Rear Engine & Rear End Shunts

[Aggi]

Just about to start my search for a 911 (993) having decided thats definately what I want. However have just read the "Bad Accident" thread on "General Gassing" and got be to thinking. My kids will go in the back of the 911, in my current jallopy (Subaru, awaiting chav jokes) if i get shunted, theres a meter or so of space and chassis filled with triathlon gear (soft and smelly) to absorb the impact and deform. In a 911 theres a big lump of metal there! What would happen in a 911, would the engine break its mounts and enter the rear cabin at say 35 mph?

[Aggi]

iguana said:

993, less colapsable space but built of iron left over from building the Bizmark.

Thought rigidity in an accident was a bad thing? Id rather strap a box full of kit kat wrappers to my head and run into a wall than a box full of iron:-)

[Aggi]

So to prevent this turning into a physics thread my kids are probably safer in the back of a 911 than a Scoobie cos the 911 is stronger, i.e. the crumple zone in the scoob is made entirely of air so the incoming missile will get further into the car and nearer my kids?

[Aggi]

Yes that helps, thanks for humoring me!

The overriding requirement is not safety, (I agree safety questions about 911s might seem to miss the point). I wanted to canvas opinion on whether a 911 is much more dangerous than a front engined car, to the rear passengers, cos of the location of the engine. If it was then they'd have to travel in wifeys BMW

[Aggi]

veewhy said:

... use 'Boron' in the most vulnerable places, ...

Sh1t thought that was a gas!
arrrgghh cant type edited

>> Edited by Aggi on Thursday 17th June 09:58