I'm looking into getting a 2010 Civic Si Sedan. I have a RSX that I stripped out, boosted and all that jazz for the autox.

The Civic will be a daily driver and will be running all kinds of duties, from grocery shopping, 400 mile road trips, to the autox.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm quite positive that having a rollbar with passengers in the rear seat would be incredibly unsafe for them. Do I have any way around this dilemma?

 

not really any way around it. It's extremely unsafe.

 

meh. i guess i won't be getting a roll bar. I don't think I'll be flipping my car at the autox anyhow.

thanks for the input!

 

Nope

 

For autocross having a rollbar isn't a big concern, especially for a car with pretty low power like a Honda.

 

i had some slicks on my rsx and i tiptoed up on two wheels, about 30 degrees up. how i did it, i don't know, but even though it was only at ~25mph I don't want to roll over i think there was some uneven pavement on the course and my tires caught...

yeah, looks like i won't be getting a roll bar. I'll just dish out on a better helmet

 

Definitely not @ rollbar with passengers in the rear seat.

FWIW, the odds of you flipping your car at an Autox are rather low... but it can happen, especially when combining the grip of some of todays racing slicks and soft/OEM suspension systems.

But, more to the point, if you do roll your car at an Autox it will generally be at a much slower speed than if you were on a roadcourse... and there won't be other traffic to potentially hit you, and there generally won't be any tire-walls/immovable objects/etc to hit. While extra precautions are a great idea, especially in the safety department, a rollbar for autox is most likely not needed(as long as you haven't removed parts of the unibody/OEM crash structure).

 

Thank you for explaining that in more detail, James.