Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don_from_AZ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Auto financing (Re: Pickup trucks for city boys) Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:32:15 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: <878qiwyfw0.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <7upholxkct.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3a335212be4bf77160e43da8f4e17a92"; logging-data="651657"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX193qBFPHNdfjRiwRIKyiJigk0tXNx7/kAA=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Nf6ljsx+4wK3zULm0VKbcz3bc5o= sha1:t9WvE70yrbacxBffJhtsWOkXiJs= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73033 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23568 rbowman writes: > > I think the first family car with seat belts was in '65. Seat belts just > like a race car! Considering they were only lap belts they may have been > worse than no belt. The best thing they were good for was keeping you > from sliding across the bench seat during spirited cornering. My > girlfriend knew what was coming when I told her to buckle up. > The main advantage of lap belts was that it is easier to find the bodies if they stay with the car during a rollover accident instead of being thrown willy-nilly out into the countryside. -- -Don_from_AZ-