[PurplePTGirl]

As a real live crash test dummy, I have to say that my 2005 PT protected me well in a head on crash. I hit a Camry who turned left in front of me--I was going about 45. I had bruises from the shoulder belt and a swollen knee (it hit the dash) but other than that, I walked away from a head on collision with no injuries. The car was totalled but I was not. I had no side curtain air bags on that PT, but the front airbags did deploy. My new PT does have side airbags.

The performance of my car played a part in my decision to purchase another PT (after being in a crash like that, you DO think of these things!).

Yes, if it had been a huge SUV (which is what was used in that test), things might have been different, but really, other than driving an equally huge SUV, what can we do to protect ourselves against these monsters? No smaller car is going to stand up against something twice its size--that is the law of physics.