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Miata crash survivability
On Thursday, February 6, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Dean wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience or information on how well the Miata > performs in any kind of road accident? I have a late 1996 (October) > MX5 (Miata) 1.8. Does the windscreen frame provide adequate protection > in the (unlikely) event of a rollover or should I fit a rollover bar? > > I love the look of the car, especially with the top down. > > If you have information, please post follow up message to the > newsgroup. > > Thanking you in advance, Dean I had a 1995 Special Edition Miata with only 44K miles. One day on Hwy 49 just before entering Downieville I did not see the curve come up before it was too late. I hit the mountain side straight on. Both airbags deployed and the windshild cracked, but I walked away without a scratch. In a frontal collision the Miata will do OK. I do not know about roll overs. But if you do that kind of driving beat to get a roll bar. I perefr to drive with the hardtop installed too. |
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Miata crash survivability
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:35:38 -0700, abdamania wrote:
> On Thursday, February 6, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Dean wrote: >> Does anyone have any experience or information on how well the Miata >> performs in any kind of road accident? I have a late 1996 (October) MX5 >> (Miata) 1.8. Does the windscreen frame provide adequate protection in >> the (unlikely) event of a rollover or should I fit a rollover bar? >> >> I love the look of the car, especially with the top down. >> >> If you have information, please post follow up message to the >> newsgroup. >> >> Thanking you in advance, Dean > > I had a 1995 Special Edition Miata with only 44K miles. One day on Hwy > 49 just before entering Downieville I did not see the curve come up > before it was too late. I hit the mountain side straight on. Both > airbags deployed and the windshild cracked, but I walked away without a > scratch. In a frontal collision the Miata will do OK. Yes. > I do not know > about roll overs. At a track day I went to, someone rolled a Miata a couple of times by getting in the clay next to the track. He was unhurt, but his windshield was flat. The windshield provides some protection, but it is limited. > But if you do that kind of driving beat to get a roll > bar. I perefr to drive with the hardtop installed too. Beats the idea of driving a convertible? Leon |
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