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What is the story on the 740 C pillar weakness? 700

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Wed Jan 9 16:00 CST 2008
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I am a firefighter, and we have cut up a couple of hundred cars at drills over the last 25 years.

Last year, we cut up a couple of 240s, and the guys were really impressed, several said to mt "So THAT'S why you drive Volvos!"

One crew had occasion to cut up a 740 at another town's drill, and they complained about cutting the pillars. We seldom cut C pillars, and it is difficult for me to figure that they are anywhere as important as A and B pillars in an accident.

The Vanagon crash is interesting, but it is impossible to make any legitimate conclusion about the Volvo except that it did what it did. How did other cars fare in the same collision - MUCH WORSE? What?

What sort of collisions break C pillars?
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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '95 855, '95 854, the first three are mine, heh, heh, 435,000 miles put on 9 bricks






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