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Old 02-27-2009, 07:33 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Irunelevens View Post
I wasn't aware that taking out the carpet/backseat/sound deadening made a car less safe in a crash... too many people attach weight with safety. Weight *can* be a decent indicator of how good a car will do in a crash because weight *can* show how well the structure of a car is built. But some cars have very strong platforms and hardly weigh anything. So weight is not even close to the best indicator of how well a car will do in a crash. If you keep your trunk loaded with 1000lbs worth of sandbags does it make your car safer?
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