How safe is our Z4?

Easi85 · Post by **Easi85** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:49 pm

How safe are our z4's?

[youtube] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yzwZFe1gV94[/youtube]

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:57 pm

Safe enough for me - I tend to avoid driving into big bits of concrete!

Mind you as a regular user of the M3 (when it happens to be open) I have over 3 years experience of concrete avoidance.

D4dawg · Post by **D4dawg** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:27 pm

As above
Plus to be fair bags worked fine
Seats in place and bonnet/engine did their job of absorbing impact energies

That's why new cars fall to pieces like an F1 car wheels etc all designed to fall off as losses energy

I do my best to stay away from fktard drivers also

RyanB88 · Post by **RyanB88** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:59 am

That's not an e85/86!

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:02 am

Quite reassuring except that: I drive an E85 - and I now have a sudden desire to fit a four point harness like my other car but I suppose that doing that would only increase the shock to shoulders and back rather than getting a face full of air bag. There does look to be a lot of movement in the seat back and seat belt though even with the tensioners firing.

GuidoK · Post by **GuidoK** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:38 am

Its a small, low, light car.
It'll never be really safe.
Buy a big volvo instead.

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:44 am

GuidoK wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:38 am Its a small, low, light car.
It'll never be really safe.
Buy a big volvo instead.

Or sit at home in a soft thick blanket and listen to the clock tick

- I was shocked at how well it performed not how badly. The comments about belts vis harness was because I'd never been aware of how much relative movement the belt allows.

GuidoK · Post by **GuidoK** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:47 am

Most accidents happen at home!

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:14 am

GuidoK wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:47 am Most accidents happen at home!

very true, if you want to live longer give up DIY not driving

GuidoK · Post by **GuidoK** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:15 am

Or go live in a bungalow instead of a 2/3 story house

kis · Post by **kis** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:16 pm

GuidoK wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:47 am Most accidents happen at home!

And also working at height!

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:30 pm

Video is entitled "BMW Z4 Roadster fails at Euro NCAP crash test" yet it gets given a 3-star NCAP score, so it didn't 'fail', did it?

Paulr · Post by **Paulr** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:41 pm

What was it meant to be failing on? Looked pretty good to me for a 2 seater convertible.

I learned to drive in the early eighties, I would like to see how a Marina, Avenger, Cortina, or early Mondeo, or indeed any of them would survive those tests today, not many I suspect.

I guess I am one of the few lucky survivors that made it.

WLH · Post by **WLH** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:01 pm

Here is the crash test video of the prefacelift E-85 Z4.
While the video does not show the rating I am pretty sure it was rated 4 stars.

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:40 pm

WLH wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:01 pm Here is the crash test video of the prefacelift E-85 Z4.
While the video does not show the rating I am pretty sure it was rated 4 stars.

Thanks for this one too - looks like it performed well

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