Re: [OT] I won!

Date	2015-08-27 14:34 -0500
Subject	Re: [OT] I won!
From	George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID	<D204D08C.B87AF%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> (permalink)
References	(3 earlier) <D1FF6A35.B8574%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> <mrdaib$fpu$1@dont-email.me> <D201D67C.B864F%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> <250820150658415025%michelle@michelle.org> <D20382C2.B86F0%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>

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On 8/26/15 2:50 PM, in article D20382C2.B86F0%ghost_topper@hotmail.com,
"George Kerby" <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 8/25/15 8:58 AM, in article 250820150658415025%michelle@michelle.org,
> "Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> 
>> In article <D201D67C.B864F%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>, George Kerby
>> <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> The claims they make say that the so-called "tritium isolation cell"
>>>> (terminology may have changed since I paid attention a couple years ago
>>>> - I hope so... calling it "tritium" kicks in my gag reflex for some
>>>> reason I haven't been able to pin down) is among the strongest passenger
>>>> compartments ever designed. Supposedly designed so that just about
>>>> anything short of the mythical "slammed into a metal pancake between two
>>>> oncoming semis" crash would leave the passengers able to walk away - IF
>>>> they could get the doors open afterwards, that is...
>>>> 
>>>> True? Marketing hype? Something in between? You be the judge.
>>>> Personally, I think the darn things are too hideously ugly to be
>>>> permitted to exist.
>>> 
>>> I will be skeptical and wait for Consumer Reports or another independent
>>> testing firm to give non-skewed returns...
>> 
>> Consumer Reports has not tested the car since 2008.  However, the
>> Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gives it a rating of Good (its
>> highest rating) for moderate overlap front, side, and roof strength,
>> and acceptable for head restraints and seats.  Front crash prevention
>> is "Not Available".  Rollover gets three stars of five.
> 
> Wonder why the "Not Available"?
> 
> They don't realize that is the leading cause of death when oncoming drivers
> simply do not *see* things like tiny cars and motorbikes?!?
> 

Speaking of "Not Available", apparently the new Telsa is "Not Measurable"...

<http://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-model-s-p85d-breaks-consumer-reports-test-sc
ale/?ftag=CAD090e536&bhid=24686254383242002677574367529222>

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