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Postby ollieboy » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:32 pm

Which car do you think would come out of an accident in the best condition and the occupants more likely to survive if they both hit each other in a head on collision at 100km/h.

Both cars are the latest model available.

A. Toyota Camry Sportiva
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B. Holden Commodore sedan.

Pretty random question I know but I drove both of these cars this week and noticed a huge difference in both of them and was wondering what you guys would think.

They are both rental cars as well so they are the fastest cars on earth. :P
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Postby flygt4 » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:38 pm

i think there is a compilation of crash test results available somewhere isnt there? iv seen the ad on tv for it. look out for the ad i guess , or search , or sum1 might be able to link to it.
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Postby ollieboy » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:48 pm

flygt4 wrote:i think there is a compilation of crash test results available somewhere isnt there? iv seen the ad on tv for it. look out for the ad i guess , or search , or sum1 might be able to link to it.


Yeah, I found one but it doesnt have brand new cars listed yet.
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Postby Malcolm » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:01 pm

well since you have access to both cars....how about a little experiment? Nothing like real world testing to get real answers :)
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Postby flygt4 » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:30 pm

i say we use aw11's as the target they can hit headon :D they substitute nicely for bricks :wink:
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Postby Mr.Phreak » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:39 pm

Since the Commodore badge covers a fair range of cars...kinda hard to judge but I'd take the Camry
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Postby Malcolm » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:09 pm

flygt4 wrote:i say we use aw11's as the target they can hit headon :D they substitute nicely for bricks :wink:

Have you been taking crazy pills? The AW11 would act like a giant moving ramp and sent the cars hundreds of metres into the air - hang on that could be pretty cool :D
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Postby flygt4 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:53 am

hahaha doooo it :D
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Postby fuel » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:58 am

The commonwhore for sure. It is a tank of a car.
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Postby bad20v » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:19 am

The one with the most stickers. :P
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:26 am

go the camry. the comode is an older design.

but to be honest there prob wont be much in it, both are designed to world standards.



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Re: Which car would win

Postby RunningRich » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:40 pm

ollieboy wrote:Which car do you think would come out of an accident in the best condition and the occupants more likely to survive if they both hit each other in a head on collision at 100km/h.


If you hit head on at 100kph you are all dead, so it doesn't really matter which one!!
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Re: Which car would win

Postby Malcolm » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:10 pm

RunningRich wrote:
ollieboy wrote:Which car do you think would come out of an accident in the best condition and the occupants more likely to survive if they both hit each other in a head on collision at 100km/h.


If you hit head on at 100kph you are all dead, so it doesn't really matter which one!!


Sure I does. I wouldn't want to be seen dead in a Commodore.
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Postby 86_rolla » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:20 pm

mmmmm gotta love the new sportive gauges??. I think they were on the latest sportivo. they click round so that ure needle is always pointing up weather ure in a 50 or 100 k area
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Re: Which car would win

Postby muff|n » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:48 pm

All_Fours wrote:
RunningRich wrote:
ollieboy wrote:Which car do you think would come out of an accident in the best condition and the occupants more likely to survive if they both hit each other in a head on collision at 100km/h.


If you hit head on at 100kph you are all dead, so it doesn't really matter which one!!


Sure I does. I wouldn't want to be seen dead in a Commodore.


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Postby barryogen » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:36 pm

86_rolla wrote:mmmmm gotta love the new sportive gauges??. I think they were on the latest sportivo. they click round so that ure needle is always pointing up weather ure in a 50 or 100 k area


so needle always points up and gauge moves round?

or am I thinking of this in the wrong way.
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Postby flygt4 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:28 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:jeremy.... dont you be getting and ideas! :evil:


hmm between you and malcolm we'll have two ramps :P then we could jump the commy and camry into each other :wink:
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Postby 86_rolla » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:10 pm

barryogen wrote:
86_rolla wrote:mmmmm gotta love the new sportive gauges??. I think they were on the latest sportivo. they click round so that ure needle is always pointing up weather ure in a 50 or 100 k area


so needle always points up and gauge moves round?

or am I thinking of this in the wrong way.


yeh like when u change from a 50 kph to a 100 kph the numbers click round so instead of having 50kmph at the 12 o'clock position 100kph will be there
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Postby CozmoNz » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:16 pm

My moneys on the commodore, more meat on those bones....
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Postby Si » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:34 pm

the camrys are fwd eh, so its a tough one.
forcing an engine/gbox etc back into the car the opposite way everything is designed,

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forcing a engine back wards into the car the way its mounted ie N>S.......
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