Oh Snap.. BMW sedan performs worst in crash test

[brandondan1]

Sorry, but I wasn't just addressing one post. I was responding to some of what everyone was saying, including your 'joke' about wanting to die in a bmw rather than a kia. Apparently, the general populous seems to think the same way, and that's why bmw being bad at something is newsworthy.

My point is that everyone gets riled up whenever there's factual evidence stating that bmw isn't the best at everything, and try to denounce the sources. However, they're quick to praise those sources if they say something good.

I kind of see your point about the media trying to get our attention, but that's the way the world has always been. Last time I checked, BMW isn't the subject of all of the safety test headlines, yet people still read the articles. If the headline read "bmw performs best in side impact," would you still be preaching about how pointless the article is, or would you be telling yourself "fuck yeah, bmw owns"? I think the only reason why it's so 'biased' is because you don't like the outcome.

[ivo316]

I wonder how the cars did in an impact with a car OTHER then an SUV?

Listen to the final sentence of the video...

My point is that the "thing" that crashes is not an SUV. That contraption does not behave the same way as a normal vehicle, and I think that BMW makes the cars to crash against real vehicles, and real vehicles (even SUV's) do crumple on impact.

[JGood]

Sorry, but I wasn't just addressing one post. I was responding to some of what everyone was saying, including your 'joke' about wanting to die in a bmw rather than a kia. Apparently, the general populous seems to think the same way, and that's why bmw being bad at something is newsworthy.

My point is that everyone gets riled up whenever there's factual evidence stating that bmw isn't the best at everything, and try to denounce the sources. However, they're quick to praise those sources if they say something good.

I kind of see your point about the media trying to get our attention, but that's the way the world has always been. Last time I checked, BMW isn't the subject of all of the safety test headlines, yet people still read the articles. If the headline read "bmw performs best in side impact," would you still be preaching about how pointless the article is, or would you be telling yourself "fuck yeah, bmw owns"? I think the only reason why it's so 'biased' is because you don't like the outcome.

I agree, same people believe BMW is on top of the world. There is people like that for every manufacturer.

And yes, I would preach about how pointless it is if BMW was on top. The test (like all of their tests) don't show a variety of impacts on whatever side of the vehicle they are testing, just one. It means nothing overall.

I usually laugh at the articles/shows I see testing new BMW's. Things like little arms that push the seatbelt forward so you don't have to reach back and grab it? Give me a break. New BMW's have more stupid shit for lazy people then probably any other car, and that's why they cost so damn much.

Yes, if someone posts something that tears down BMW for no real reason, on a BMW message board, people aren't going to say "damn, this manufacturer is a rip-off", they are going to say why the test is useless. This isn't a Kia message board.

[Jscotty]

Kind of on a tangent here but if that crash thing was an acutal type of vehicle on the road, how likely would it be that you would get hit by it? I mean that thing would draw so much attention that you would see it 3 blocks before you got to the intersection.

Secondly that thing is so heavy and non-areodynamic that there is no way that it could really pick up any kind of speed not to mention that a vehicle like that probably wouldn't be street legal.

BTW, what kind wheels are those? I want a set like that.