Re: skiing with helmet/faw!

Geez, what a pain...literally. I have two front airbags in my 3yr +4mo
vehicle and have gone through my share of potholes, so my guess is that
mine are secure from accidental opening.


--
Kitty 
neIN, Zone5

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> no Kitty... they are very expensive so the 1500 
> doesn't surprize me at all. They are not easy to redo, 
> so I am sure labor is also part of the cost. 
> 
> The powder is from the dynamite charge that is used to 
> make them inflate that quickly. 
> 
> Besides the wrist problem, my chest was black & blue 
> no, make that black for weeks....also add the material 
> texture imprint was on my face for a week...it also 
> broke my glasses so a few cuts to boot. 
> 
> I also jumped out of the van, the 'powder' made my 
> brain think the van was on fire as it was smoke 
> consistency. The cop kept telling me to stay there, 
> and I told him to get out of my way.... 
> 
> I do believe they have improved them since this 
> happened to me in 98 or was it 99... something about 
> 'smart bags'... 
> 
> Donna 
> 
> 
> --- kmrsy@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> > Wow! $1500. Perhaps that was a total for several 
> > airbags. Or, it might 
> > be that a more expensive vehicle has more expensive 
> > bags. I think the 
> > bags might be packed with a talc of some sort to 
> > prevent the folds from 
> > sticking together. 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kitty 
> > neIN, Zone5 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> > 
> > > In a message dated 2/16/05 10:05:56 AM, 
> > kmrsy@comcast.net writes: 
> > > 
> > > << something like $300 each >> 
> > > 
> > > Kitty, my granddaughters air bags on her Ford went 
> > off (is that inflated, 
> > > ejected?) last year when she was involved in a 
> > minor accident. It cost $1500 to 
> > > repack. She is very small and was not hurt by the 
> > airbags as I have heard but 
> > > she said she crawled out coughing due to powder or 
> > dust that exploded with 
> > > the bags. 
> > > Ceres 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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