dj_efk
A2OC Donor
I disagree, I've seen the photos of A2s that have rolled and been hit from behind with serious speed. They really are tough wee beasties.
- Bret
Bret do you have any to share?
I disagree, I've seen the photos of A2s that have rolled and been hit from behind with serious speed. They really are tough wee beasties.
- Bret
God this is seriously impressive, in a morbid way. But very reassuring. It’s always a worry when going with a ‘lightweight’ Car that it’ll just crumple upon impact. Thank youI don't have many right now and won't have time to search until this evening at the earliest. But a selection:
One story is of a woman driving a 1.2 and putting the front wheel into the verge. The fire brigade kept asking where the driver was as she walked away after a multiple roll.
Another is of Bedalein on the German forum being hit from behind with serious speed. The pics will be on the forum, I think, but I don't know where. The rear bumper was pushed in significantly and the boot was crumpled, but the rear seats are untouched. I believe the crash speed was somewhere around 60km/h.
Some stuff I could find with a couple of searches:
This is the famous gorge: https://a2-freun.de/forum/forums/to...bilderberichte/?do=findComment&comment=279360
More pics and descriptions of different accidents here: https://a2-freun.de/forum/forums/topic/26229-tod-unseres-geliebten-a2-tdi/
The first of those is at unknown speed, estimated to be over 60km/h, unbraked. Driver "felt a bump"; doors open fine.
This one: https://a2-freun.de/forum/forums/to...liebten-a2-tdi/?do=findComment&comment=466218 - at 50km/h straight into a tree. Doors open, no issues.
- Bret
thanks, I *am* still an admin over there even if I don't have as much time as I ought to...@bretti_kivi - I always appreciate you being a pivot into the German forum
Having been a child, crammed into the back of one of those, you’re absolutely correct! ?back in the day we had a 2 door (they all were) MG Metro.. and loaded all 3 of our young children in the back and drove down to the South of France on holiday.....I’m sure my A2 would be more comfortable ?