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StanAE86 · 10-19-2005, 09:29 PM

Damn...I don't think even Hyundai or Kia were this bad when they started...hahaha

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...783784,00.html

RC45 · 10-19-2005, 09:44 PM

“This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering,”

And their point? It's not like everyone driving a car with "1990's engineering" all died instantly the moment they drove down the street.

It's a cheap car - the main reason you buy cheap cars, whether a used 1990 car or a cheap new car as good as a 1990 car is because.. yeah - you can't afford a higher priced car

ZfrkS62 · 10-19-2005, 09:48 PM

i knew the chinese would end up trying to destroy the world...just not like this

BADMIHAI · 10-19-2005, 10:39 PM

I wonder who the first idiot to buy one of those will be.

StanAE86 · 10-20-2005, 11:14 AM

I suspect that it may be banned. Cars produced today, have to meet the stricter standards of today, not 1990. Otherwise, automakers would saves billions by just building to 1990 regulations. When you buy a second-hand car, you know it's old. If you buy a new car, you would expect it to have all the new technology for keeping you safe...

AlienDB7 · 10-20-2005, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by StanAE86

Damn...I don't think even Hyundai or Kia were this bad when they started...hahaha

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...783784,00.html

At least Landwind's airbag worked. I remember that was problem with the airbag in the Hyundai or Kia in the 90s. Basically it would deploy *after* the driver hit the steering wheel. I suppose the driver would end up getting killed by the airbag deploying at 200kph instead of the collision itself.

StanAE86 · 10-20-2005, 11:44 AM

Haha...that reminds me of National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase and when he launched the stationwagon, landed, was recovering from what happened, the POOSH! the airbag deployed....hahaha

Yablokov · 10-20-2005, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by RC45

“This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering,”

And their point? It's not like everyone driving a car with "1990's engineering" all died instantly the moment they drove down the street.

It's a cheap car - the main reason you buy cheap cars, whether a used 1990 car or a cheap new car as good as a 1990 car is because.. yeah - you can't afford a higher priced car

ROFL @ this thread. lol i dun think the chinexe are off to a good start.

@RC45, your are absolutly correct m8. couldnt of said it better.

AlienDB7 · 10-20-2005, 12:22 PM

Consider the car is made in China, you dont know if the internals actually came from a 1990s car. They probably imported old cars and put a new body on them

You won't notice any difference, not like a new car from them would be any more reliable than a 10 year old car.

On the topic of chinese made products, you got to check out the box of my 2yrs old mp3 player (made in china of course)

StanAE86 · 10-20-2005, 12:30 PM

That's awful...an excellent example of Asian consumer product translation...terrible...

crayzayjay · 10-20-2005, 01:31 PM

Imagine telling your friends that you drive a "JiangLing Landwind".... ROFL

StanAE86 · 10-20-2005, 01:39 PM

I would just mumble the end, to make it sound like I'm a pimp and I drive a LandROVER...it would go like this:

"I drive a Landmrrerr. It's such a POS. I much prefer my other cars...."

10-20-2005, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by RC45

“This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering,”

And their point? It's not like everyone driving a car with "1990's engineering" all died instantly the moment they drove down the street.

It's a cheap car - the main reason you buy cheap cars, whether a used 1990 car or a cheap new car as good as a 1990 car is because.. yeah - you can't afford a higher priced car

yeh i'm driving basically 50's engineering and i'm fed up with people telling me its unsafe. Most of the old cars fair particularly badly when crashed against new ones, selfish cunts in their safe cars

Anyway i agree any intelligent customer can make an informed decision, i.e. don't buy this heap of crap

StanAE86 · 10-20-2005, 01:42 PM

In a head-on wreck, I'd rather be in an old Caddy from the 60s or 70s than a new Kia or Hyundai or Civic for that matter...

crayzayjay · 10-20-2005, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by StanAE86

I would just mumble the end, to make it sound like I'm a pimp and I drive a LandROVER...it would go like this:

"I drive a Landmrrerr. It's such a POS. I much prefer my other cars...."

LOL