mickthemaverick wrote: 13 Jan 2025, 10:26
CitroJim wrote: 13 Jan 2025, 09:35
And they are also unaware they'd find an AX a very poor crumple zone
I'd have to take issue with that Jim, I reckon an AX will crumple exceedingly well!!

Yes, just like a crisp packet!
MattBLancs wrote: 13 Jan 2025, 13:49
mickthemaverick wrote: 13 Jan 2025, 10:26
I'd have to take issue with that Jim, I reckon an AX will crumple exceedingly well!!
Too well Mick, not dissipating enough energy to stop a moron in an SUV!
Indeed, how much energy does it take to crumple a crisp packet?
MattBLancs wrote: 13 Jan 2025, 13:59
P.s. agree about the high mounted headlights of SUVs (and vans) - not good. Similar experience in the Coupe sat nice and low.
The latest ones are so bright now I really wonder how they are legal. And on that topic the design of some lighting clusters make indicators almost invisible...
There's a Tesla that has rear indicators the size of pin-pricks. And then cars where the design of the DRLs obscure the front indicators and makes them indistinct... I've seen some near-misses because of them...
Lighting legislation is now a joke... Form over function and then some

Some big thick brown envelopes must have been freely exchanged in the process of certifying them.