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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:13:19 -0500
From: "Michael Hobbs" <Xmdhobbsnospamt.net>
Subject: Re: Do the Volvo S80 and Saab 9-5 have center fuel tanks or rear fuel tanks?


Off topic: I agree that the Town car is a pig of a vehicle, but I would have thought that the mass of the thing would have made it safer. Personally, I drive an '04 and love it, safety issues aside. It's a beautiful car. "The Diesel" <hollywood_onealnospamo.com> wrote in message news:e1df7c64.0406251901.359a608bnospaming.google.com... > Right now the car I drive most is my dad's 2000 Lincoln Town car, and > I just don't feel like it's a very safe car. > For one thing it only has a 4 star rating in the EASY NHTSA front > crash test and only a 4 star rating in the side crash test, and it > NEVER was tested in the front offset test, but if it ever was I'm sure > it would have gotten a marginal or poor rating. > The Lincoln Town car also just feels like it would be very bad at > accident avoidance because of its poor acceleration, poor braking, > poor cornering, etc, etc. > If that wasn't bad enough, the Lincoln Town Car has a HORRIBLE > HORRIBLE fuel tank position in the opinion of most experts, the fuel > tank is located BEHIND the rear axle, the same is true for the > Mustang, Crown Victoria, and Grand Marquis(has Ford learned NOTHING > from the Pinto?). > I was just wondering if the Volvo S80 and the Saab 9-5(2002-2005) have > center fuel tanks(a tank located between the rear axle and front axle) > or if they have a rear fuel tank(a tank located behind the rear axle). > I'm going to be getting my first car eventually and I want to make > sure that it has a center fuel tank, and not a rear fuel tank.

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