Whiplash

[Len]

No its not rude  

Saw 5th Gear and they were on about rear shunts. Apparently the Golf Mk 4 has a poor rating. Bad seats are the cause. The head restraint doesnt lock and slips down. The seat itself is not very protective either.

Showed a rather lot of horrific smash aftermaths and staged a multi pile up with remote controled cars. (real cars)

Apparently u r safe in an old big Merc !

[topher]

the standard mk4 seats are pretty pathetic  
my recaros keep me nice and snug though  

[golfvr6]

mk4's are built badly
better to stick with mk3  

[Len]

I will '6 mate

Think they were talking about the standard seats tho

[marcus123]

mk4's are built badly
better to stick with mk3  

prob even better on a mk2


on a serious note,

cant understand how the build quality of the mk4 is bad compared to say a mk3?

mk4s are more advanced yeh,

so why is build quality/safety suffering?

crazy

[Fielder5757]

One Word, MONEY

[Overseer]

^ true.. my old driving instructor was getting loads from a whiplash claim.. his protests taught me to drive like a limo driver.. lol


btw.. i think this episode was a repeat? i saw it aaaagggggeeeessss ago

[topher]

is safety suffering ? build quality.. maybe, but thats mass production for you.

in an accident im damn sure you'd be safer in a mk4 than an earlier model.

[Len]

btw.. i think this episode was a repeat? i saw it aaaagggggeeeessss ago

Might well have been a repeat. I saw it on one of the Home and Liesure channels.

Just thought it was relevant.

[Fielder5757]

The seats in my Mk2 are terrorable, I cant wait till ive saved enaught to put in some sparcos i really cant, There thin, Flimsy, Unstable and in a crash theres sweet FA chance of avoiding whiplash.