Rental Car Ruckus 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Senor_Taylor]

While I agree that the ergonomics of that car in particular look like garbage, I actually am ok with the trend of high belt lines and thick A-pillars.

Visibility is a great tool to avoid being hit, but once you've been hit pencil thin A-pillars and below the shoulder doors are NOT what I want.

A lot of cars are pretty excessive about it, especially with rearward visibility since it seems like they are building cars with backup cameras in mind now. That being said, I think my MK7 strikes a good balance between visibility and safety (although the A-pillars are as thick as any other new car).

The E36 never seemed like a particularly unsafe car to me, after all it has an airbag, but after really getting used to being in a MY2015 for the past couple of years, i now feel particularly aware of the fact in the event of a side impact my brains would almost certainly be extruded through the grill of whatever hit me.

Driving an NA Miata and swapping between that and a new-ish 4Runner really made me apprehensive of the fact of how unsafe they are. The doors weigh like 5 lbs it feels like and there was no B or C pillar to add any structure. I just accepted that's how my life would end every time I drove it.