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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 05:49 AM
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a kid i went to school with rolled a pontiac feiro around 2000 with a friend in the car and they both got pretty messed up but lived
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 02:12 PM
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 03:54 PM
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if a Tc flipps is that entire glass roof going to just shatterd and cut us all up to pieces or is it stronger then that?
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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lol VTECCCC vroooOOOOm VTEC
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lludacrisboy
if a Tc flipps is that entire glass roof going to just shatterd and cut us all up to pieces or is it stronger then that?
not if its tinted
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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it is because stupid people do stupid stuff. The tC wont rollover in any normal situation.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MR2Racer28
The tC wont rollover in any normal situation.
^ On the same token any car going fast enough can potentially roll over.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by lludacrisboy
if a Tc flipps is that entire glass roof going to just shatterd and cut us all up to pieces or is it stronger then that?
Razor sharp shards of skull splitting silicon based shrapnell will slice through your skin like a thousand Ninja swords of death! You would consider yourself lucky if you were to survive with 3/4 of your limbs in tact


Nah, I'm just kiddin. The term you are looking for is "tempered" glass. No sharp edges on the broken pieces, but you still wouldn't want to swallow them or have any lodged in your eye.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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My brothers flipped when we hit one of those big wooden fench posts....sideways going 60. Flipped over on the roof skidded 25 feet, hit an enbankment nosefirst, then flipped back over onto its wheels and came to a stop.

http://www.wreckedscions.com/gallery/SciontC/8b53
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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Just ouf of interest, is the tC's power steering speed sensative?
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by wolfe
Just ouf of interest, is the tC's power steering speed sensative?
no.
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 02:40 AM
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Some cars are more likely to flip than others, but all can potentially flip. With given circumstances.
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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Does having sway bars make the car more prone too flipping?
Old Jun 11, 2006 | 01:06 AM
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I doubt it's stronger than that... Whole weight of the car when it flips over will surely shatter the top, and thus, cut us into diced tomatoes.
Old Jun 11, 2006 | 03:26 AM
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Most people have no concept of what understeer is so they end up taking turns without properly setting them up. So they hit things on the side of the road, flip over blah, blah... and seeing how the tC is top heavy it makes it a lot easier for the momentum to carry it over. Still, that's no excuse. Go the track people!
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