car. So, if the...
There are so many "ifs" that I think the argument is completely an excercise of combating theories. As evidence, I offer my personal vehicle. When I ...
... to slow down when it encounters an obstacle. I believe the "Hypercar institute," however, maintains that what really kills and injures people is the...
... really ... car ... very ... and ... one ... race ... kinds ... The Hype Institute are ignoring the sad fact that most people die or are seriously injured...
... are seriously injured in multi vehicle accidents. It doesn't matter how many airbags you have in your 600 kg economy car, a 3 ton SUV will squash you like...
To better understand inertia better hit a 3 pound hammer with a claw hammer, then hit the claw hammer with the 3 pound hammer at the same speed. The smaller...
... To take this further, read Newtons laws of motion. They are the basis of most things going on in a car. Maybe Isaac Newton got it wrong. I don't think so. ...
I forgot to add, don't hit hammers together. They have been known to explode. Use softer heavy and light objects for the test, like a piece of wood and a...
... I'm clearly not going to win this one. And since no one's going to be making cars out of carbon fiber composite any time soon, nor will the average...
I've posted 3 graphs and an explanatory note showing what happens when Godzilla meets Tinkerbelle, or an SUV hits an economy vehicle in a head on collision. ...
I didn't mean to imply you were dim. I made the comments about Newtons laws of motion, as it seemed to me you were not giving them due consideration as a major...
I forgot to add, just because I disagree with your opinion, that does not mean that I disagree with your right to have and express it. Advancement comes out of...
OK -- I'm beginning to see the point, here. A big issue, as I see it, is the fact that the situation is NOT really analogous to either car slamming into a...
Good post Paul, you have picked up the important ideas. ... it's largely the deformation of the vehicle itself (firewalls crushing legs, pieces of the roof...
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/80g/80gii.html Says chest g is the best indicator ( I think). Keep the femur load below 1 ton, neck loads below...
Thanks, Greg, for your information, as always, and for your observation. Sorry, too, to Pat and Ed -- it seems to take me awhile to come around sometimes....
I have learned a lot within the few last posts. Safety, however, should no be limited to what happen during a crash. Since we are in a high efficiency vehicle,...
... each car is doing 20 mph in a head-on with equivalent mass vehicles? Not very likely, on the highway, it doesn't seem to me. Maybe anything else is fairly...
... identical vehicle that is also at 40 mph - it is a mirror image. Oh -- right. Same momentum, so the equivalent of a brick wall. Worse than a brick wall...
Here's a study (with an agenda) that shows the real life graph of crashes vs speed look at figures 2.1 and 4.1 in particular. 2.1 is a bit odd, it really needs...
hello all, sounds like there have been some lively discussions here during my recent (likely unnoticed) absence. I've just returned from a brief business trip...
... displacement? I'd thought that was why all their cars were underpowered. Original Citroen 2CVs were 400cc (I think -- maybe smaller) -- 2-cyl opposed, 12...
I was wrong. Rollovers were the main cause of fatalities in SUVs in the USA last year - 60 odd % of fatalities in SUVs occurred in rollovers. On the other hand...
The 2CV was designed before WWII, and built just after, with an air cooled flat twin. After ~ 40 years on the European roads, it was an icon. They even made a...
