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Doddery – astute as ever – flagged in-car (in-truck, actually..) safety the other day
Gave me flashbacks about buying the Honda in Auckland last year.
It honestly didn’t occur to me that cars built in the last 10 years wouldn’t have ABS or airbags.
But they’re out there.
Mostly in Henderson
Lots of of them.
So the Must Have criteria went from “Younger than 8 years, less than $12k, fewer than 8k a year” to all that plus “and ABS and Airbags”
But the best sales pitch to compensate for the lack of one or both was:
“Well, if you drive safely and don’t have any accidents, you don’t need them”
Noooo, I don’t really think so…..
You Must Be From Away 
>Oooor, if you don’t drive, you don’t need them! (Sure, it restricts your life, but you don’t need them.)
>How about not using your car at all and taking the bus instead, as suggested by your next post?Mmmm, no airbags in buses either…
>I’ve read some article in motoring section of Xtra-MSN that saying older SUV is more prone to clash because it lack of electrically assisted gismos.Air Bag, ABS, Traction control, you name it. I guess it may include in car Nav system, Hay may be multi zone climate control to keep comfort of the passenger and driver to avoid any tiny distraction for concentration? Well, end of the day, it’s a driver.