.. and there was someone on this list, last year (?) that was just
driving down the street and hit some soft earth on the outside of a
turn as I remember and rolled the car with wife as passenger. Not
racing, just driving. There are / were very good safety reasons to
cease convertible production.
Lester
On Mar 3, 2009, at 3:20 PM, tinydog@snet.net wrote:
> tinydog speculated:
>
> I think #1 is the overriding reason for installing a roll-bar.
>
> Outside of the track, the only vehicles I see upside down over are
> SUV's, people on cell phones, and those driven by teens.
>
> --- On Tue, 3/3/09, derf <derf247@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: derf <derf247@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] bugeye roll bar
> To: "Chris King" <cbking@alum.rpi.edu>
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 4:13 PM
>
> Yeah, Kirk=good.
>
> A roll bar does several things:
> 1. Looks cool. Makes the car look sporty.
> 2. Stiffens the body. Good on Spridgets and Miatas, for sure.
> 3. Provides protection. You don't want to roll over. You REALLY
> don't want to roll over without a bar in a convertible.
>
> There is a video of a guy racing a Triumph that looses an axle at
> speed. His roll bar functioned properly. I think he walked away.
> Someone can post a link.
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