Re: US bumpers=safer! was Re: US bumpers=ugly

[Mash <type53@yahoo.com>]

--- Jeffrey Lowe <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Neal Tovsen <sixteen.volt@verizon.net> wrote:
> > I've become a huge euro bumper snob, too.
> > There is NO WAY I'm ever going back to US bumpers.
> 
> 
> It's all about taste and the desire to be different,
> and not being concerned with safety. That extra
> couple
> of inches just might make the difference between
> totaled and just needing new bumpers.

I'm not a bumper snob, but . . .

In a serious accident, I don't think the bumpers will
make any difference - they will just move with the
"crumple" zone. The main advantage of the so-called 5
mph bumpers is in parking lots . . .

BTW, I've been rear-ended three times in a Scirocco
over my illustrious career  :0

> > this is what they're *supposed* to look like, 
> 
> Yeah, tell that to some of those Euro listers
> converting their headlights to U.S. style.

Some models in Europe came with "US Style" headlights,
like the MK2 Scirocco GTi (which lasted only a few
years before being replaced in the line up by the
Scirocco GTX (8V and 16V). So "US style" headlights
are not that weird in Europe . . .

To me it's a matter of taste - go with what YOU like,
not with the "consensus"

;-)


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Mark Peele
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