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Originally posted by MidNiteBlu 5.0
I agree with what Mercury and Belle said. Pretty much any unibody car will have its doors shut closed from a big enough collision. This happened to someone at my school in his 80's s10 when he rear ended someone at like 25 mph. But i do agree that Ford could have done something about the fuel issue if they knew about it for so long. The press is always out to get the big stories that dont happen very often - sensationalism[U]
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I didn't agree with Mercury, in fact my feelings are the complete opposite. I believe the WHOLE POINT of the post has been missed. Dude, we all die..if you think someone is disagreeing with you on this..you need to check it.
Nevertheless, we are pissed because something that COULD have been avoided, and has happened before, hasnt been changed because of COST. Whatever the sensation value BON might have, the fact that fires caused in the Mustang II and Pinto were deemed to be from the same cause. That has been stated for many years before BON was even created. With all the punitive damages Ford was responsible for, you think they would have invested that in actually correcting the problem.
I'll "risk" my life on a sportbike, but I get pissed if my life is endangered because of some stupid, poorly thought-out design that COULD be improved...if they can spend time developing a blown Cobra, don't see what the big deal is about relocating a gas tank.
Personally, I don't think that 50 people is technically ALOT of motorists, but if even one of them could be solely blamed on the car igniting because of Ford's design...that's one too much, considering this isn't the first time they've messed up in this area.
Although I definetely WON'T sell my car because of it, I'll certainly rethink buying another Ford product.