were you ever surprised at how well or poorly the car stood up in a crash?

 

i've seen several roll-overs in S2000's and usually the passengers walk away with minor injuries. the windshield/factory "roll-bars" do a good job.
-Chris

 

bump

 

safety:
a street accident is so random... hard to compare one to another.
another thing is that people's expectations are so varied: someone in shape and experienced some track time will walk away easy.

create your own safety; drive slow, its only survival on the street.

 

Brand new to this board, but have been lurking for a while. Obviously, I'm considering an S2000.

Please tell me about the factory "roll bars".

Thanks,
Brad

 

The windshield frame is a lot stronger on the S than most other cars so its very unlikely it will collapse in an accident. There is also a steel roll hoop behind each passenger. I'd feel much safter crashing in my S than practially any SUV out there or a lot of sedans. It was designed like a racecar....to keep the cockpit intact and driver safe in a crash while the rest of the body absorbs the impact.

 

So then is a roll bar necessary?

 

Its the 2 loops behind each seat.

 

If you're tracking the car at certain tracks they require roll bars.

Is that what you meant?

Regarding the original post, I've seen some very scary smash ups in the S on this board, and I've been amazed at how many of these have been survived (alas not all!).

There used to be a video of the S in a head on crash test, and it stayed straight and rigid around the passenger compartment. A Miata bowed up like a frightened cat...

The 3-dimentional X-bone frame is a tough piece of engineering

 

Hit a concrete wall and did $12K worth of damage to mine. Then I drove it off the track and onto my trailer for the trip home. It's a pretty tough car.