> Don't you mean they are also useful for transfering the
> energy of a
> minor bump into the frame

Frame ...
??
Bzzzt.
Does not compute.
Term missing from glossary.
Please re-enter.

> (past the bumper's crumple/crush zone) where
> the damage will be invisible

and not affect the handling enough to matter in many cases
thereby allowing max market resale value at minimum expense
when it is flicked on after a year or two.

I owned a Honda City which my son, through no fault of his 
own, had shortened while waiting in a queue of traffic.

Handled amazingly well - every bit as good or better at 
ear-oling through corners as it ever had been and far bettr 
than most would credit to such a utilitarian beast. Only 
cm's shorter than it had been. Only the drivers door would 
open. Others overlapped to varying extents. Back was broken 
inside rear so the rear boot floor sloped alarmingly.

He wrote off 3 of my cars and only one was solidly 
attributable to him (according to the Police) but even that 
was in doubt. Note - when the con rods slap on the bore you 
should have stopped already ;-).



        Russell




        R

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