WOW. Just looked at the pics. Again, glad you are okay. I'm a little concerned about the amount of movement on the roll bars? It looks like they began to fold forward??

 

Yeah, it was kind of weird. It all happened so fast, but after we flipped we slip backwards on the road a bit. That's what pushed the rollbars forward. My poor friend was stuck upside down, in the dark, in her seatbelt with her chin pushed into her chest. I had to put all my body weight into the car to lift it a little so I could get under her to undo her seatbelt. I am glad that the engineering (God and Luck not to be forgotten) saved us.

You all are right though, the best thing to do is to get back in the saddle. I'm already looking to get a new one. Also, I saw someone driving a silver one down Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) near Tysons Corner the other day. Specifically between the Beltway and 66 at around 4:45 pm. I was "walking" home from the metro What that any one of y'all?

 

I just saw the pics on thenew link. OMG! I am glad to see that you are well enough to come on and post and share your experience as well as the pics. Thanks. Kudos to you for posting and sharing your experience of driving hard when the road was not so forgiving. Luckily for all of us, the car seems to be designer pretty well for survivabilty for the occupants.

I hope you do go out and get another one. Good luck and i hope your passenger recovers soon too!

 

WoW!!!!
You are so lucky to be alive after I saw the pics in your new link.
How hard had it rolled as the roll bar behind your seats bent like that?
The windshield frame is crushed also.
Would you get a mugen or spoon roll cage next time?
Hope you guy and girl get well soon.

 

Glad to hear you are alright.

I totalled my first S2000 a few months ago (fortunately without the flip!!!) and have a new one now.

It does take a while to feel comfortable driving again (I still feel nervous in the rain) but I am glad that I got another one.... it is so hard to find another car that is as much fun

 

Tokyo_James,

Right on man... thanks for the boost! I love the angel icon next to the 'deceased'. Blue/Black eh? Man, why are we so limited with colors here in the States?

 

I think we need to drive our cars like motorcycles, anticipating blind corners with scrutiny.

 

Chances are you won't survive another one like that. It's just not worth it to push the car to it's limit every time you get in it!

Man, those pics make me wnat to throw up!

Glad you're OK.

 

I know why you survived, you were showing your spirit with the americn flag on your fender. I am glad you walked away.....

Chip

BTW...I am trying to figure out how to make a bigger rollbar for this car. I want one like I had on my Miata.

 

Being tall doesn't necessarily mean you'll be killed in a rolled S2000 -- it's assumed that you'll bend forward when you roll (if you don't do it unconsciously, the pavement will probably do it for you), and the weight of the vehicle will still be placed on the roll bar. The beauty of the three-point seatbelt is that you can still bend forward some -- unlike race seats, which will hold you bolt upright as the weight of the car comes down on your head. It's likely your friend's seatbelt broke her collarbone, as she got pushed down into it.

You should still consider yourself lucky that you survived, but the S2000 is remarkably well engineered for rolls, in my opinion. It's probably 80% as safe in a roll as a genuine hardtop vehicle. Does anyone have any statistics or non-anecdotal evidence?

- Warren