Tells you how good a stock airbag system works after

[M-technik-3]

13 yrs. http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e30/4886585-1.html

[bimmerphile]

Thanks Greg! This gives me more evidence to convince tara to buy an M-tech II wheel!

[nando]

i've been considering ditching my airbag wheel lately.. mainly because of the danger an airbag can pose if it happens to go off if your arms or hands are in front of it, and also because I think my steering wheel came from a bus.

What I want to know is, are airbags more of a safety improvement for idiots who don't wear there seatbelts, or is there some other reason to have it? I don't see it doing too much if I hit something hard enough to crush myself with the steering column, nor do I recall any posts of people being in an accident with their E30s and being seriously hurt (with or without airbags).

didn't Eurospeed88 hit a car head-on in his E30? I don't think he had an airbag, and from what I recall there were no serious injuries.. a head on collision is pretty much a worst-case scenario, too. except maybe being t-boned by a speeding semi..

[Z3Jonathan]

What I want to know is, are airbags more of a safety improvement for idiots who don't wear there seatbelts, or is there some other reason to have it?

Airbags are designed to work in conjuction WITH seatbelts.

[Ryan Stewart]

Kansas-ix was telling me how he was in a wreck and he could see the airbag deploy but the seatbelt stopped him before he touched it.

All they are is a supplemental system, hence the SRS on the airbag label. They were put there to protect the people who dont wear their seatbelts. Kinda like those bumpers you saw made for people who ran aroudn running into things at 5mph.

[OOMPH!]

my buddy got into an accident in his E30 and he was in the hospital for several days getting his eyes flushed out from the shit in the bag. Playing devil's advocate, another friend was in a high speed accident in his E30 and he told me that the air bag saved his life.

[nando]

anyone think an insurance company would be willing to share E30 crash data (with and without airbags)? I might call mine tomorrow and find out..

[OOMPH!]

anyone think an insurance company would be willing to share E30 crash data (with and without airbags)? I might call mine tomorrow and find out..

I highly doubt it. I wouldn't because then they are going to wonder what the hell you are doing to your car......

[nando]

I'll just tell them I want to buy an older car to drive to work ;)

[OOMPH!]

I'll just tell them I want to buy an older car to drive to work ;)

DO IT......DO IT

[M42Technik]

I'll just tell them I want to buy an older car to drive to work ;)

I had an old thread started about this, same answers came up...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4312&highlight=airbag

I don't know if I'm going to ditch my airbag, but it seems like I should keep it, just because it might save my life. I do wear my seatbelt too...

I'd rather break my nose than have sodium azide burns scarring my face and potentially blinding me, or have the airbay deploy at the wrong angle and tear off a thumb

Tell us what the insurance company says.

[nando]

yeah I've seen that thread, not much more than some anecdotal information, I want some cold hard facts..

I've come up with nothing on google though. :(

[MR 325]

My friend recently fell asleep at the wheel in his 318is and the airbag saved his life. See, his seatbelt did not always latch in the the buckle and he had not yet fixed it and when he wrecked, he just had it wrapped around the ebrake. Nevertheless, the airbag saved his life.

[nando]

My friend recently fell asleep at the wheel in his 318is and the airbag saved his life. See, his seatbelt did not always latch in the the buckle and he had not yet fixed it and when he wrecked, he just had it wrapped around the ebrake. Nevertheless, the airbag saved his life.

that's retarded. he should have fixed his seatbelt!

[Charlie]

That hit doesn't look like it would be hard enough to deploy the bag.

-Charlie