The "What Do you drive?" thread....

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Username1

The pinto, Ford, got a bad rap on the gas tank not because it burst into flames at relatively low speed crashes, but mostly for the fact that ford disregarded the lives of their customers when it was revealed they knew about the potential for fires in their own tests. And that for less than $12.00 per car they could have used different bolts, and possibly a shield to keep the tank from getting punctured, and gas spraying in a way to make the fire worse.... The car itself, I liked, but it was no great car and deteriorated quite quickly, like the other american cars of the time.....

When you consider how many were actually made, its hard to believe you almost can't find one on the road today.... But there are actually K-cars running around, even though the pinto had about 1 million more sold in their production run...

Yeah, apparently, FoMoCo learnt NOTHING from the Chevy Corvair debacle from about 10 yrs before that...You remember, how the Corvair would flip at relatively slow speeds, but if they'd installed a $15 sway bar on 'em, it pretty much solved the problem ? Sometimes, I REALLY think the car companies SHOULD have been allowed to go under..