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Sure, it got 5 stars, but look at what it had to protect? Just a ton, if even.
I was involved in a t-bone accident last year - the other party was driving a '99 Civic and blatantly ran a red, at 50 mph, while I was entering the intersection at 35mph. While the ratings showed her car to be "safe", the fact that both of them had to be carted away in an ambulance while I walked out, says otherwise. Blossom (I) was totalled ('79 245DL, with a mere 128k on the odo.), but she certainly saved me.
I'm not totally stuck on Volvo's. But for something that:
- doesn't look 20 years old (have ya noticed that most people can't tell the age of Volvo, because they look so similar throughout the years?)
- has a reputation for excellent safety
- is offered as a station wagon
- is RWD (my main requirement!)
... well, I've still yet to find a late model Caprice ('94-'96 only - none of that TBI crap, which combines the complexity of a FI system with the less-than-totally effecient design of a carburetor) that that I could afford that wasn't already beaten to a "beater".
You think Volvo plastics are bad, look at GM's ...
-- Kane
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