Airbags, Why do Miatas not need them?
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A couple factors I took into consideration before removing mine:
1> Airbag technology from the early 90s/late 80s is probably about as effective as my windshield stopping my head. I've read in several locations that airbags reach "shelf life" around 10-15 years.
2> Most guys on this forum are either tall or wide - the ******* car is really a tin can wrapped around us. If I wreck my miata I'm most likely going to end up pretty mangled regardless of airbag usage. I've been in exactly 1 miata wreck (thx scott) in which case a telephone pole ended up inches from my back - if it had happened in the front an airbag would most likely not have helped for ****.
1> Airbag technology from the early 90s/late 80s is probably about as effective as my windshield stopping my head. I've read in several locations that airbags reach "shelf life" around 10-15 years.
2> Most guys on this forum are either tall or wide - the ******* car is really a tin can wrapped around us. If I wreck my miata I'm most likely going to end up pretty mangled regardless of airbag usage. I've been in exactly 1 miata wreck (thx scott) in which case a telephone pole ended up inches from my back - if it had happened in the front an airbag would most likely not have helped for ****.
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I'd be more concerned about the pyro, and the electronics in the controller (specifically the electrolytic capacitors.)
Actually, I'm more concerned about the seatbelts themselves. 20 years in the sun and that nylon is looking pretty funky.
And don't go exaggerating- that pole was easily a full foot away from your head.
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