Tvr's and Air bags

[Mr Tank]

Hi

Has anybody every wondered why the factory never fitted Air bags. Some of you may say it was due to cost, or because the idea was to techincal!

But I have come across a vid of I believe the factory doing some testing to see how they will work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPolRUz3_qo&fea...

Andy

[stainless_steve]

[EGB]

Russian tyre fitters high on VODKA. Best wishes with your recovery Andy.

Edited by EGB on Sunday 2nd December 22:34

[glenrobbo]

Hi Andy,
Following those tests at the TVR secret research facility,
Smolenski decided not to pursue the idea, considering it would be too much
of a pain in the ae

[SimonKD]

Loads of people were asking the same question.

"Why is this car not fitted with an airbag?"

I think it was Peter Wheeler or TVR themselves who replied "Well don't crash it then!"

I will try to find the clip out.

Regards
Simon

[PuffsBack]

Wheeler's idea was that in a convertible should it roll the airbag pops the head back into a position of danger (i.e you can't duck!) However that never quite explained why they were never put in a Cerbera.

[PascalBuyens]

PuffsBack said:

Wheeler's idea was that in a convertible should it roll the airbag pops the head back into a position of danger. However that never quite explained why they were never put in a Cerbera.

http://www.pistonheads.com/tvr/index.asp?storyId=8303

Last phrase kind of says it all... he believed that all of his cars were safer without than with airbag...

Edited by PascalBuyens on Wednesday 5th December 14:57

[Chris71]

glenrobbo said:

Hi Andy,
Following those tests at the TVR secret research facility,
Smolenski decided not to pursue the idea, considering it would be too much
of a pain in the ae

It did look like a rather extreme way to induce haemorrhoids.

[snorky]

didnt Peter wheeler say that "airbags were invented for fat americans who wouldn't wear their seatbelts"?