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Feb 21, 2002 | 08:20 AM

#11

dingster

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Depends on how you land.

If you land squarely on the roof, our cars won't be any better off than a honda.

Feb 21, 2002 | 08:20 AM

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ColoradoMark

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Roof structure stayed intact

Feb 21, 2002 | 08:42 AM

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looey

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doesn't even look like the pillars buckled at all

Feb 21, 2002 | 09:06 AM

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who would know anyway? Are there stats of people surviving vs dying from a collapsed roof?

One thing a steel tubular race seat has is extra reinforment above your head via the tubular structure. Would this fair better than a full fiberglass shell seat or the stock headrest? I don't know. Accidents are too dynamic. If getting too serious into racing, then definetely time for a fully caged car. And I have seen 2 A4's roll. A roll itself didn't cave in the roof line. Stayed intact. However, if it somersaulted and landed on it's roof - goodbye - and I am willing to bet, a stock seat won't save that person.

Feb 21, 2002 | 10:24 AM

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allyson1978

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Not all those facts are true.. don't believe rumors. ;)

I am working on that case ..

Feb 21, 2002 | 10:28 AM

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allyson1978

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Could you post them on the site...

or email them to me? I am also curious to see how the Audi performs.. I haven't seen any of the pillars really fail or buckle in any of the accidents I have seen.

allyson1978@hotmail.com

Thanks!

Feb 21, 2002 | 10:38 AM

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JoeyM

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regardless of right or wrong...you should buy harnesses here:

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Feb 21, 2002 | 03:03 PM

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Reggie3

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Those were artilcles printed in the paper. Not rumors.

They may have been inaccurate -

The couple I heard now have seperated. I assume one is sueing the other.

Frankly though - driving a roadster w/o a roll bar is pretty lame. I installed one on my 124 Spyder in the early 70s in St Louis because I did not like the options in a accident.