450ken Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 I was traveling through the Fraser canyon in the snake pit area and crashed my 2006 they had to cut me out of the car so we can scratch 1 more Smart. I have no memory of the crash at all nothing, almost 100% of what was written in various quickly scratched out reports was not accurate, not correct and even true. Supposedly my car rolled 4 times but the sunroof glass was not broken and not a scratch on the metal on the roof. Does anybody know what the sunroof glass is made out of ? my sun roof was fixed it didn't open at all, do they break like wind shield glass ? are they maybe polycarbonite so it will flex significantly and not break ? If they bust like a wind shield and this one is not broken I don't see how the car could have rolled 4 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseLugNuts Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 they are some kind of strong plastlc...same as the rear quarter windows glad you survived 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolinor Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Pretty sure they are polycarbonate and you would never break it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
450ken Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 A couple observations to add, it looks like basically the Titanium roll cage on these smart cars is up to the job they can take tremendous impact. I ended up with 4 broken ribs 3 broken vertebrae and 1 burst vertebrae 1 scraped up foot and the Titanium frame/roll cage took the impact like a champ quite impressive performance. How ever, I'm thinking most of the damage I received looks more like it was caused by the violent detonation of the air bags not the impact in the accident. I don't know if there ever was any update for the air bags but it might be a good idea if so to make sure you have the latest update for your air bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart4two Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Ouch...! Glad you survived that! I imagine there's lots of pain and discomfort though. Hope you heal up good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseLugNuts Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 7/10/2023 at 1:46 PM, 450ken said: Titanium roll cage no titanium in these cars that ive ever known about....the main strusture is called a "tridion"...not sure why but it might be a play on words due to the rear suspension being de dion based the tridion is engineered to be extra sturdy and uses a large amount of high strength steel as opposed to the regular type of steel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Oh man that's bad but good you survived. The 2006 has tempered glass on the roof. What were the last 6 digits of the VIN? I need to update the Register (another dead smart). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willys Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Hi, glad you came out semi unscathed, so to speak. Sounds like it could have been far worse? Do you know now what caused the accident, just asking for a curious mind...? I too have had a few bad car crashes either due to something I did wrong or pushed far too hard, or some other mental mush ball to be polite causing the accident. Again glad to hear you will recover in time. Also were you knocked out by the air bags or from the violent actions of the crash? That is simply why you do not remember, or did your brain say, nope, you're not going to need to remember this time...? Again asking out of curiusety. Please ignore if too sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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