Miata Mailing List: November 1993, Message #154
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   From: "Alex M. Postpischil" 
Subject: side intrusion, etc.
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 17:54:34 -0500

The recent post on the 94 reminded me of my recent wo. Last Tuesday I accidently
Pulled out in front of a fast moving car (which I honestly did not see). The
other car was a Honda Accord and it hit me at about a 45 degree angle from the
centerline near the front of the driver door. The force of the impact threw my 
car about 20 feet and onto a 8" high curb/sidewalk. The car is fine(except for
the door and a few chips on the fender and scraped up rear rim (from hitting
the sidewalk)). I can guestimate that the other car was travleing ~40 mph. I
don't think that extra side intrusion protection is really needed. From all
the horror stories I've read and experienced I think our 90-93s are built quite
well, thank you very much. *My baby is getting fixed this week while I am in NC.
	Which brings me to my next note - all you NC folks are welcome to swing by and say "Hey" while I am in Durham this week. I'll be at the Durham Hilton
with the Maryland volleyball team for the ACC tourney (at least Wed - Sat) at
Duke. Hotel Phone is probably 383-8033. Our schedule is hectic, but feel free
to get in touch.
-alex-
Alex M. Postpischil		"albabe@wam.umd.edu"		(301) 345-1340
4911 Lackawanna Street
College Park, Maryland 20740-1665

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