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[cobia38]

you ever detonate one?  it's kinda fun....not the safest thing in the world... but fun none the less.........

  i been in the heavy collision field for 22 years, probly set off more airbags then a crash dummy 

[gyrene81]

  you kids and your muffler bearings     dont ya know the latest craze is repacking airbags   

lmao...i always wondered how they replaced one after it deployed...haven't cared enough to understand the full workings of the things either...i know it costs some serious cash to get one replaced.

[Flench]

yeah and I hear they some times do more damage to you than the crash ?

[Golfer]

That would really depend on the specific crash in which you'd be involved. You might get a few burns but a dead stop frontal impact at 40+ mph being survivable is pretty cool. That my little brother is still alive after having one is pretty nice as well.

Something that just "barely" triggers the deployment could. Personally, I will take the nylon rug burn.

[VonMessa]

That would really depend on the specific crash in which you'd be involved. You might get a few burns but a dead stop frontal impact at 40+ mph being survivable is pretty cool. That my little brother is still alive after having one is pretty nice as well.

Something that just "barely" triggers the deployment could. Personally, I will take the nylon rug burn.

As opposed to holding on, yourself?   

[Golfer]

I don't follow.    I'll take smacking into an airbag over the dashboard or steering wheel every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Oh, and...

Yeowza.

[CAP1]

yeah and I hear they some times do more damage to you than the crash ?

early airbags would burn some when they deployed. still better than kissing the steeriung wheel or windshield.

 modern airbags don't so often burn you. all airbags will mess you up pretty badly though, if you're too close. it's not the airbag itself though, but rather the cover over it.
 a friend was driving her frineds cadi.....she's only 5 foot tall........she got pretty well fubar'd from the cover....it ht her in the chest.

one other thing should be noted.....an airbag is nearly useless when you're not wearing your seatbelt. the lady that ho'd my mustang wasn't wearing her belt.....even with airbag deployment, she whacked the windshield.

[gyrene81]

airbag deployed and broke your wrist?    i know that had to hurt...  

i know i was lucky in my last collision...42mph t-boned a toyota camry with a ford escort station wagon...seat belts saved my face from the airbag and i took my hands off the steering wheel just milliseconds before impact...ended up with only a bruised chest...had to cut the seat belt to get out of the car...engine/transaxle crushed into the firewall and moved it into the compartment 3 inches...

i was doing close to 50 when the camry blew the stop sign on the cross street...then instead of hammering on the gas, the driver hit the brakes...it's amazing what the human brain does in a very short span of time when confronted with a dangerous situation...i heard myself say "oh hell, this is going to hurt"...   ...wasn't that bad, almost like getting punched...  

[CAP1]

airbag deployed and broke your wrist?    i know that had to hurt...  

i know i was lucky in my last collision...42mph t-boned a toyota camry with a ford escort station wagon...seat belts saved my face from the airbag and i took my hands off the steering wheel just milliseconds before impact...ended up with only a bruised chest...had to cut the seat belt to get out of the car...engine/transaxle crushed into the firewall and moved it into the compartment 3 inches...

i was doing close to 50 when the camry blew the stop sign on the cross street...then instead of hammering on the gas, the driver hit the brakes...it's amazing what the human brain does in a very short span of time when confronted with a dangerous situation...i heard myself say "oh hell, this is going to hurt"...   ...wasn't that bad, almost like getting punched...  

ford's been using this amazing little thing called a "pre-tensioner". it's a small explosive charge that goes off when an impact is sensed.....and it pulls the seatbelt tight.

[gyrene81]

ford's been using this amazing little thing called a "pre-tensioner". it's a small explosive charge that goes off when an impact is sensed.....and it pulls the seatbelt tight.

really? never felt it happen...may have been a disconnect of the brain but...i was pushing myself into the back of the seat anyway and the headrest was positioned properly.

[VonMessa]

airbag deployed and broke your wrist?    i know that had to hurt...  

i know i was lucky in my last collision...42mph t-boned a toyota camry with a ford escort station wagon...seat belts saved my face from the airbag and i took my hands off the steering wheel just milliseconds before impact...ended up with only a bruised chest...had to cut the seat belt to get out of the car...engine/transaxle crushed into the firewall and moved it into the compartment 3 inches...

i was doing close to 50 when the camry blew the stop sign on the cross street...then instead of hammering on the gas, the driver hit the brakes...it's amazing what the human brain does in a very short span of time when confronted with a dangerous situation...i heard myself say "oh hell, this is going to hurt"...   ...wasn't that bad, almost like getting punched...  

Nope.

1986 Ford Ranger, no air bag.  

That was seatbelt, and sheer force of will holding me from going through the windshield.  

Wrist gave out before seat belt and sheer force of will, although I had to cut my seatbelt off as the engine was halfway inside the cab and there was fuel everywhere...  Head on @ 45-50 mph with a conversion van making a left turn across my lane of traffic.   

At the time, I was wondering why the hell it was so hard to cut through the belt.  I guess it helps when one's wrist is still attached to the end of one's arm

[CAP1]

really? never felt it happen...may have been a disconnect of the brain but...i was pushing myself into the back of the seat anyway and the headrest was positioned properly.

 you more than likely wouldn't feel it. it goes off milliseconds before the airbag.......

[VonMessa]

you more than likely wouldn't feel it. it goes off milliseconds before the airbag.......

I was reading about that.  Pretty neat device.

Wish my Ford had both at the time   

[CAP1]

I was reading about that.  Pretty neat device.

Wish my Ford had both at the time   

 i was doing nearly 45mph when the saturn crossed and whacked me ho. i had seatbelt on, but an 89 mustang doesn't have any airbags. i didn't stiffen up though. that's the key. most people that don't get thrown out of their car in an accident get hurt from going stiff.........that's when things break.

[VonMessa]

i was doing nearly 45mph when the saturn crossed and whacked me ho. i had seatbelt on, but an 89 mustang doesn't have any airbags. i didn't stiffen up though. that's the key. most people that don't get thrown out of their car in an accident get hurt from going stiff.........that's when things break.

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