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Ojc
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19th Oct 06 at 20:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
...blah blah blah
Ojc
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Fad
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I was going to post this as the rediculous claim that it saved someone life is just....rediculous.
Ojc
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Ridiculous Fad.
Marc
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Isn't that only a half cage anyway?
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i does seem to have withstood a fair bit, i do stand a little bit corrected.

what make cage is it
Matt H
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Did torque steer cause that crash?

Or is it not a 1.4?
Marc
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If its welded properly it should with stand a fair bit of force.
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Did torque steer cause that crash?

Or is it not a 1.4?


that civic in the back ground has had a CTR conversion and the vtec ripple caused the 106 to fall off the road
Adam_B
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wtf you on about, thats clearly crumpled into the size of a coke can and stabbed the driver in the head.
Ojc
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Dimma cage as well, so only seatbelt mounted not actually screwed to suspension turrets or anything.
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so something resting in the car saved his life......

the b piller would have put alot of strength into the section of the car thats not so bent tho surely?

[Edited on 19-10-2006 by broster]
ShEp
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one of them saved my mates life, along with his buckets and harnesses,
Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
so something resting in the car saved his life......


Screwed to the seatbelt mounts is a better way of putting it.
Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
wtf you on about, thats clearly crumpled into the size of a coke can and stabbed the driver in the head.

The roofline where the cage is, is a lot better off than the front and back of the roof line where there is no cage.
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so its sod all to do with the fact that the b piller is pone of the strongest points of the car?
Fad
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Also the fact the Windscreen held over 40% of the front structual rigidty thus less stress on the B pillars back
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i still blame the vtec
Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
i still blame the vtec



I concur
Marc
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I wonder if it was travelling downhill
Robin
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my mates saxo looked the same as that 106 after going through a field with no cage.

not that that matters
Martin_C
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nobody said they save lives, you're always fucking on about this get a life ojc, dimma cage's are made of tin foil anyway.
L30 SCT
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it could have helped the people in the back. its his own fault for drink driving.

its a dimma cage and is held in at the top and bottom parts of the seat belts.

it is a 1.6 gti
TNM
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i want pics of the bird
Gregor
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I think I will get the ends of the top bar on mine welded on though , instead of the shitty screws.

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