Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

I'd take ABS over airbags any day of the week- avoid the accident, then you don't need to mitigate the accident.

(bit late but) ^this
airbags are only as a supplimentry system to the seatbelts. stop you whipping forward in a crash. obviously they are useful but [good driving and] seatbelts are far more important. its a mix of about 85%-15% seatbelts to airbags in levels of protection to the driver. im boring myself now, but thought id throw in my 2 cents. (worked for Nissan designing their safety systems)