Smart Car?

[pontiacgp]

Are you implying that it would have been survivable if you hit the culvert in a gbody ?

I hit one when living in Florida with my 74 GP....put my car in the ditch and hit a culvert. I was told the car went about 15 feet in the air, did a 360 airborne and bent all the cragar protects when it landed. I woke up when the paramedics were pushing me back into the car on the passenger side. I have no seatbelt on and got tossed to the passenger side and out through the windshield. My right leg was trapped in the center console under the dash keeping me from flying any further. Don't remember much about the accident except for when the paramedics were dealing with me...the guys who new me and saw my car thought I was dead...but I survived...

 

[L67ss]

Are you implying that it would have been survivable if you hit the culvert in a gbody ?

Safer than a pipe dream crumple zone car lol. Hell I hit a tree in my cutlass doing at least 50. We pulled it out of the ditch, jump started it and I drove home

 

[kalidromos13]

Damn GP....well glad you got out of that one!!
I wonder how a G-Body will fare after doing something like this: haha

 

[pontiacgp]

Safer than a pipe dream crumple zone car lol. Hell I hit a tree in my cutlass doing at least 50. We pulled it out of the ditch, jump started it and I drove home

that does not qualify you as a tree hugger....

 

[L67ss]

Pirate lumberjack?

 

[pontiacgp]

Damn GP....well glad you got out of that one!!
I wonder how a G-Body will fare after doing something like this: haha

I saw that one.....that guy took a ride... I've had my share, another trip through the windshield was in a VW bug when my friend hit a 68 Buick Wildcat head on...the next day we all went sking with our stitches and that guy who was driving the bug ran into the only tree on the hill, he had bad luck

 

[Texas82GP]

A shame they destroyed that 59 Chevy.

 

[gbodytoys]

with the wind we just had in Metro Detroit yesterday, I would have been scared in a smart car.

I'm all for tech, not just in that small car.

Honestly, if I had the money, I would consider taking my g-body to one of those guys who converts gas cars into electric cars (I think they did a fastback Mustang). I'd love to have a 9 second car that didn't make any noise.

 

[STLRegal]

Things we all need to remember is that over a certain speed no car is going to be a good car to be in a wreck in. I'm sure we've all heard a story about so and so not wearing their seat belt and were thrown from the car and if they had they would be dead. There is truth to it in a way because past a certain speed your odds of walking away or surviving greatly diminish. Whether youre in the car or not. Thankfully most car accidents happen at less then 35 miles an hour and that is what modern manufacturers focus on for the occupants to be uninjured in.

But no two accidents are ever the same. Where you hit and how you hit all matter and when it comes to car vs car, size definitely matters. A gbody probably will survive a wreck better with a modern car because the modern car gives and absorbs the impact. Take two g bodies in the same wreck and the outcome is going to be different. That energy isn't just omitted because it's a heavy framed car. It's transfered to its occupants.

Simple fact is that safety absolutely has a price. If we were all so concerned about safety we would all be driving around in cars that are roll caged. But in the end we take the risk for which ever vehicle is most comfortable and convenient and suits our needs the best whether it's a tiny city car or a full size truck.

 

[L67ss]

And roll cages kind of debunk crumple zones....