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Originally Posted by TRE Cup (Post 4355494)

My points, and most likely the others as well:
1) well designed cage with all the safety equipment is better than poorly designed one . or none
2) Even with the best cage and safety equipment in the world, you can get hurt and die

I think that's so obvious it goes without saying. That guy was lucky as hell not to be more seriously hurt, no question, and no one is saying otherwise. On the other hand without the cage, especially in an early 911 with the thin A pillars, they would quite possibly have been calling his family.

That cage looked compromised by the impact- I'm not sure they should have run.

More on the Scion - from the guys that worked on it - local guys:

http://www.bmwpugetsound.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=38995&page=4