Are cobras dangerous?

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CobraXtreme

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Well, while driving my cobra I had someone tell me...

"The frame is really light, so if you get in a crash, youre screwed!"

Please tell me this isnt so, i mean, i know they arent as safe as a bmw or mercedes, but they are reasoniably safe right?

 

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The frame is fine. I wouldn't put much faith in that person's statement (how exactly did they arrive at their conclusion? ). From the pictures I've seen online, many of the trashed late model 'stangs have held up fairly good after a crash.

If you are worried about the outcome of a bad wreck while racing at the track, install a cage. On the street, you'll probably be OK as long as you are buckled up and not driving like a maniac (ie - 130 mph on a 25 mph road that has plenty of curves/twists/hairpin turns LOL).

 

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That is a generic statement coming from someone that doesn't know the facts....

The frame is fine...like it was said above...put a roll cage in if you are talking about safety on the track. Talking about the street...then it's as safe as any other car out there.

 

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Indeed... a visit to the junk yard and viewing of any 94+ year mustang will show you the cabin cage holds up well...

 

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travis0712 said:

Indeed... a visit to the junk yard and viewing of any 94+ year mustang will show you the cabin cage holds up well...

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I second that!

 

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mikey99cobra

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after a deer(6000$), a ditch(9000$) I have been fine. not a scratch on me. just a hurt ego.

 

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The frame works fine in a crash. THe only part of a Mustang that will cause you to worry, and should, is a rearender. If you see anyone coming up in your rear mirror and they're not going to stop, find someway to get the hell out of the way. There's not much back there to stop a crash.

 

doogz

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Cobras are not dangerous. Inexperienced drivers behind the wheel are.

 

RedRio97

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No way...

Have you notice how heavy these cars are? Driving them, one should notice how beefy they are. That is the reason I like the feel of a mustang. Not a sub compact at all.

There is a video of Jason Preistly (sp?) in a 95 Cobra R, taking a right hand turn in a race. Well his brakes gave out (needed stainless braided lines up front?), and he bouced off that wall and man I will tell you, that car seems to do just fine in an impact. Sure there probably was a roll cage and sub frames stiffening it up but still. No worries in these cars compared to any other well built car for the street. And probably better than most.

 

RedRio97

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CobraXtreme said:

Please tell me this isnt so, i mean, i know they arent as safe as a bmw or mercedes, but they are reasoniably safe right?

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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyytttttttt

 

missouri_guy197

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AREJAY said:

The frame works fine in a crash. THe only part of a Mustang that will cause you to worry, and should, is a rearender. If you see anyone coming up in your rear mirror and they're not going to stop, find someway to get the hell out of the way. There's not much back there to stop a crash.

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I'll have to disagree on the rearend crash comment...I got rearended in my cobra about 2 months after I bought the car by a 15 year old kid without a license...He hit me doing about 35mph or so...His front end was trashed and most likely totalled...the only thing it did to my car was it scratched up the bumper cover, broke the styrofoam out of it, and bent the tip of my tail pipe...I think the damage came to like $550...I couldn't believe how well it held up to an impact like that, esp with the damage the other car incurred...

 

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Like someone said above, the rear-end collision is dangerous. This is because the gas tank is back there. Most modern cars have the tank in front of the rear wheels for safety reasons. All Mustangs since the beginning have had this flaw and Ford has never seen fit to correct it. If someone hits you hard enough in the rear (50+ mph faster than you're going) your car may catch on fire and/or explode. Mind you, it's fairly rare that this type of accident will happen.

Front end collisions, the car does really well. Side collisions, it isn't very good, but is satisfactory.

 

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Dman03

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Was rearended in my 96 GT at about 50 and it was fine. Damage cost about 1200. The Avalon that hit me was trashed though.

 

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Cobras don't kill people, people kill people.

- Charleston Heston

 

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keep it simple.
SPORT CAR = IMPACT CAR.

I SURVIVED A CEMENT TRUCK DOING ABOUT 50 MPH. NOT A SCRATCH ON ME. 98 COBRA TOTALED . OHH YEA I WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR TOO.

 

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I saw someone get hit pretty hard from behind by some kind of old oldsmobile or something. The stang only got slightyly dented and the olds was considerably damaged. There is a fuel cut off swith in the trunk that trips when hit from behind I noticed.

 

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Mustangs are heavy. Cobra frames are the same as every other mustang frame.

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