bad inner tie rod

[cobia38]

  If your seatbelt tension and seat distance from steering wheel is proper,then you shouldent get more then some slight bruising.
  Its designed so that your body moving forward actually forces the burnt gasses out the vent holes in the back of the bag after deployment.
  That said, if you impact the bag while its still expanding, then you get hurt.

[gyrene81]

  If your seatbelt tension and seat distance from steering wheel is proper,then you shouldent get more then some slight bruising.
  Its designed so that your body moving forward actually forces the burnt gasses out the vent holes in the back of the bag after deployment.
  That said, if you impact the bag while its still expanding, then you get hurt.

  ya, i see the steering wheel huggers driving down the road every day and laugh to myself...some don't have much choice due to genetics but the rest...if they only knew.

[CAP1]

  If your seatbelt tension and seat distance from steering wheel is proper,then you shouldent get more then some slight bruising.
  Its designed so that your body moving forward actually forces the burnt gasses out the vent holes in the back of the bag after deployment.
  That said, if you impact the bag while its still expanding, then you get hurt.

that, and the covering.......like i said..my friend sits too close, 'cause she's short. the cover is what hit her in the chest.

[Dimebag]

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.

everybody uses this these days, not just Ford. 

[Shamus]

Last time I had an airbag deploy it ruined a perfectly good cigar...I hate those damned things.

shamus

[CAP1]

Last time I had an airbag deploy it ruined a perfectly good cigar...I hate those damned things.

shamus

WHEN I used to drive a tow truck, i towed a LOT of neons that were totaled not by the accident itself, but because the deployment of the airbags blew out all of the windows. this caused enough increase in repair cost to total the car.

[Dimebag]

airbags do total way too many cars 

[Jayhawk]

airbags do total way too many cars 

I'm going to say this is one of those trade-offs that is worth it.

[CAP1]

I'm going to say this is one of those trade-offs that is worth it.

yea it is.

 there is one downside to all of the safety features installed in modern cars though.


 people tend to push limits. they figure since this stuff is there, that they don't have to pay attention to what they're doing as much as they used to.......mercedes is worst. if you've seen the commercials with the lady saying "i didn't realize i was drifting iinto the other lane" or the guy saying " i didn't realize that the truck in front of me stopped short"....and they all say their mercedes did. well? guess what? they SHOULD have realized these things. if they couldn't or didn't then they shouldn't be driving.

[Widewing]

WHEN I used to drive a tow truck, i towed a LOT of neons that were totaled not by the accident itself, but because the deployment of the airbags blew out all of the windows. this caused enough increase in repair cost to total the car.

Used Neons... Scratch the paint and it's a write-off.  

(Assuming the paint hasn't already peeled off)

[DREDIOCK]

 "it isn't bad yet, but it's going to be bad soon"....  

i'm very selective with who touches my car...after more than 35 years working on my own cars, the only reason i look for a mechanic is to do work i don't have the equipment for...if i hear, feel or smell anything out of whack i'll check it myself...then take it to my favorite shop and "get a second opinion"...if the parts need to be replaced, i buy my own and have the shop do the work.

unfortunately, most people wouldn't know a fuel injector from a muffler bearing...and dealer service departments are experts at selling muffler bearings.

Muffler bearings. Is that anything like a beam stretcher? Or a left handed sky hook?

[gyrene81]

Muffler bearings. Is that anything like a beam stretcher? Or a left handed sky hook?

...exactly

[DREDIOCK]

...exactly

Cant tell ya how many times I've sent some rookie to this person or that for a beam stretcher.
I had the left handed skyhook pulled on my when I was ear wet. But I didnt fall for it. Gotta remember the metric crescent wrench. Thats on I can pull on my son. LMAO

[CAP1]

one of our favorites is to see if we can get a parts guy looking for a radiator for a corvair, 

[gyrene81]

oh, we had the 4 foot ground guide for vehicle movement...10 gallon can of back blast...50 gallon barrels of muzzle wash and prop wash...ignition keys for the jeep or the tank...the 5 ton fork wrench...various howitzer modulators...the track key link...several other non existent objects.

my favorite came from a squid corpsman...50 feet of fallopian tubing