At least they wrote, with government required repairs....IE recall kit ....Still how many Pintos have you seen in the wreaking yard that have been in a fire.
None. How many new cars with a EFI system that did not shut off the fuel after a wreak, too many to count.....And yet OUR cars are still blamed for this.....
I took a brand new 1973 Pinto through an intersection on a green light and drove through a 1972 Vega from it's right front headlight all the way to its left windshield pillar.
After I was finished with that little problem the Pinto (with me along as a passenger) carried itself along into a traffic signal pole with what remained of its front end and then spun to the left and took out a traffic signal control box with the right rear quarter of the car.
I took a look at the car in the wrecking yard after I was released from the hospital and found that there was not a single body panel on the car that was not dented or buckled. There was not any glass on the car that was not shattered. All 5 tires were flat!
And not a single drop of fuel had leaked. No drips. No flames. No fiery death! No nothin. The wrecker said he had to drain about 10 gallons of fuel before sending it to the 'cubing' machine.