Would you be a vehicle with low safety ratings if it saved you a lot of money? (2012, SUV)

[hunterseat]

I want to believe I'd consider safety ratings but the one I drive now - have had it for a couple of years - has a warning label on the sun visor that it will roll over if I turn too fast. I'd have to say yes.

[mustangman66]

Cant say I have ever look at safety ratings when buying a car.

[statisticsnerd]

Originally Posted by Redraven

Safety ratings are the least of my concerns when shopping for a vehicle.

You'll regret that when you get into a bad accident. That can happen to anybody.

5 stars is what I'm looking for, but I don't buy anything with less than a 4 star rating in any category.

[don1945]

Never considered safety ratings on any of the many cars I have owned over the past 50 years. My hot rod has NO safety features and I never give it a second thought. Should I be concerned ? Maybe, but I am not.

Don

[Jkgourmet]

Originally Posted by don1945

Never considered safety ratings on any of the many cars I have owned over the past 50 years. My hot rod has NO safety features and I never give it a second thought. Should I be concerned ? Maybe, but I am not.

Don

I'll bet your family is concerned. (And they should be.)

[Pretzelogik]

Originally Posted by Lenny7214

Used cars are expensive these days! I have an opportunity to buy a decade-old Pontiac Grand Am with only 75,000 miles for 2500. It runs good, body is fine, etc Safety ratings and crash test ratings are not so great but I'm not sure they were on most vehicles at that time. I drive a lot of highway miles. Does this sound like a good deal or am I crazy to even be considering it?

Don't know about yours...but not in my town...too many loony drivers.

[Dburger]

Originally Posted by Jkgourmet

I'll bet your family is concerned. (And they should be.)

If he has no seatbelts, that's pretty hardcore. Lap belts are all you need

[JaxRhapsody]

Couke care less about safety ratings. Looks, modibility, and drivetrain is all I care about, I'm not buying some late model POS just because it can Hancock a frieght train, and turns in to a foam filled voit dodgeball. To only care aboit safety is just weird to me. Nothing a roll cage can't fix.

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by Lenny7214

Would you be a vehicle with low safety ratings if it saved you a lot of money?

I never looked at the safety ratings when I was single. Drove a '73 Pinto Station Wagon, a '71 Triumph GT6, an '75 MGB, and an '84 Renault Alliance.

I didn't even use seat belts until I bought the '84.

Not sure if they even had safety ratings when I started driving.

[LexusNexus]

Absolutely not. I value my life.