[Jamo]

My Butler is/was about as safe as you can build them--door beams (the doors clunk when you close them) and huge beams under the dash and rear bulkhead...and I wouldn't trust them for a minute in a wreck!

Real driver's training (a two to three day course) should be a given! I wished all of the insurance companies required it for these cars--all cars for that matter.

To me, the biggest thing is defensive driving--presume stupidity of the other drivers around you and drive for the conditions.

Turk is a pain in the ass to take long drives with--most of the time--cruises like he's from East LA--heralds back to his Greyhound days. Slower than sh!t!!!! Yet--going down the slope into Vegas, as safe as he is, Pat and I watched an SUV jump in front of his ass and hit the brakes. Turk and his ERA had a choice between more SUVs to the right or a cliff to the left--but he got his car slowed in time--mostly due to his alertness and rational speed. Understand--this same immigrant will haul ass through Death Valley where the conditions make [some] sense.

Make sure you're not in someone's blind spot, and watch the lookey-loos as they creep towards you. And--as Cranky has said over and over again--take it to the track if you're looking to have extreme fun.