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<blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 68111" data-attributes="member: 113"><p>I'm afraid a lot of unnecessary energy (pun intended) was wasted at the keyboard over one single misunderstood point.</p><p></p><p>I recall I said the following...</p><p></p><p>"Yes, the engineers made the car with <strong>certain parameters</strong> in their calculation and doing anything to the car will alter those <strong>parameters</strong> .</p><p></p><p>The same can be said to :</p><p>1...</p><p>2...</p><p>3..."</p><p></p><p>I was referring to <strong>all parameters</strong> in the construction of the car, not just <strong>crumple zones</strong> .</p><p></p><p>However, I am astonished at extent of your reaction over this... I am picking up points in your posting worth responding to, while attributing the rest to you simply having a bad day...</p><p></p><p>Next, "I don't hear anyone talking about crumple zones where antiroll bar and struts bar are concerned..." Thanks for your informative discourse on north-south crumple zones. My thinking is, if the impact is entirely 100% from the front, or 100% from the back, you are entirely right in your eloquent elaboration. I'm just wondering how the arb and struts bar will distort the force of an impact coming at an angle. Pardon me if my thoughts are unwarranted, since I am not an automotive engineer, which I presume you are, by the fury of your righteous indignation that anyone dares to have an opinion on your declarations.</p><p></p><p>By the way, you'd be happy to know, my legs and groin happen to agree with you. They are now not talking to me until I revert to a Japanese or Korean car, with suitably large crumple zones. Come to think of it, the entire car is nothing but a crumple zone. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Although I am no expert in crumple zones, I do know how to have a disagreement with a modicum of civility befitting a BMW forum, something for which one does not require an engineering degree...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee36328, post: 68111, member: 113"] I'm afraid a lot of unnecessary energy (pun intended) was wasted at the keyboard over one single misunderstood point. I recall I said the following... "Yes, the engineers made the car with [b]certain parameters[/b] in their calculation and doing anything to the car will alter those [b]parameters[/b] . The same can be said to : 1... 2... 3..." I was referring to [b]all parameters[/b] in the construction of the car, not just [b]crumple zones[/b] . However, I am astonished at extent of your reaction over this... I am picking up points in your posting worth responding to, while attributing the rest to you simply having a bad day... Next, "I don't hear anyone talking about crumple zones where antiroll bar and struts bar are concerned..." Thanks for your informative discourse on north-south crumple zones. My thinking is, if the impact is entirely 100% from the front, or 100% from the back, you are entirely right in your eloquent elaboration. I'm just wondering how the arb and struts bar will distort the force of an impact coming at an angle. Pardon me if my thoughts are unwarranted, since I am not an automotive engineer, which I presume you are, by the fury of your righteous indignation that anyone dares to have an opinion on your declarations. By the way, you'd be happy to know, my legs and groin happen to agree with you. They are now not talking to me until I revert to a Japanese or Korean car, with suitably large crumple zones. Come to think of it, the entire car is nothing but a crumple zone. :D Although I am no expert in crumple zones, I do know how to have a disagreement with a modicum of civility befitting a BMW forum, something for which one does not require an engineering degree... [/QUOTE]
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