How safe is the FC?

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Jun 26, 2007 | 02:51 AM

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j n

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my first 7 died from peeking out at iuno 3mph? when a legend who was speeding at 40+, slammed into the driver corner side of the car, threw my knuckle arm off and and lost a tie rod, chassis was fine though lol

Jun 26, 2007 | 03:27 AM

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bboyclo

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mahn, i think you guys are just over annalyzing this, i dont really think theres a hella safe car out there, because an accident is an accident if your going to die in it you will dont matter if you in a FC or a benz

Jun 26, 2007 | 02:40 PM

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ericgrau

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Originally Posted by bboyclo

Lol I like his explanation better than mine. A bit questionable on the details but it works well enough.

This thread is going nowhere.

Jun 26, 2007 | 02:48 PM

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My5ABaby

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Originally Posted by SpooledupRacing

cars are not made with steel anymore like they were (our fc's)

you should be fine.. but please dont go and test this!

Weren't the FC's made using an aluminium frame?

Jun 26, 2007 | 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by My5ABaby

Weren't the FC's made using an aluminium frame?

I wish. The FC is packed full of aluminum everything but making a part as large as the frame out of aluminum is expensive. Only exotic cars do that. Does not affect crash safety, btw.