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Car Parcel Shelves

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Just watching 5th Gear Repeat and they're showing howmaps, books, etc onthe rear shelf turn into flying missles at just a 30 mph crash, one map flew fast enough to smash the front screen .. worth taking note!!

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i had a scud missile on my back seat and it turned into a roadmap of Bishop Auckland. Bizzare.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    holy shit! scary stuff!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    shit.. theres a plate on my mums :eek:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by rachie004
    my mum doesn't have one.. I don't think

    i mean a china plate on her parcel self
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by rachie004
    I mean I don't think my mum has a parcel shelf

    haha.. we only have em for the speakers :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Am I stupid for not knowing what a parcel shelf is? Is it the thing that covers the boot?
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    JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by the doc horatio
    Is it the thing that covers the boot?

    Yes.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by JsT
    Yes.

    OK.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: Car Parcel Shelves
    Originally posted by DiamondGeezer
    Just watching 5th Gear Repeat and they're showing howmaps, books, etc onthe rear shelf turn into flying missles at just a 30 mph crash, one map flew fast enough to smash the front screen .. worth taking note!!

    That's rather scary.

    It'd be much safer if people only used them for parcels.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    a mate of mine rolled his car on a country lane, he had tools in the back.

    after the car had finished doing its impression of a washing machine and he crawled out bloodied and bruised he noticed a screwdriver embedded deep into the dashboard very close to where he was just sat.

    he still speeds, but makes sure his tools are all locked up and tied down in the boot.

    idiot. :rolleyes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Lemur
    i had a scud missile on my back seat and it turned into a roadmap of Bishop Auckland. Bizzare.
    Maybe you could combine the two and do us all a favour. :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my new truck is full of loose tools and chains and nine pound hammers!
    a couple of steel toecap boots and a chainsaw.
    boxes ...rubbish ...etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Best not crash then, eh. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kentish
    Best not crash then, eh. :p
    i can see it now in here ...it's gonna cost a fortune for the nhs to put rolly back together again ...why should our taxes ....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by big_man_with_a_
    a mate of mine rolled his car on a country lane, he had tools in the back.

    after the car had finished doing its impression of a washing machine and he crawled out bloodied and bruised he noticed a screwdriver embedded deep into the dashboard very close to where he was just sat.

    he still speeds, but makes sure his tools are all locked up and tied down in the boot.

    idiot. :rolleyes:


    They also showed a car crashing with a big tool case in the boot full of screwdrivers, etc

    Basically at 30 mph everything is thrown forwards at like 30 G's so a 15kg tool box now has the force of something weighing 30 times more. In their test it was so powerful it blew a gap straigt through the rear seats and send tools everywhere in the car.

    They suggested when not in use you should also put the rear seats belt on in the back seat to help support the seats from bending in a crash and let anything in the boot enter the passenger cell.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kentish
    Maybe you could combine the two and do us all a favour. :D

    And crash a Scud missile into Bishop Auckland and it'd be perfect :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by rachie004
    I mean I don't think my mum has a parcel shelf

    Well not sure what a plate weighs but lets say it 250g so at 30 mpg that plate will go flying forwards like a 7.5kg weight going at someone's head.

    On the space shuttle missions the shuttle once came back with a crack in its windows caused by a fleck of paint travelling at many thousands of miles per hour. Objects plus speed = danger!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And you still see idiots driving at high speeds with their dogs sitting on the parcel shelf, kids standing up on the back seats sticking their tongues out at lorry drivers and drivers steering with their knees whilst drinking a cup of coffee and texting someone without their seatbelt on.

    You just can't teach some people.
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