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Old 08-31-2008, 01:08 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Here's what I take issue with...

Since Trucks and Utes haven't been selling, manufacturers have to pimp their "safety". I just witnessed BMW's latest scheme to sell the X3 Somewhat Useless Vehicle:

A crash advert featuring actual survivors of a crash in an X3 and an image of NOT the actual vehicle crashed (a mother and her newborn child -- a heart-tugging yarn). My guess is they hand a fender-bender (to avoid false advertising).

I'll take the safety of a properly designed subcompact over an SUV any day. Playing on the ill-informed public is dirty pool, IMO.

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