New 09 F150 wins major award...
#16
11-29-2008, 09:55 PM
Here's the difference:
The 2008 has the old air bags up front, and the old cab/cage with regular steel. No RSC. No side air bags. No TBC.
The 2009 has new front air bags and new side air bags. New cab/safety cage with high strenghth steel and it is 2 and half times stronger. Advance Trac. RSC. TBC.
Straight from the report....
The new 2009 F-150 features safety firsts, including standard Safety CanopyTM side curtain air bags and AdvanceTrac® with RSC® (Roll Stability Control); patented “K-bag,” a new front seat-mounted air bag that helps improve side-impact protection.
From pickuptrucks.com....To meet tougher 2010 federal rollover regulations, the F-150’s roof has been reengineered with high strength steel. High strength tubes run from the base of the A-pillar up through the roof, forming a safety cage around the truck’s occupants.
The 2008 has the old air bags up front, and the old cab/cage with regular steel. No RSC. No side air bags. No TBC.
The 2009 has new front air bags and new side air bags. New cab/safety cage with high strenghth steel and it is 2 and half times stronger. Advance Trac. RSC. TBC.
Straight from the report....
The new 2009 F-150 features safety firsts, including standard Safety CanopyTM side curtain air bags and AdvanceTrac® with RSC® (Roll Stability Control); patented “K-bag,” a new front seat-mounted air bag that helps improve side-impact protection.
From pickuptrucks.com....To meet tougher 2010 federal rollover regulations, the F-150’s roof has been reengineered with high strength steel. High strength tubes run from the base of the A-pillar up through the roof, forming a safety cage around the truck’s occupants.
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11-29-2008, 10:01 PM
#18
11-29-2008, 10:04 PM
Lol carry on Last5oh your only making your self look like more of a fool everytime you post a reply. Carry on kidding your self about how safe you think you are but the figures and the facts prove you are wrong. The 09 has more safty features and is safer than the 08 and you seem to be the only one that doubts that. Troll on.
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11-29-2008, 10:06 PM
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If you want to be technical, any truck with a cab has a safety cage. However on the 2009 they have added a new safety cage with high strength steel that is 2 and half times stronger. If the previous gen was safer, it would have been a Top Safety Pick.
lol at Raoul. You read my mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSmmbmJCLw
lol at Raoul. You read my mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSmmbmJCLw
Last edited by Rambo; 11-29-2008 at 10:23 PM.
#20
11-29-2008, 10:09 PM
Lol carry on Last5oh your only making your self look like more of a fool everytime you post a reply. Carry on kidding your self about how safe you think you are but the figures and the facts prove you are wrong. The 09 has more safty features and is safer than the 08 and you seem to be the only one that doubts that. Troll on.
#21
11-29-2008, 10:10 PM
If you want to be techincal, any truck with a cab has a safety cage. However on the 2009 they have added a new safety cage with high strength steel that is 2 and half times stronger. If the previous gen was safer, it would have been a Top Safety Pick.
lol at Raoul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSmmbmJCLw
lol at Raoul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSmmbmJCLw
#22
11-29-2008, 10:16 PM
Read it and weep:
They wouldn't even post the pics of the dummy in the 09. It was too grotesque.
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/sa...rd&model=F-150
Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and forces on the legs and feet were low.
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/sa...rd&model=F-150
#23
11-29-2008, 10:18 PM
Do i really need to copy and paste their results.
p=poor m=marginal g=good
Rear crash protection
Overall rating Dynamic rating
F-150 2009 g g
f-150 2008 p/m p/m
Frontal offset test results
overall rating
f-150 2009 g
f-150 2008 g
Side impact test results
overal rating
f-150 2009 g
f-150 2008 (you wouldnt even wanna see)
#24
11-29-2008, 10:24 PM
Do i really need to copy and paste their results.
p=poor m=marginal g=good
Rear crash protection
Overall rating Dynamic rating
F-150 2009 g g
f-150 2008 p/m p/m
Frontal offset test results
overall rating
f-150 2009 g
f-150 2008 g
Side impact test results
overal rating
f-150 2009 g
f-150 2008 (you wouldnt even wanna see)
p=poor m=marginal g=good
Rear crash protection
Overall rating Dynamic rating
F-150 2009 g g
f-150 2008 p/m p/m
Frontal offset test results
overall rating
f-150 2009 g
f-150 2008 g
Side impact test results
overal rating
f-150 2009 g
f-150 2008 (you wouldnt even wanna see)
I noticed how you conveniently left out the legs and feet section.
Oh, please post the link on that info, from the insurance institutes site, since they are the end all say all afterall.
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11-29-2008, 10:29 PM
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IIHS selects its Top Safety Picks by evaluating each vehicle's crashworthiness and occupant protection in frontal-offset, side-impact and rear crash test scenarios.
2008 F-150 - not a top safety pick
2009 F-150 - top safety pick
2009 Ram - not a top safey pick. not even one top safety pick for all of chrysler.
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2008/11...ridgeli-1.html
2008 F-150 - not a top safety pick
2009 F-150 - top safety pick
2009 Ram - not a top safey pick. not even one top safety pick for all of chrysler.
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2008/11...ridgeli-1.html
Last edited by Rambo; 11-29-2008 at 10:41 PM.
#26
11-29-2008, 10:30 PM
what just like you have with the other results. Pot calling the kettle black! i have gave the overall results which are exactly as they show them. A crash don't just involve your front left foot or leg?? you don't get to choose where you crash. Overall the 09 clearly beats the 08 as you can see by their figures. There ain't even figures posted for side impact or roll so lets not even go there. But I'm sure you think you 08 is better than the 09 in that department as well even with the 4 extra airbags, 2.5x stronger roll cage, advance trac and RSC????
#27
11-29-2008, 10:31 PM
#28
11-29-2008, 10:37 PM
what just like you have with the other results. Pot calling the kettle black! i have gave the overall results which are exactly as they show them. A crash don't just involve your front left foot or leg?? you don't get to choose where you crash. Overall the 09 clearly beats the 08 as you can see by their figures. There ain't even figures posted for side impact or roll so lets not even go there. But I'm sure you think you 08 is better than the 09 in that department as well even with the 4 extra airbags, 2.5x stronger roll cage, advance trac and RSC????
#29
11-29-2008, 10:38 PM
Perhaps i will hurt my legs or maybe even break them in a accident but im almost certain that if you had a side impact or roll and your brains were spread across your truck that you will still think that the 08 is the safer truck!! Rather have a sore leg than no head.
#30
11-29-2008, 10:40 PM
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=327