Small Sized Cars -- is it safe?

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>>13818064
I drove one and I'm dead

>>13818073
I read that in his voice too, fuck.

>>13818064
Miata's are safe to drive like guns are safe to play with. If you know what you're doing and your responsible you can have a lot of fun but if you fuck up it's gonna kill you.

>America problems

>>13818215

You'd think so, but being perfectly safe can still get you killed by Suzy Soccermom who was driving her new Super SUV while talking on the phone and slurping on a double milk chai tea frappichino while watching her little angel sleep in the rearview mirror.

>>13818215
That's a fair comparison but also add in the fact that you're at a two way range and the fucker at the other end shoots you because they were talking on their phone instead of aiming.

>>13818339
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnu935Hq7YQ

did this car pass?

>>13818064

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>>13818064
>>13818354
Fucking photo didn't upload.

>>13818064
Fence would do a better job if the gate were closed.
>>13818073
Frolo?

>>13818246
You're gonna die regardless of where you are if you roll a Miata.

I don't know lets crash one into my e30 and find out who wins

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>>13818379
>U.S. Marines
Of course.

>>13818614
ok

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>>13818604
>imblygn

>>13818379
You can see so much more in the bro truck.

>>13818653
OK, rollbar fixes things.

>>13818657
On the contrary, you can see so little in the brotruck that you will even miss your parking spot.

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This coworker moved from new Jersey to Washington in his Miata.

>>13818064
>Are Miata's safe to drive?

compared to a motorcycle or bicycle then miatas are much safer

compared to a big SUV miatas are a small toy easily crushed

>>13818677
>mismatched hardtop

>>13819207
You get what you can find, especially on a budget. He's probably waiting for that one guy in the entire country who has a mismatched dark green hard top and is looking for a dark red hard top.

>>13819215
This. I have seen exactly one factory NBA hardtop in Crystal Blue Metallic, and that is on one very nice - and deceptively quick - car.

>>13818064

Had a friend that curbed one going 5mph. He bounced off the curb and floated into the atmosphere.

>>13818064
its as safe to drive as you make it. there is nothing seriously wrong with them from a factory PoV.

As for crashing? well it depends what you hit. lifted trucks / suv's probably stand a good chance of decapitating you.

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>>13818678
>big SUV
Why did your mind instantly go with a big SUV?
Motor companies got you hook, line and sinker

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>>13818379

I'm horrified when people's only complaint about some cars is because they are small.

I guess HUEG cars helps people who lacks confidence and skills at driving a car. And that's the problem. You give potentially more dangerous cars to the wrong hands.

>>13818064
No. They're not safe.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQUGk12S8U

>>13823926
Physics plays a part too, light car takes more acceleration in a crash to satisfy newton's third law.

>>13818379
that miata, jesus, i want one so bad just for that face. it looks so surprised to be next to such a big truck, like it's almost star-struck

So basically some cunts are using the game of conkers to determine what car they should drive?
>If I'm in an accident, because I'm the one most likely to cause one, then I want to have the upper hand in surviving it

>>13824029
People like big cars for their passenger safety too. Kids go in the middle, least likely to die.

>>13824029
Don't worry. You'll start thinking that way too once you're injured in an accident.

>>13818346
Yes, that was a very good result for 1981. Very little movement of the firewall, no noticable buckling of the passenger compartment, very little rearward movement of the steering wheel.

https://youtu.be/ZEZWsZ3rye8
Compare to this Fairmont (also a pretty decent result for the time) with some cabin crumple and a good foot or so rearward movement of the firewall.

>>13824029
Yup.

Welcome to humanity. Just hope they paid extra for all the lane control and self-braking nannies (spoilers: they didn't - they spent that money on heated seats instead)

Why doesn't everyone just drive a small car or motorcycle? You don't need a F-350 to drive alone 10 minutes to work.

I DD a BRZ. Other than visibility issues from huge brotrucks and shit I've never not felt safe.