[6pack] paranoid daily driver

[John Macartney]

Joe wrote

>  I wonder if I would survive a significant accident. How do these cars hold up in a collision? 
> Any experience?

Joe, in jest, the obvious question is "what kind of serious accident did you have in mind?"

Seriously, in my experience of having seen many totalled TR's (in their very young days) they don't 
hold up well. Truth is, they weren't really designed to be as *energy absorbing* as a modern car. 
There's no significant front or rear crumple zone, there's no SIPS (side impact protection system) 
and all you do have is a telescoping steering column. IMHO, if you daily drive the TR in traffic 
conditions where you feel a bump is an inevitable likelihood just waiting to happen, the sooner you 
get and use something in which you feel safer and better protected, the better!

Jonmac