Silicon Valley Auto Group (Formerly Ferrari of Los Gatos)

[Matt]

While in Monterey in August we visited the Silicon Valley Auto Group, which is a fairly famous Ferrari dealership. Obviously, they had other cars besides Ferraris as well.

Lotus Elise

[Matt]

Lotus Elise #2

[Matt]

Lotus Elise #3

[Matt]

Aston Martin DB AR1

Aston Martin DB7 GT

[Matt]

Maserati

[Matt]

Ferrari F40

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[:Exige:]

I really really hate the american Elise .. its a lightweight sportscar, not a luxury car! Leave the friggin' Airbag out! Next you'll be telling me it has power steering :rolleyes: Oh well - whatever rocks their boat I suppose.

[Matt]

They are required by law to have front airbags for the driver and passenger. And since when are airbags a luxury item?

[deffenbaugh03]

Nice pics Matt

and yea honestly airbags are not a luxury there an essential!

[Sweeney921]

I really really hate the american Elise .. its a lightweight sportscar, not a luxury car! Leave the friggin' Airbag out! Next you'll be telling me it has power steering :rolleyes: Oh well - whatever rocks their boat I suppose.
yea, there would be no american elise without airbags

[:Exige:]

Since theyre not included in the UK version. I know its the law but it doesnt mean it doesnt make the interior clumsy and the car heavier. Its also the people who complain that america doesnt get the Elise then they get one and say its crap because its cramped and lacks cup holders (mainly businessmen who Lotus say have been buying most of them America). But IMO airbags arent essential .. there are plenty of people who have written Elises off completley and have come out unscathed.

[Pimp racer]

Nice pics Matt!

[Matt]

The entire airbag system - computer and all - must weight less than 30 pounds. Personally, I think my safety is very much worth having an extra 30 pounds onboard. Why don't you just go ahead and take out the windows, take out the seatbelts, take every bit of padding out of the interior, take out the side impact beams and remove the bumpers altogether. Crumple zones? Who needs 'em? They all add weight. I'd rather drive a great-handling Dixie cup. It would weight nearly nothing! Do you also complain about the weight of gas when you fill up your tank?

[Coventrysucks]

The entire airbag system - computer and all - must weight less than 30 pounds. Personally, I think my safety is very much worth having an extra 30 pounds onboard. Why don't you just go ahead and take out the windows, take out the seatbelts, take every bit of padding out of the interior, take out the side impact beams and remove the bumpers altogether. Crumple zones? Who needs 'em? They all add weight. I'd rather drive a great-handling Dixie cup. It would weight nearly nothing! Do you also complain about the weight of gas when you fill up your tank?

A good point.

However, if some Americans didn't consider it a primary restraint in the first place...

[Matra et Alpine]

And since when are airbags a luxury item?
When you wear a proper restraint system properaly adjusted - lie a SEATBELT :)

Too difficult for the morons to comprehend so we all get lumbered.
BTW if you compete in a car the first thing you are required to prove to the scrutineer is that you have properly disabled the airbags !!

[Matt]

It has been proven that, even when wearing a seatbelt, you have a better chance of surviving an accident with an airbag. I never said that airbags were supposed to take the place of a seatbelt. But, there shouldn't be a complaint about a street car following federal regulations by having a factory installed airbag.

[crisis]

The entire airbag system - computer and all - must weight less than 30 pounds. Personally, I think my safety is very much worth having an extra 30 pounds onboard. Why don't you just go ahead and take out the windows, take out the seatbelts, take every bit of padding out of the interior, take out the side impact beams and remove the bumpers altogether. Crumple zones? Who needs 'em? They all add weight. I'd rather drive a great-handling Dixie cup. It would weight nearly nothing! Do you also complain about the weight of gas when you fill up your tank?
Yep. Tell it to the thousand whos faces have not been turned into pulp by the steering wheel or dash, or to the millions' families who have.

[jcp123]

Been by that dealer a few times, it's just a few miles from my house as the crow flies.

My car doesn't have air bags, doesn't bother me any.

[Matra et Alpine]

It has been proven that, even when wearing a seatbelt, you have a better chance of surviving an accident with an airbag.
"properly adjusted" being the key word :)

[McReis]

In a road car, there's no way you can argue about the importance of the airbag.
In race cars, the airbag must be disabled as there are many bumper touches (not all that soft) wich are un inevitable part of the competition. An noone uses a 5 point harness in the road (except some ricers), so there's always some confidence added to a car fitted with airbag.

[Matra et Alpine]

:)
Rallying in post-historic and historic rally cars opens the eyes to the choices on belts. I've competed in cars with lap/diagonal, 3 point and 5 point.

"properly adjusted" is still the key word.

An air bag does almost nothing of the body is restrained properly by the belt properly fitted.

[Matt]

Been by that dealer a few times, it's just a few miles from my house as the crow flies.

My car doesn't have air bags, doesn't bother me any.

One of my cars doesn't have airbags, either. But, I still wouldn't buy a new car without one. I didn't say ANOTHER car, I said a new car.

[McReis]

One of my cars doesn't have airbags, either. But, I still wouldn't buy a new car without one. I didn't say ANOTHER car, I said a new car.


And me, I'm even thinking about trading my airbagged car for one that isn't. Allthought I'd prefer if it had.

Just remebered this: my fiat as no airbag or seatbelt! :D

[crisis]

When I was a kid (here we go) we used to stand on the floor in the back of the FE and EK Holden looking over the back of the front seat. Mum used to tell us to sit down or if we had a crash we would go flying through the windscreen! Dont know what was supposed to happen when we were sitting down. Maybe a longer run up!

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