Airbags in fto?

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:37 am

hey guys ive been looking at a lot of fto's especialy everyone else's GPX models.

i have a 1995 GPX model. and i have driver and passenger side abs airbag. is this a standard thing because i cant find any other fto with it ?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:31 am

Airbag are optional for the series 1, & driver side are standard on series 2.

mell · Post by **mell** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:46 pm

did any of the gr's come with air bags?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:54 pm

Same answer as above

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:17 pm

would that make my car slightly a bit more valuable . having both driver and passenger airbag? to any other fto

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:46 pm

There are plenty of airbag model FTO's out there.

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:08 pm

BuCkEt wrote:There are plenty of airbag model FTO's out there.

thats probably true. ive probably looked at about 100 ftos and havent seen any with driver and passanger. but what my question is, will my car be of more value. than towards another gpx without any airbags at all, ?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:08 pm

IMO, no, of course its a good thing to have, but it isn't a must.

Star_Lancer · Post by **Star_Lancer** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:25 pm

i havent found airbags to be useful in my experience.

my previous cars (lancer) standard airbag....a guy ran through red light and wiped out the front of my car doing about 80km...airbag didnt go off.

so uhh it doesnt make a diff to me haha. :S

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:19 am

Star_Lancer wrote:i havent found airbags to be useful in my experience.

my previous cars (lancer) standard airbag....a guy ran through red light and wiped out the front of my car doing about 80km...airbag didnt go off.

so uhh it doesnt make a diff to me haha. :S

air bag will only go off if the hit is from the front bumper. or where ever the sensor thing is. all i know is that they cost 900$ to get re gassed and put back in

Post by **kazbah** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:05 am

There is no guarantee the damn things will go off when they are needed. The driver who ran up the back of me doing 60km/h was driving a brand new Falcon. Totalled the front of her car but her airbag never went off. She didnt hit me at an angle either, smack bang in the middle and without breaking before she hit.... So airbags, shmairbags!

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:12 am

ah ok . but the reason it never went of cos the hit was not bigenough.
if it was say 80- 100kmh. then it would of went off.airbags r designed to save your life, if in a huge accident. but not minor. it would cost a fortune if u have had 2-3 hits a year. thats 1 prob reason . the other prob malfunctioned dunno

i sure would love to hit my head in an airbag than the front screen with glass shatterin in my face in a big crash.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:45 am

Yes its good to have it, & I don't think we can doubt its safety when accident happen but how many people here & future buyer of FTO would consider to pay more because it got an extra passenger air-bag?

I think when someone buying a 10yrs old low price sports car, passenger air-bag becomes irrelevant. Most people would consider to pay more for a well maintained FTO rather then a feature they hope they will never use. But yes itâ€™s a bonus to have it.

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:12 am

but... if u prang it and the airbag goes off it costs about 400 bux to get it replaced