Slee'd LC VS. Camry

[DJCloz]

She was such a pretty 100 too.

Now both of my Land Cruisers have suffered the same fate.

These total easily because they hold their value so well. $4000 in damage was enough to total my silver one worth $16000. I also only got 10k out of that one.

Glad your wife is ok! Does the 05+ grille fit on the earlier models without swapping the headlights too?

 

[TeCKis300]

Glad your wife made it out safe. And that all parties are alive. Had this accident involved older cars, more so the camry, there likely would have been a fatality.

While everyone likely believes the armor helped here, I'm going to offer an unpopular opinion and perspective. It's academic at best as having a bumper in certain other cases, would be preferred.

In this specific accident, the bumper only increased the forces transmitted. With the factory bumper, the hundy would have absorbed more energy within it's crumple zone. This would have not only significantly decreased the forces transmitted to hundy occupants, but also to the camry. The job of the crumple zone is not to hold up and look great after an accident. What I'm impressed with is the camry. While it looks bad, actually did an incredible job of absorbing the tremendous forces involved.

Just saying the hundy could have "given" more in this specific accident. Still glad it all worked out for the best.

In an partial overlap crash as manhattan points out, I'll take a bumper.

 

[JonD]

Scary- Glad to hear everyone is okay.

 

[lhommec13]

Accident happened over a year ago.

 

[JonD]

Ahh missed that-still glad though

 

[murf]

...Not to hijack but since this thread is old ill throw in my own personal Camry carnage - LC's must hate them you know!?

speeding Camry vs. my Tommygunfab rear bumper

I ended up cleaning it off and hitting it with some spray paint. never know it happened. Didn't tweak anything on my rig.

 

[lhommec13]

Does the 05+ grille fit on the earlier models without swapping the headlights too?

Face Lift Your Land Cruiser 100 Series
Pics below are of my 2002 with the full 2006-07 facelift.

 

[Strand4x4]

Glad everyone is OK.

Slightly off topic, but serious question: I sometimes see these threads and notice that Stateside, there is a general consensus that as far as safety is concerned, "bigger is better". I live in a town with lots of US expats, many of whom often complain that we drive such tiny cars here (I am in NL) and that we drive far too fast for their comfort. Which is fine, "horses for courses".

Looking at the stats however, the US is (far) less safe than pretty much all of the EU (that have comparable small cars and high driving speeds).
source: List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But compared to the EU, the US drives huge cars. Even a Camry (never sold in my country) is considered a large car. Does anyone have any thoughts on why that is, that despite driving large cars (and generally driving slower), the (fatal) accident incidence is much higher ? And clearly, the "arms race" for bigger and heavier and "tank like" cars does not lead to more safety, as the stats show.

At the risk of overstating: I am not judging but asking a serious question, so please don't take this as some sort of anti-US topic.

Perhaps it is the difference in car sizes. In the US if you are hit by a large suv or car in a small car, there would be a greater chance of a fatality.