So I was at the local pick and pull and found a 911 that was really crunched. There were a fair amount of little things still on it but all the "good stuff" was already gone. I was sad as it looked like a fun happy car until it met its end.
The engineer in me then stepped back and looked at it and realized that this was a big hit and yet there was zero intrusion in to where the occupants were. I am sure it hurt and there were probably injurys but I marveled at the engineering that went in to this car to have it fold and bend dissipating energy while protecting those in side.
Cabrio too, Very cool how well it did it's job in protecting it's occupants
This is one area where the 996 is light years ahead of a 993.
I was impressed by the wrecked MR2 Spyder that I bought to part out. It wasn't as hard a hit as this, but it was a freeway speed double frontal hit into the concrete median wall and it still had a 100% intact passenger compartment. And that's on a convertible that weighs a full 1,000 lbs less than the 911 996 cabrio! Modern cars are quite amazing.
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