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John Steczkowski
Director of Software Engineering
Crossroads Systems, Inc.
512-794-2742
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Ethier [mailto:pethier@isd.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 7:27 AM
> To: Eric Moon; autox@autox.team.net
> Cc: GRMhq@aol.com; SOLOMIATA@aol.com; miq@teleport.com
> Subject: Re: Miata Top...SECURE???
>
> Safety: For the top to have any part in safety at all, I
> would expect that
> the car would have to roll over. First, this seems unlikely
> in a Miata.
> Second, if you rolled over a barless Miata, you would have
> bigger problems
> than where your top was getting to.
I once saw a Miata that had rolled on the highway (somebody must have been
working really hard to do that). It was resting upside down with the top
supporting the weight of the car. It wasn't even smooshed in that much...
John S.
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