How safe are CB7's?

[owequitit]

The trade off to impact safety is that the fronts are designed to not be very rugged.

If the car doesn't absorb the impact, then the occupants do.

[Camurai]

My point exactly.

[lokuputha]

This was a front-end collision with a 150lb whitetail deer at 55mph. Crumple zones work well, but it takes a lot of repair work.



This one was a 35mph collision with a 75lb deer. Also, the two dents on the hood behind the big one are from my hand when I was trying to get my hood latch to work.



Accord front ends aren't very rugged, but the crumple zones disperse energy very well. In both cases I hardly felt any impact inside the car.

lol...u must hate deer!

[Lil' Whitie]

lol...u must hate deer!

deermeat?

lol my dad truck heh heh a deer acually broadsided him.

yeah u heard me, the deer ran smack in to the side of my dad's truck right at the door. dad ran out with his .12 and popped the deer and went home. shortest hunting trip ever. ahahhahaha. and my dad never did leave the driveway, which he was leaving to go hunting for that season. hahahaha

[blizzard335]

my CB1 was involved in a 6-car pile up on the freeway in the rain. there were 5 passengers in the car (i wasnt in the car, havent got my license yet)

the car took quite a hit, the front end crumpled a bit, but the rear took most of the impact from the rear car.

imagine the tail lights being pushed nearly underneath the rear windscreen.

[Clueless]

I had a semi head on...ended up snapping the steering knuckle

[Autotek]

I have alot of experience in collision repair and in my opinion accords hold up pretty well. Both frame rails are triple walled steal and several crumple zones in between. as far as side impact the B pillar is also reinforced. doors also have side impact bars. New cars have double side impact with airbags in the a pillar. Now for the bad news our cars dont do well in the rear end. Frame rails are weak and bend very easy. The problem in the front is most of our cars are slammed. That puts our front end in a lower position than bumper height standards. How many of you have been in a accident with a suv. Yes you end up under someones rearend. So some advice Just be careful and hope you dont get rear ended...

[Leung]

i'm not sure, all i have is a '90 DX with no ABS or airbags. i'm gonna have a nice H logo implanted into my forehead if i rear end someone.

[Accordolictx]

This was a front-end collision with a 150lb whitetail deer at 55mph. Crumple zones work well, but it takes a lot of repair work.



This one was a 35mph collision with a 75lb deer. Also, the two dents on the hood behind the big one are from my hand when I was trying to get my hood latch to work.



Accord front ends aren't very rugged, but the crumple zones disperse energy very well. In both cases I hardly felt any impact inside the car.

Stupid deer. Damn they can cause a lot of damage. My car is mostly fibergalss away. I would hate to see that.
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[Camurai]

I'd rather see that then have a steering wheel imprinted on my forehead. As I stated previously, the front crumple zone disperses the energy of an impact incredibly well. Even hitting a 150lb deer at 55mph, I didn't feel so much as a wiggle in the steering wheel. It's just scary how quick it happens. It was over faster than you could blink your eye.

[owequitit]

I have alot of experience in collision repair and in my opinion accords hold up pretty well. Both frame rails are triple walled steal and several crumple zones in between. as far as side impact the B pillar is also reinforced. doors also have side impact bars. New cars have double side impact with airbags in the a pillar. Now for the bad news our cars dont do well in the rear end. Frame rails are weak and bend very easy. The problem in the front is most of our cars are slammed. That puts our front end in a lower position than bumper height standards. How many of you have been in a accident with a suv. Yes you end up under someones rearend. So some advice Just be careful and hope you dont get rear ended...

That's interesting, because I have seen them take some pretty gnarly hits in the rear end without much damage.

[NAiL05]

My cars have held up well with rear end crashing lol. But most of them low speed. The worst was when my car got totaled by a jeep. That thing bent my qp a lil and totaled it out.

They are pretty safe cars the only issue is if you get in a bad enough accident it will total out the car because of its age.

[blizzard335]

18 year old car = metal fatigue.

[Fzzy285]

A friend of mine was doing 115, lost control, slammed a tree, flipped 14 times, car burst into flames....



he walked away completely unscathed


id say they arent too bad

[tommi]

humm when you're right your.... . RIGHT