I'm considering purchasing a S2k. I previously had a turbocharged ITR that was sold two years ago, and I still have a 01 LS right now as a back up car. The dimensions of the s2k seem relatively small and I was wondering if you s2k owners had any information on how safe the car is. Do you feel safe when you drive it? I'm not looking to buy the safest car but I want a car that is relatively safe.
I read an article on forbes rating the s2k as one of the least safe cars. I don't know if there's any credibility to it because it mentioned something about the s2k not having side curtain airbags. But my 01 LS integra doesn't have side curtain airbags or side airbags even. Please feel free to vote.

 

I feel safe in mine.

 

i don't feel safe in mine.....but that's because i always have creepy old guys offering me candy and free rides in the back of their chevy conversion vans

 

i feel safe until jackasses in big trucks come in my lane and run me off the road!!!

 

honestly you arent safe in anything anymore when everybody needs to nickpisk at them..

but if saffety is a issue buy a volvo....

i felt fine in my S2

 

The car is built very solid and rigid as it is a convertible. It has crumple zones and airbags.

I feel as safe in it as I did in my 00 Civic Si and that car protected me from a headon collision with a Chev Celebrity It gave its life for me but in the end it is just a car and I did not have any long term injuries.

So yes I do plus the S2000 is extremly agile if your a very defensive driver you can avoid a lot accidents It has awesome brakes and really responsive steering.

 

you have nothing to worry about! I feel safer in the S than my other cars because it reacts quicker, so if theres something that needs to be avoided, a defensive driver can easily avoid accidents.

 

i felt 100% safer in my s2k than the integra i have now.

Any imperfection on the road throws my steering wheel around in my integra and i get pushed around the road, but with the s2k i felt like i had a solid path on the roads. It just feels a lot more solid than the integra.

 

Here is some proof for you. I flipped this car twice with the top down and walked away unscathed.

Here are pics and video of the accident.

Video :
Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ir13/

 

wow!

 

Damn, all that and the airbags didnt deploy? Glad to see your ok.

 

you flipped it with the top down?

 

I know of two bad s2k crashes in here in Norway. Both survied, with no big injuries I think.

Here's one of them:

 

Found the other one too...
He had the car for 1 day....

 

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that's just luck right there.....

 

just depends on the driver...i feel safe in mine but wouldnt feel safe with some of my buddies driving...its all on how you look at it...but nice job on flipping with top down..

 

kinda looks like a top fuel car cage in there, everything crumbles around u

 

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Yeah because a couple of aluminum tubes and some fabric would make all the difference in the world

 

ya man wtf were you thinking you should always have your top up anticipating flipping your car

 

The whole forbes review about the s2k being the least safest was bs. The s2k has five star crash test rating for front and side impact. Also it has a good rating for roll over saftey the only reason forbes said what they did is because the lack of side curtain airbags.

 

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GAAAAAAAH!! I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. Well...I dont feel unsafe. Just very angry. Then I cry a little. The truck population is about 99% douche bag.

 

I feel like I can avoid an accident easier in the S... but if I get hit it's going to hurt.

 

I just ride top down with no seatbelt. If something happens I get thrown free of the car.

 

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After reconstructing the accident, all my friends and family think me or my passenger would have died if the top was up due to the top frame collapsing.

 

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what kind of comment is that, im sure he planned to flip that day thats why he had the top down.

the bars would feel real nice lodged in your head