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Old 04-15-2009, 10:04 AM   #37
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Old 04-15-2009, 12:42 PM   #38
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Seriously guys, we need to get out of the sterotype that SUVs are everywhere. They aren't anymore.

On a side note. The MBenz C-Class was introduced after the E-Class became larger. MBenz needed another entry level segment in the US. Back in the 80s, the E-Class (190E, aka w201), was small.
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Old 04-15-2009, 01:49 PM   #39
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And how many people have really gotten hurt on this site while driving their Yaris? ?
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Old 04-15-2009, 02:21 PM   #40
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Make sure you read Motor Trend's response. It's pretty good ...

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6494659/...ack/index.html
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Old 04-15-2009, 02:44 PM   #41
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Make sure you read Motor Trend's response. It's pretty good ...

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6494659/...ack/index.html
Have to agree - that was really well put.
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Old 04-15-2009, 03:30 PM   #42
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What a revelation! Ram a big car into a little car headon, and you're worse off in the little car! Whodathunkit?


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Old 04-15-2009, 04:01 PM   #43
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And how many people have really gotten hurt on this site while driving their Yaris? ?
I am curious about this as well. Between all the members on this site, past and present, and the real-world Yaris owners that I know, none of us has been significantly hurt in a collision, let alone dying from it.

In fact, the only helicopter ride I can recall wasn't even a collision but came from a teenage member that fully admitted he was driving like an ass and rolled his LB a few times on a deserted stretch of road.
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Old 04-15-2009, 04:10 PM   #44
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And how many people have really gotten hurt on this site while driving their Yaris? ?
I dunno - my side is still stiff in the morning after my crunch a couple of weeks ago.
OTOH, I have been getting used to the new 09 seats for the last week, and that could be helping.....
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Old 04-15-2009, 10:48 PM   #45
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If they want me in a mid-size or bigger car, then they better build me one that get's at least 40 mpg and costs under $16K. Yeah, that will happen!

Point is, there's a reason we want or have to buy small cars - cheap and efficient are two of the main reasons!
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Old 04-16-2009, 12:07 AM   #46
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Point is, there's a reason we want or have to buy small cars - cheap and efficient are two of the main reasons!
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Easy to park, and easy/fun to drive are also right up there IMO.
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Old 04-16-2009, 08:25 PM   #47
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Automotive deaths are now at the lowest point since 1961 in the U.S.
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Old 04-16-2009, 09:10 PM   #48
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Automotive deaths are now at the lowest point since 1961 in the U.S.
And sales/ownership of sub-compacts is at its highest. Strange, that
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Old 04-17-2009, 06:46 AM   #49
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Automotive deaths are now at the lowest point since 1961 in the U.S.
A large part of that is due to the fact people are driving less in the past year vs years previous, not just because cars are safer.
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