MSP must be pretty safe

[Imissmy3rdgen7]

Where did you see an RX-8 fly through the air and land on it's roof?

Deleted scenes from X-Men 2?

 

[MetalSpeed]

Damm thats krazyness! Well at least yall are still able to talk about it.

 

[Notorious]

Makes me real happy I didn't get a srt-4. Quite a few ppl have died or have been seriously injured there. Plus just look at the pics after the accident. The msp holds up much better. Dr. Sounds car flipped like 10 times and fell shoot i dunno, a hundred feet and he was fine.

 

[Novot]

Is Dr Sounds the guy who posted pics of his MSP a couple of weeks after the accident while he was standing in the engine bay or something? That looked pretty nasty...

My wife ran into the back of someone :-( but no injuries on either side, thank goodness.

 

[chino]

He never did tell us where he saw the majic flying RX8???

 

[Autox MSP]

ya .. well he told the cops 90 lol

any impact at 90 will kill you in any car.

 

[yashooa]

any impact at 90 will kill you in any car.

Well tell that to the guy who was driving the LT1 Corvette that slammed into a semi going over 150MPH. The car came apart and he literally bounced along the side of the road in his seat until it stopped moving the cops were right behind him in pursuit they drove up got out and arrested the guy, who was unharmed. I saw the whole thing it was taped from a news chopper.

 

[Autox MSP]

truck was moving like 70mph.

imagine you hitting a brick will at 90mph and suddenly stopping. Even if the chassis stays in one place your brain will still be moving at 90mph crushing against your skull.

Most race car drivers die of internal injurys because of the impact of their orgains.

 

[yashooa]

truck was moving like 70mph.

imagine you hitting a brick will at 90mph and suddenly stopping. Even if the chassis stays in one place your brain will still be moving at 90mph crushing against your skull.

Most race car drivers die of internal injurys because of the impact of their orgains.

Yes I know the second impact as your brain bounces off the inside of your skull etc. The guy if the vette hit the truck at an angle and by some miracle flew to the right of the truck not directly under it and stayed planted in his seat while he skidded across a smooth desert floor. I don't plan on trying it any time soon.

 

[Notorious]

any impact at 90 will kill you in any car.

Not true, depends on angle, deflection, where on the car you are hit and what you hit.

 

[Novot]

The velocity vector is what matters, in any impact. NASCAR guys hit concrete walls while going 180, 190 mph. What matters is the velocity component perpendicular to the surface that you are hitting (i.e. how much of it is "head on"). For example, Dale Earnhardt hit many walls while going at speeds of 180+ mph... but the time he was killed, he had a higher perpendicular velocity component with the wall (i.e., it was more "head on"). The smae with Adam petty, Kenny Irwen, Blaise Alexander, and Greg Ray.
A 35 mph head on collision with a concrete barrier will produce enough force to cause a basilar skull fracture in almost any person, in ANY car. That is the "magic" number of death, the limit that you can have and have any chance of surviving. Obviously some people would die at lower speeds depending on their overall health...

Did all that make sense?

 

[Buca]

Gotta hand it to mazda, 2 wrecks and still going. First was a rollover then second was front end. But I'm still walking and car is being rebuilt for the second time....... Just bone stock thistime.

 

[Crock]

Rolled in my first MSP. It was totaled. I think there is an old thread that has a list of members who totaled their MSP.

 

[Dexter]

The protege is a very safe car.