[Spridgets] Another Crash

Leo 60bugeye at cebridge.net
Thu Mar 19 22:14:48 MST 2009


Wow!!!   Glad you are all right and the safety aspects of the new cars are
indeed miracles of engineering.  I have been saved twice by Ford's
engineers.

Leo
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[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Riker
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:27 PM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: [Spridgets] Another Crash

So while we've been debating the merits of electronic ignitions, I've been 
healing from my bumps and bruises.  For all of the GM bashing that sometimes

goes on (thanks billy Z)  I wanted to share pictures of the 2009 Chevy 
Equinox that basically saved my life Sunday.  My wife, daughter, and I were 
minding our own business on a residential street going about 30 mph, when a 
car blew through a stop sign and hit us at 40+ mph. The force of the impact 
spun us 300 degrees.  All of the airbags, front, side and side curtain went 
off.  The main impact was 90 degree frontal right on my side (driver).  The 
crumple zones did what they were designed to do, and dispite the severity of

the crash, there was NO broken glass, and all of the doors opened.  The 
passenger compartment safety cage was twisted, but not crushed.

http://tinyurl.com/d2j3ky

I am convinced that if I was in the MG, I'd be dead today.  Needless to say,

I'm in the market for a roll bar for the Midget.  It needs to be a real one,

and I'd like the type that the rear braces angle over to the main loop, so 
that they don't interfere with the headrests.  The only ones I've seen 
lately have the supports that go straight up to the loop.  I don't think I'm

going to drive it again without one.  It wouldn't help in the kind of 
accident I was just in, but it sure should add to the side impact and roll 
over protection.

David Riker
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