-Official- S2K accident thread
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Originally Posted by mondojackal,Feb 16 2010, 03:55 PM
I'm not saying that the control arms should be unbreakable. You're just getting defensive and wanting to argue. That's fine. I was merely curious, and really wonder where the S2000 would stack up against other cars in accidents if you counted the relative percentage of cars that have had their control arms broken in a crash.
Never once did I state or imply that this car is poorly designed, it just subconsciously struck me as odd when I looked through this entire thread (in a single sitting) and noticed that there were a lot more broken control arms than I would have expected and/or that I've noticed on other crash pictures that I've seen in the past.
No ill-will upon anyone, I was merely curious if anyone else thought this to be odd.
Never once did I state or imply that this car is poorly designed, it just subconsciously struck me as odd when I looked through this entire thread (in a single sitting) and noticed that there were a lot more broken control arms than I would have expected and/or that I've noticed on other crash pictures that I've seen in the past.
No ill-will upon anyone, I was merely curious if anyone else thought this to be odd.
Well, either way even if they're steel/mild steel, have you seen those things? They're PUNY! Honda cut weight every way possible, and the A-arms totally show it. That being said, if the A-arms are being used in tension (not impact- thats compression+maybe some torsion/shear added in?) then they would probably be fine.. I'm willing to bet the thing A-arms just buckle then break on impact.
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I think part of what I love about this car (especially boosted) is how much respect you have to have for it. It makes the car a lot more fun to drive. I have to really be careful not to enter turns too fast and if I do to work the throttle and counter steering properly not to loose it, makes getting in the car everytime exciting! I found most car's booring to drive, from Porchse Turbo's, RS4's, M3's, ect.
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