I dont doubt Camaro safety. The video you posted was of a race car with a 6 point roll cage though. That tends to make anything safe...

 

I was just going to say, that car probably has about as much in common with a production Camaro as a NASCAR version of an Impala.

 

If my memory serves me correctly, there have been some members on here who have had some horrific accidents in their 4th Gens and walked away. I agree with JasonD that when they came out they had excellent safety ratings.

What does one expect, the 15 year old car to be equal to a new car in the same areas? I think that is asking a bit much as I am sure that the saftey regulations have become more stringent since then.

 

I was in a 97 Z that went into a concrete highway divider at over 100 MPH. The car was bent end-to-end, but all three of us walked away. Smacked my knee on the glovebox door and cut my hand on broken glass while climbing out the window opening; there were no other injuries. Everything from the front frame horns to the driver and passenger seatbacks were heavily deformed. This was a frontal impact, followed by a spin. From that experience, I'd have to say the 4th gens fare pretty well.

 

the major question here is.......why were you doing over 100 on the highway?

 

"Just keeping up with traffic, Officer."

(That will surely get you a ticket)

 

That car has as many bars as a jail house!

 

Because the guy driving the car was doing over 100 on the highway. My point was simply that the car did a fine job protecting us under those conditions; I wasn't posting to boast how cool it was to wreck like that. In fact, the experience has made me hate getting into a car that I'm not personally driving, even if it's on a track. This was a number of years ago, by the way, and my jackassery on public roads was over before the incident even occurred.

Cliff notes: I wasn't driving.

 

yes...ive said that before.

 

my buddy is the same way. he got into an accident with someone else driving,(wasnt even a major accident) and he hates driving, or wont drive with someone else. he has to drive. but over the years hea has trusted me. i think im one of the 3 or 4 people he will drive with.