Top 10 Scary Cars

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Top 10 scary cars 1987 Ford Festiva

Scary for: Drivers



Take a good look at this car. Kind of small, wouldn't you say? Now imagine yourself in a Festiva surrounded by amphetamine-snacking tractor-trailer drivers. Going 75 miles per hour. At night. In the rain. Scared yet? We sure are. We once got in trouble for saying this car came right from the factory with a funeral wreath on the grille. found this on top 10 scary cars-cars.com would post link but do not know how. look it up

[Prafeston]

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The pic they have for a Festiva is one awesome looking ride though. White with awesome cheesy graphics and the holey headrests!

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story....y&subject=more

[Chobobulous]

I want to see the article about the funeral wreath lol.

[Spike]

What, no mention of the Corvair?

I still want a 4-door Monza, post-'64.

[TorqueEffect]

I Saw a Monza the other day while working. it was in pretty rough shape though. The Passenger side mirror was missing and loads of other little problems.

[blueoval]

yeah the pic of the car is what I was looking at when I stumbled apon it

[bravekozak]

I had that V-8 Monza up on two wheels at well over 100 mph.
I can't believe I'm still here. It wasn't even my car. Now that's funny.

[Advancedynamix]

Typical 'merican mentality there. "it it's got more weight, it's gotta be safer". Couldn't be further from the truth. Lightweight cars are much more likely to protect their occupants than heavy cars. Smack a ping pong ball with a bat, the ping pong ball bounces without harm, now make the ping pong ball the size of a basketball and put a bean bag in it to increase the weight and hit it with a bat, it will crush even though its bigger and has more weight and material. This same principle applies to the shell and crumple zones of an automobile. The lighter and more compact the vehicle is, the less likely it is to crush when impacted by an outside force.

[sketchman]

I've walked way from 2 wrecks in Festivas and 1 in a 5800lb van. Interestingly the van hydroplaned and rolled into a creek. I turned into a 50mph front driver's side quarter hit from a Taurus my senior year of high school. Like said, the Festiva bounced off the Taurus, all 3 of us were fine. But Festiva was totaled while the Taurus plowed right through it with only bumper cover damage. I don't know if it's as simple as one might think. Had I taken the hit in the driver's door I don't think I'd be here today. Really don't. Wish I had pics of the whole front end of the Festiva bent over and the quarter caved in to illustrate, but I do not. My head shattered the driver's window from the speed of bouncing off the other car.