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Great for trucks, but what would it do to small cars that hit it?

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Great for trucks, but what would it do to small cars that hit it? #1
Stu Rodger Delta, BC, Canada 1980 MG MGB	Posted: June 30, 2012 04:33PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 617

Great for trucks, but what would it do to small cars that hit it?

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dmarth Dennis Marth Aiken, SC, USA 1963 MG MGB "Thunder Bolt Grease Slapper!!" 1993 Cadillac Allante	Posted: June 30, 2012 04:49PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 149

I can't imagine that it is any worse than hitting the truck or SUV that doesn't have one. In fact I'd rather hit that than the ball and receiver. Neither is good.

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NOHOME Peter Plouf London, Canada 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite Bugeye "Lil" 1967 MG MGB GT "Maggie (GT From Hell)"	Posted: July 02, 2012 07:22AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 11,877

They used to call those 5 mph bumpers. Standard on all mid 70s vehicles.

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progun Paul Brouillette Lafayette, LA, USA 1952 MG TD 1973 MG MGB GT "BGT" 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 02, 2012 03:08PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 5,522

They shouldn't be tailgating...

I spend most of my money on beer, women and cars...... the rest I just waste!

Paul Brouillette
Duson, LA

1969 MGBGT
1974 Porsche 914
1966 Kaiser-Jeep 6x6
1952 MG-TD

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thomasbenham Thomas Benham Grand Rapids,Michigan, USA 1973 MG MGB	Posted: July 02, 2012 05:15PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 276

What does it say about our society that we have bumpers to protect our bumpers? Funny the web site talks all about rear-enders but the demonstration video shows the truck backing into something, which I bet is the most common reason these things get bent bumpers. Of course they hardly even get scratched when they back over my Civic or LBC.

Thomas Benham

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angliagt Doug Milota Eureka,California, USA 1967 MG MGB GT ""The MG""	Posted: July 03, 2012 12:03AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 1,728

I just think about the poor person that walks behind a truck -
only to hit their knee on that thing that's hidden in the dark.

- Doug

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Re: Great for trucks, but what would it do to small cars that hit it? #7
Simon Simon Clowes Salem , Oregon, USA 1979 MG MGB "Big Red"	Posted: July 03, 2012 12:21PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,514

Not sure about that, but the 3/8" thick aluminimum plate bumper on my old Lada Niva did some damage to a Mini once.

Mini shot down my left--side got 3 feet in front of me, came into my lane and stopped dead to turn right (in Australian). The Niva took 3ft PLUS half a Mini to stop. Not a mark on the Niva. The driver of teh Greyhound Bus who was behind me staid to prove to the Police that I was not given time to stop, but he wasn't needed.

The Police opened the door to Mini and took a larg pass backwards. when he came to tell to go ahead and leave he mentioned the Mini stunk of beer and MJ.

1979 Roadster (Big Red) daily driver.
unknown GT somewhere in the future.
09 Accent

Don't got to bed made - stay up all night plotting revenge

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