Thread: which is officially best disco model than?

Originally Posted by 29dinosaur

Please...what ignorant statements!

Yes there are precautions that need to be taken in their use - but I for one am glad to have one between my face and the steering wheel or windsceen. I'll let those who have to reconstruct maxillas and mandibles describe what a face looks like when it hits the steering wheel, or what it's like to get the glass fragments out of a crushed in frontal bone.

You just described very well what the air bag did to my neibour steve's face.

well done.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Bit of a thread drift Mcrover but I can't let that one go.

I deliberately bought my 98 disco with airbags. I felt that it may help protect my family.

You are right about slowing down, driving carefully and wearing your seatbelt however there is plenty of evidence to suggest airbags do save lives.

Hospital urges safety first in cars

ACRS: Airbags

How safe are your airbags? | carsguide.com.au

Why survival is in the bag - drive.com.au

I had a friend who was driving carefully at 60kmh when an idiot coming the other way pushed a third vehicle into his path. What resulted was effectively a 120kmh collision - very nasty; no time to brake. He had his seatbelt on and was driving carefully and correctly - but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The airbag helped prevent a very serious injury. The other occupant was in a vehicle without airbags and was seriously injured.

Well it's now 10 years old, go have a look in the cover of your owners manual and then you better take it down to the dealers to get them tere airbags checked to see if they will work in an accident.

Funny thing about statistics, they can say what ever you want them too.

Airbags are a bandaid fix to a major problem, a lot of people dont drive their cars properly.

When my wife totaled the 80 series cruiser, she hit a WB 1 tonner in the drivers side door.

With no airbags in either car, she had a bruise across her chest from the seat belt and he had a scratch above his eye from a piece of glass.

Now from that I would say, put some strength back into the body of the cars we drive (which they are doing now via new steel technologies and better design structures) and that Bull bars save lives as the one on the Landcruiser spread the load across the side of his ute and not just wrapped the whole 3 tonnes around the headboard into the cabin.

She hit him at around 60kmh no braking at all as he pulled out of a side street without looking.

I hunted high and low for my Disco without airbags for the reason that they are more a hinderence than a help.

You can all believe what you want, its a free world to think what you want (well at least Australia is) but if the question is which is the best Disco well why limit your options by having airbags.

You can drive the car without them.

I dont think there is a best Disco after all this, I think mine does the job I ask it to do and thats about it, Im happy with it but as far as Im concerned, a car is only as good as it's owner/driver and how it's looked after and driven and that can be anything.

If you dont mind spending dollars on fuel then D1 V8 or if you dont need a long range then V8 on gas.

If you want the reliability and range that a Diesel provides then 200Tdi or 300Tdi D1 or 300Tdi auto which I chose.

If you dont mind paying a bit more for repairs and you wnat oll the gimicks and electrickery then by a D2 of any sort

And if you want more reliable electrickery (but still electrickery) then buy a D3.

My thoughts that's all, if you dont like it tough.

Originally Posted by mcrover

You just described very well what the air bag did to my neibour steve's face.

well done.

Warning warning this is off topic and is most welcomed to be deleted: No problem - at least he's alive

Originally Posted by 29dinosaur

Warning warning this is off topic and is most welcomed to be deleted: No problem - at least he's alive

Some life, have to give up work, lose your house, have to be on medication that makes you depressed and damages your organs because of the amounts of painkillers, antibiotics and anti depressants.

Yeah, I wouldnt want anybody dead but before the accident he was one of the hardest working blokes Id met with his own business, nice new house, heaps of toys (boat, bikes etc) and for that to happen to him because of an airbag going off a fraction of a second too late..........all I can say is it is a shame.

I have plenty more stories, it isnt a one off but this thread is about what Disco is the best, not airbags......and everyone knows that Casper is the best of the best so.....I think the question has been answered

Originally Posted by mcrover

Well it's now 10 years old, go have a look in the cover of your owners manual and then you better take it down to the dealers to get them tere airbags checked to see if they will work in an accident.

Thanks for the reminder Macca, actually the 10 years is up in August, I'm saving for quite an expensive changeover - well worth the money IMHO.

Originally Posted by mcrover

a lot of people dont drive their cars properly.

And a lot of people do; but are still unlucky

Originally Posted by mcrover

With no airbags in either car, she had a bruise across her chest from the seat belt and he had a scratch above his eye from a piece of glass.

I'm glad she was not injured. Car accidents are awful. It would be good if they didn't ever occur then we wouldn't even need seatbelts.

Originally Posted by mcrover

She hit him at around 60kmh no braking at all as he pulled out of a side street without looking.

Sounds like she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I'm sure she was driving properly though.

Back to the thread - you will note my early post listing the 98tdi as my favourite - with airbags .

My thoughts that's all. I enjoy reading everyone elses opinion too.

the suggestion that airbags need to be replaced every 10 years is an urban myth and I've checked this with LRA and NRMA.

Anyone who thinks that airbags aren't a major health benefit is kidding themselves. Sure, in some cases the airbags themselves have hurt people, but are you trying to say that you haven't vaccinated your kids because there's less than a one in million chance of an adverse reaction to the vaccine...

Yes, yes, vehicles should be more solidly built and people should drive better - shame about those unexpected moments when you end up hitting a tree to avoid a truck coming around the corner on your side of the road - I think you might appreciate an airbag in that scenario.

In any case, unless you're prepared to drive a 20/30/40yo car, everyone's going to have airbags eventually...

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So air bags are the Devils work then?

If this thread goes much longer then i'm sure we'll see a link between air bags and global warming...

I'm going out to get mine disconnected if they are that bad, actually also my ABS as that's are sure to be a hinderance in an accident...in fact my climate control is also out the window, hate to doze off in some warm preset cabin temp and have my Airbags and ABS let me down just when i need them ( assuming that my bad driving comes with having ABS, ACE and Airbags as a rule ), and my ACE is sure to fail somehow in a spot i need it the most, such as avoiding an accident by swerving around floundering non ABS cars and the like, causing me to rely on my hopelessly inadequate Airbags and ABS...

Actually, I think i'll leave the comforts of the D2 at home from now on and stick to driving my Kombi van, it has no ABS ( good old drums ), no Airbags, no power steering, and goes so slow i don't ever have to worry about slowing down in a hurry!, can't even de-fog the windscreen in it, so that must be much safer in modern traffic right??

So the best Disco is one without any modern saftey aids....question answered, glad we all agree!

Ray