Yeah, I kinda laugh about it myself since all I got was a welt on my left arm. Then I also think about the face I must have made. I seriously almost shat myself.

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Jeez, thats not safe. Is that a known problem with your car? What kind of car was it exactaly? Good thing it didn't freak you out so bad you hit something like on 85 like you were saying... Let us know what they do for you... You might should sue for the money to cover all of your expenses incured for taking care of this incident. That should NOT have happened even out of warenty... Good luck!
I don't know if that's a known problem, that's kinda what I'm trying to figure out now. She's a 2001.5 V6 Passat GLX with just over 80k.

I'll tell you one thing, a-pillar guages are no longer an option in my mind. I don't know exactly which way they would have shot out, but the fact that the airbag deploys at 200 mph, and I'm only 2 feet away from a projectile of significant size and weight, I'd be a very bitter person walking around with an imprint of the gauges on my face. That and seat covers I wanted to get from Katzkin... :jerkit:... since the seat airbag just ripped clean through it.

Now I drive with the seat as far back and keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle.

Paranoia is not a good thing to get after you blow $3k on a PES G2 blower.