By Paul on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 05:21 am: Edit

Someone was asking about how well Discos hold up in a crash. Well I ran across the Insurance Institute for HIghway Safety web site at: http://www.hwysafety.org/ that has ratings for both Disco series.

Disco 1: http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/96003.htm

Disco2: http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/99010.htm

By gp (Garrett) on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 10:49 am: Edit

i posted this a while back, but i hit a tree head on doing 45 dead center (bad choice of words) and walked away with a banged up knee (i'm 6'-3") and head. (good thing the roof liner comes down low!!) no roof line deformation or anything like on these links. then again mine was not an offset crash. (yeah....like i planned it that way)

By Bud on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 02:15 am: Edit

Good to hear you did OK. I'm feeling ill looking at the pix, though. Do I even want to know how the tree got in front of you?

Bud

By gp (Garrett) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 03:48 am: Edit

nope. you really don't. well at least i don't think you do. actually just driving to damn fast on a tiny dirt road that i was very unfamiliar with in vermont. not the way i use to go home, but my roomate insisted. but when i went back the following day to recount the incident the tree i hit was the only thing there to hit in the bend in the road. my luck of course. well i am happier with my '96 now anyway. could have been a lot worse and we are pretty damn lucky. we were all (3) buckled in. even the guy in the back.

By Joe on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 04:35 am: Edit

As I mention in a thread above, If you are looking for a visual, www.copartfinder.com has many many pics of mangled Discos.

By Stephen on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 07:19 am: Edit

this does not look good....
http://www.copartfinder.com/pix/20001120/06927260_1X.jpg

By Anonymous on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 07:51 am: Edit

I can fix that.



Anyone want a disco convertable?

By Spicole on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 07:53 am: Edit

my old man's got a wicked set of tools

By gp (Garrett) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 07:55 am: Edit

yeah i was checking those out too. there are some pretty nasty ones in there making my accident look like a door ding. i even saw a few in there where the airbags did not open. in some cases i know that is a good thing. like when i hit a deer doing 80 in a volvo 850. but in some of those LR pics i think they should have.

By gp (Garrett) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 08:00 am: Edit

'well make up your mind....is he going to shit or is he going to kill you.' 'firsts he gonna shit, then he's gonna kill me.'

sure wish i had that 6.6 litre V-8 in my truck!! and maybe even that sweeeeeet hood decal.

By Andy Nix (Andy) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 08:46 am: Edit

Looks like the series II isn't NEAR as safe as SI.

Cool.

By Blue Gill (Bluegill) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 09:05 am: Edit

a big flaming firebird on the hood would be very cool...but you'd have to have that engine to back it up...

I love it when they roll out of the smoke-filled van before school

By gp (Garrett) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 09:17 am: Edit

a few of my favs from the movie:

"got any ice-T?" (just before the pool house)

"i gotta go Stacey" (pool house scene)

"all i need is a cool buzz and some tastey waves"

"that's a really nice jacket" (dugout scence)

"are you really 18" ......."yeah......yeah i really am" (god i love that one!!!)

"doesn't anybody fucking knock anymore!" (bathroom scene looking out window)

i really have too much time today.

By Blue Gill (Bluegill) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 12:04 pm: Edit

Youuuuuuuuuu DICK!

By Crash Test Bob on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 12:39 pm: Edit