Roadster track time and rollover protection

Just send them this picture:

There is a steel rollover bar above the rear window .. To see it just remove the 4 screws either side of the interior light and pull down the black cover. It's same spec to lotus Elise.

Do post on track experiences.

I have done SCCA Solo events. Not sure about other types of racing. Here's a link to Appendix A showing all Tesla Roadsters in the Super Street class. http://cdn.growassets.net/user_files/scca/site_assets/000/011/080/original.pdf

Every time I see this picture it gets me sick... Not just for that Roadster driver and his loss of his car, but because I fear this happening to me from some distracted SUV driver.



Best,

T

Wow. Hadn't seen that before. Actually makes me feel better about the strength of the Roadster roll bar and windshield frame. But not showing it to my spouse...

strider said:

Just send them this picture:

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ecarfan said:

Actually makes me feel better about the strength of the Roadster roll bar and windshield frame.

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Don't count on on that windshield pillar to stop anything, that thing will fold very easily when weight is pressed against it. You can do a search on the Lotus forums to see what I'm talking about. As for the built in roll-bar it does a very good job for what its designed to do. Optimal protection would be a full roll-cage, that'll take a beating when a large object like the SUV tries to enter the cabin area. Below is a pic of a car that ran up on an Elise like a ramp, it just folded that windshield pillar like melted butter. A more to the left and the driver would not have been so lucking. Notice the tire track path on the hood of the Elise... Hence my preference to a full cage in the Roadster/Elise/Exige:



Below is another angle of supplied pic.... and of course there's a Prius involved!

That accident was caused by the Prius who rear-ended the Roadster, forcing him under the back of the VW. The Roadster driver was un-hurt. If I remember correctly, it wasn't his Roadster. I think he was giving it a test drive.

It's funny because my sister was driving a VW Toureg of exactly the same color at the time, and my Roadster is red. I sent her the picture with a stern warning "Don't you ever do that again!"

hcsharp said:

It's funny because my sister was driving a VW Toureg of exactly the same color at the time, and my Roadster is red. I sent her the picture with a stern warning "Don't you ever do that again!"

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ROFLMAO

I have the new Exige V6, I'm 99% sure it has the same hoop as the Roadster / Elise

As the V6 and the Roadster are very similar in weight, maybe you could ask Lotus for some details on the hoop in that application and use that as evidence?