Bad reporting in our hobby:

[bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca]

Jules Richardson wrote:
> Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
>> Really?   I'm unaware of the differences in the UK model, but the US 
>> model has a 3/8" thick shaped steel bumper on the front and back, 
>> none of that "cover it over with a piece of flimsy plastic cosmetic 
>> bumper crap that cracks and caves in if you look at a car bumper the 
>> wrong way"   it also has a 5/8" thick skid plate underneath - very 
>> important so as not to damage the undercarriage when going over 
>> another vehicle ;-)
>
> Building something like a tank is not the optimum way of protecting 
> the occupants in a crash. In an accident, the most squishy bits tend 
> to fare the worse - and guess what they are? :-)
>
Boobs ....