re: liposuction

[tedcrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

My e12 528i was definitely saved by its extendo-bumpers when I was
rear-ended by a jeep cherokee, an accident that put major hurt on the SUV
and left me with a little scratch. I experienced very little shock, and
the bad disks in my neck felt no worse than usual. I'm very gratefull for
that bumper. I would think that in non-extendo models they put the energy
absorption somewhere else; with bottomed cyliners there wouldn't any 
place for the energy to go.

It just a matter of what you're willing to give up to look good. I'm 
lucky, I guess, in liking the form-follows-funtion, don't-mess-with-me 
look of the big bumpers. I've always thought that the euro bumpers on the 
70's/80's grey market cars (esp. MBz) looked cheap, old-fashioned and 
feeble. 


> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:45:53 -0600
> From: michael_kohlbrenner@domain.elided
> Subject: RE: liposuction
> 
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: tedcrum@domain.elided
> 
> > One a related subject, I have been able to acheive
> > a much sleeker, cleaner look when riding my motorcycle
> > by wearing a helmet much smaller than my normal size
> > and then removing that plastic foam crap so it will fit.
> 
> While I find your presumably tongue-in-cheek reply
> entertaining, I don't think that it is quite applicable
> here.  5 mph bumpers have little to do with protecting
> the occupants of the car, they are merely intended to
> protect the car itself.

[big snip]

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Ted Crum
tedcrum@domain.elided

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