I've gotta agree with Jim on this...
Mass (Weight) DOES matter in Car Crashes.

The Whole "Safety Cage" concept does work.
I.E. :
Racing Hydroplanes
(Some of those "Mariners" have experienced airborne crashes at over 175 mph
and survived)

Racing Automobiles
Watch the Crash videos of this years Ooops @ Daytona,all the Drivers lived.

Also watch the video of a radio controlled Smart being driven into a cement wall @ 70 MPH...
The doors still opened and closed,BUT no Human could have survived the
Deceleration !!!

AND there's no way the Hondas have the aformentioned level of safety engineering.

I'd be all over the civic if it were to be driven on Catalina ONLY (Competition is Golf Carts)

But in a real life world, full of Texting Homies and Soccer Moms,
True Safety is a 14 wheeled dump truck FULL of Gravel,
Speed limited to 25 MPH.
(All The A**H*l*S just Bounce Off)

W123 300D would be her ride.

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'84 300SD sold
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