Sell a Caterham to me on its SAFETY MERITS(!!!!)
Discussion
Could anyone please oblibe and provide full details ont eh saftey features of a caterha,m and theire real life use and application.
Can that roll bar really withstand turning ouver and into a muddy field at 60 mph without digging in, bending/snapping and at the same time allowing oyur head to bury itself 3 feet under too????
Can that one inch thick wall of alluminium really stop a range rover ploughing through you side-on after you stalled getting onto a roundabout??
The car is sold on every other aspect to me...but i want to stay alive to enjoy cars for evermore, not die trying to enjoy cars!!!
Can that roll bar really withstand turning ouver and into a muddy field at 60 mph without digging in, bending/snapping and at the same time allowing oyur head to bury itself 3 feet under too????
Can that one inch thick wall of alluminium really stop a range rover ploughing through you side-on after you stalled getting onto a roundabout??
The car is sold on every other aspect to me...but i want to stay alive to enjoy cars for evermore, not die trying to enjoy cars!!!
This is a shame. Noone could present to me anything other than the obvious things which as you can tell have not convinced me. Side impact is the main concern and all this stuf saying but you would die in any if your were hit in the side with a range rover is just crap...my point is that you are FAR MORE LIKELY in a caterham in its current state. Surely a longitudinal bar running form the back to the front like SIPS would offer something ...!!
As for my being over concerned and better off with a volvo Ill take as joke...but come on guys you cant just feel good about the situation by turning a blind eye to it...
As for having to drive stupidly to get it turn over is just stupid and naive. All you need is some stupid fukker in a modified fiesta whipping round a corner too wide on a muddy back road which you swerve to avoid and have to go into a field down an embankment. ....Id rather be in a fiesta at that point.
...oh but wait dying that way would be cool and almost heroic..."oh hes so cool he was a caterham driver"....NO!! What theyre going to say is "of course he died...he was in a bloody caterham...branches and rocks coming into the cockpit at all angles".
But listen guys the car is sold on EVERY OTHER ASPECT. ...unfortunately maybe these qualities only exist because of these coompromises..small and light but weak and unprotective. Bugger.
As for my being over concerned and better off with a volvo Ill take as joke...but come on guys you cant just feel good about the situation by turning a blind eye to it...
As for having to drive stupidly to get it turn over is just stupid and naive. All you need is some stupid fukker in a modified fiesta whipping round a corner too wide on a muddy back road which you swerve to avoid and have to go into a field down an embankment. ....Id rather be in a fiesta at that point.
...oh but wait dying that way would be cool and almost heroic..."oh hes so cool he was a caterham driver"....NO!! What theyre going to say is "of course he died...he was in a bloody caterham...branches and rocks coming into the cockpit at all angles".
But listen guys the car is sold on EVERY OTHER ASPECT. ...unfortunately maybe these qualities only exist because of these coompromises..small and light but weak and unprotective. Bugger.
Hey guys great response this time! I think I am sold on the caterham even with the safety issue. I am already a very defensive driver so would adapt well to a seven.
The day glo paint had crossed my mind - price of that anyone??
Re: the full roll cage, does that mean you cant use the all weather stuff too...or is the seven also the most versatile as well as fun car ive ever seen?!!
I already imagine how my behaviour would be if i was in a seven when im in particular situations in my Rover and I havent really been particularly put off. The only dodgy bits are in busy cut and thrust city driving but the speeds are so low anyway that there would be no danger really.
i just need to finance the thing now! i think co ownership with a mate and a 2nd crappy hatch or something and swap fortnightly or something is the solution for now!!
Ill need to erect a garage too!!
Cheers
The day glo paint had crossed my mind - price of that anyone??
Re: the full roll cage, does that mean you cant use the all weather stuff too...or is the seven also the most versatile as well as fun car ive ever seen?!!
I already imagine how my behaviour would be if i was in a seven when im in particular situations in my Rover and I havent really been particularly put off. The only dodgy bits are in busy cut and thrust city driving but the speeds are so low anyway that there would be no danger really.
i just need to finance the thing now! i think co ownership with a mate and a 2nd crappy hatch or something and swap fortnightly or something is the solution for now!!
Ill need to erect a garage too!!
Cheers
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