Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

Chris1956 said:

Gee liability is a major concern for all manufacturers. Remember when Ford Explorers had those series of fatal rollovers during a crash? Ford was sued a whole lot. On a related note, remember when the Pinto's would pop into reverse on their own, back into something and explode? The transmission was the catalyst, and it was a liability.

It would be legal jeopardy for Brunswick's atty to tell the court that the Bayliners were made cheaper or less well than another boat.

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Newbie@boats said:

We ended up going with the Rinker 192

Looked at a Stingray in between.

The Rinker ended up being local, original owner, friend of a friend. Interior is actually in decent shape, no rips in the seats, I couldn’t find a soft spot in the floor. Needs to be cleaned up from winter storage, only thing that doesn’t work is the radio which isn’t a huge deal. Everything was serviced before winter storage but I still plan on doing a complete service as a peace of mind.

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Chris1956 said:

Airshot, The Pinto issue was a big story in the early 80's. To be fair the Pinto's gas tank was in the same place and was the same design as the Mustang and other cars of the time. The top of the gas tank was the floor of the trunk, in a lot of those Ford and Mercury models.

The difference was that the Pinto was a much lighter and had a less strong bumper, than Mustang/ Comet/Cougar. Fairlane etc. If you hit something in a Pinto, the bumper bent and pushed the gas tank into the differential where it could be punctured. Leaking gasoline is real bad.

The pinto-unique design flaw was for the trans to suddenly pop into reverse. That did not plague other models.

The Explorer was a much newer scandal. I did not follow it closely, but Ford was compelled to address it.

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