Adding Yaris Side Airbags

side airbags are about only as good as fast as the person hits you...

its not possible to have them installed in your car for a reasonable
amount...




wrote in message

> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
> that would cost.
>
> Thanks!
>
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To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
Toyotas parts and labor prices

Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car, side
air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary objective you
should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an Avalon
or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family

mike
wrote in message

> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
> that would cost.
>
> Thanks!
>
 >> Stay informed about: Adding Yaris Side Airbags 

"Mike Hunter" wrote in message

> To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
> electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
> Toyotas parts and labor prices
>
> Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car,
> side air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary
> objective you should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and
> midsize SUV, an Avalon or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family

Except that is not true at all. You come up with this argument all of the
time. The fact is more people are going to smaller cars and that means there
are more smaller cars on the road. Which means he is less likely to get
pummeled by some gas hog like you who cannot tell what a red light is
because hes reading the paper while pissing in the comode of his rv sized
car...
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Mike Hunter wrote:
> To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
> electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
> Toyotas parts and labor prices
>
> Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car, side
> air bags will make a difference?

Actually, they do. Cars with side airbags get better safety ratings and
have occupants who are less likely to be seriously injured in a
side-impact car.

> If safety was your primary objective you
> should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an Avalon
> or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family

Is the death rate of occupants less for these vehicles? If so, please
prove it.

jeff

> mike
> wrote in message
>
>> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
>> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
>> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
>> that would cost.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>
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Lets just all agree that we're dead anyway and might as well ride
motorcycles. Like my classic 84 Suzuki, which can be had on ebay right
now, item # 300120456238. Who needs airbags when you can smoke anything on
four wheels while wearing leather pants?
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:13:51 -0400, qslim wrote:

> Lets just all agree that we're dead anyway and might as well ride
> motorcycles. Like my classic 84 Suzuki, which can be had on ebay right
> now, item # 300120456238. Who needs airbags when you can smoke anything on
> four wheels while wearing leather pants?


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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:11:47 -0400, "Mike Hunter"
wrote:

>To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
>electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
>Toyotas parts and labor prices
>
>Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car, side
>air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary objective you
>should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an Avalon
>or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family


No car is safe if you are hit by a semi truck.

My advice would be to become a defensive driver....


>mike
> wrote in message
>
>> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
>> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
>> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
>> that would cost.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
--
Scott in Florida
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:00:04 GMT, Hachiroku ????
wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:13:51 -0400, qslim wrote:
>
>> Lets just all agree that we're dead anyway and might as well ride
>> motorcycles. Like my classic 84 Suzuki, which can be had on ebay right
>> now, item # 300120456238. Who needs airbags when you can smoke anything on
>> four wheels while wearing leather pants?
>
>
>LOL! Shameless plug! SPAMMER!!!!!
>

He is allowed....LOL

--
Scott in Florida
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True but if I were hit by a semi, I would prefer to be driveling the best
built vehicle, like a CV

mike

"Scott in Florida" wrote in message

> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:11:47 -0400, "Mike Hunter"
> wrote:
>
>>To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
>>electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
>>Toyotas parts and labor prices
>>
>>Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car,
>>side
>>air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary objective you
>>should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an
>>Avalon
>>or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family
>
>
> No car is safe if you are hit by a semi truck.
>
> My advice would be to become a defensive driver....
>
>
>>mike
>> wrote in message
>>
>>> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
>>> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
>>> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
>>> that would cost.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
> --
> Scott in Florida
>
>
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You are entitled to you own opinion but as one who spent fifteen years
designing crumple zones, of my thirty years as an automotive engineer, I
will choose the larger safer SUVs and cars for myself and my family every
time, over a small cars simply to save a relative few hundred dollars a year
on fuel.

mike


"High Tech Misfit" wrote in message

> GO Mavs wrote:
>
>> "Mike Hunter" wrote in message
>>
>>
>To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
>electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
>Toyotas parts and labor prices
>
>Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car, side
>air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary objective you
>should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an
>Avalon
>or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family

>>
>> Except that is not true at all. You come up with this argument all of the
>> time. The fact is more people are going to smaller cars and that means
>> there
>> are more smaller cars on the road. >
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Search the Congressional Record. One reason the Congress has been reluctant
to raise the CAFE standard was the increased death and injury rates in
smaller cars over ten years ago.

The rate of injuries and deaths, among properly belted children, dropper
dramatically as more of them were riding in the larger safer SUVs over the
past ten years.

The fact is of all the millions of new cars sold in the US, only 8% will
ever, in its lifetime, be involved in an accident sufficient to deploy the
SRS. Only 2% of that 8% will ever be in an accident where the side SRS will
be deployed. That is one reason they have not been required as standard
equipment by the NHTSA

mike

"Jeff" wrote in message

> Mike Hunter wrote:
>> To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
>> electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
>> Toyotas parts and labor prices
>>
>> Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car,
>> side air bags will make a difference?

>> If safety was your primary objective you should have purchased a larger
>> safer vehicle >> like and midsize SUV, an Avalon or better yet a Crown
>> Vic, for your family
>
>
> Actually, they do. Cars with side airbags get better safety ratings and
> have occupants who are less likely to be seriously injured in a
> side-impact car.
>
> Is the death rate of occupants less for these vehicles? If so, please
> prove it.
>
> jeff
>
>> mike
>> wrote in message
>>
>>> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
>>> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
>>> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
>>> that would cost.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
 >> Stay informed about: Adding Yaris Side Airbags 

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:53:56 -0400, "Mike Hunter"
wrote:

>True but if I were hit by a semi, I would prefer to be driveling the best
>built vehicle, like a CV
>
>mike

You would still be dead.....


>
>"Scott in Florida" wrote in message
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:11:47 -0400, "Mike Hunter"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>To do everything one would need to do to retrofit side bags, from
>>>electronics to seats, would cost five thousand dollars, at a minimum, at
>>>Toyotas parts and labor prices
>>>
>>>Do you actually believe that when somebody drives over you midget car,
>>>side
>>>air bags will make a difference? If safety was your primary objective you
>>>should have purchased a larger safer vehicle like and midsize SUV, an
>>>Avalon
>>>or better yet a Crown Vic, for your family
>>
>>
>> No car is safe if you are hit by a semi truck.
>>
>> My advice would be to become a defensive driver....
>>
>>
>>>mike
>>> wrote in message
>>>
>>>> So I stupidly wasn't paying attention when I bought my Yaris and it
>>>> only contains the front airbags. I was wondering if it was possible/
>>>> feasible to have the side/curtain airbags installed and about how much
>>>> that would cost.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Scott in Florida
>>
>>
>
--
Scott in Florida
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"Mike Hunter" wrote in message

> True but if I were hit by a semi, I would prefer to be driveling the best
> built vehicle, like a CV
>
> mike

Then why drive a Mustang and Zephyr and not a CV, GM or TC?
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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