2012 i30 Euro NCAP results

d3matt · **May 23, 2012, 20:49:14**

It got 5 star, but there is room for improvement.

Full details here.

Also featured here too.

Dazzler · **Reply #1: May 23, 2012, 23:11:12**

Interesting thanks Alan.. Lots of angles in the video

d3matt · **Reply #2: May 23, 2012, 23:34:04**

Alan? You mean Matt.
His is silver, mine is white!

Phil №❶ · **Reply #3: May 24, 2012, 00:44:24**

Very interesting MATT

I wonder who will be the first to install external airbags for pedestrian safety.

Have I just thought of a brilliant idea

d3matt · **Reply #4: May 24, 2012, 08:55:46**

Quote from: 847563 on May 24, 2012, 00:44:24

I wonder who will be the first to install external airbags for pedestrian safety.
Have I just thought of a brilliant idea

Too late. Already invented. I saw it a few years ago on TV. I don't think it ever caught on though. Instead some manufacturers are using flip bonnets instead.

Phil №❶ · **Reply #5: May 24, 2012, 09:27:14**

Quote from: d3matt on May 24, 2012, 08:55:46

Quote from: 847563 on May 24, 2012, 00:44:24
I wonder who will be the first to install external airbags for pedestrian safety.
Have I just thought of a brilliant idea

Too late. Already invented. I saw it a few years ago on TV. I don't think it ever caught on though. Instead some manufacturers are using flip bonnets instead.

Quote from George Formby "and another good scheme went wrong" very funny man, wish I had that song.

From the song GB 6723 -2 · The Best Of Schemes

Doggie 1 · **Reply #6: May 24, 2012, 09:44:17**

Thanks Matt

As for air bags for pedestrians, I've done my best over the years to grow my own and have been quite successful too

rustynutz · **Reply #7: May 24, 2012, 12:53:59**

I reckon we'd be better off with large skewers on the front of the car so pedestrians don't get thrown up in the air or slammed into the windscreen....

d3matt · **Reply #8: May 24, 2012, 23:17:43**

There you go....the new V40 has got them.

Full story and videos here.

rustynutz · **Reply #9: May 25, 2012, 01:05:05**

I like my idea better.....

Phil №❶ · **Reply #10: May 25, 2012, 23:59:33**

Quote from: d3matt on May 24, 2012, 23:17:43

There you go....the new V40 has got them.

Full story and videos here.

Hmm, so you get flipped over the windscreen of the ca,r only to land on the road and get squashed by the car behind

rustynutz · **Reply #11: May 26, 2012, 03:04:02**

My idea is looking better & better.....

2i30s · **Reply #12: May 27, 2012, 00:27:38**

Quote from: d3matt on May 24, 2012, 23:17:43

There you go....the new V40 has got them.

Full story and videos here.

aren't cars starting too all look alike,it looks like an i30 crossed with a focus.

2i30s · **Reply #13: May 27, 2012, 00:29:45**

Quote from: rustynutz on May 24, 2012, 12:53:59

I reckon we'd be better off with large skewers on the front of the car so pedestrians don't get thrown up in the air or slammed into the windscreen....

the 57 Chev.

Doggie 1 · **Reply #14: May 27, 2012, 11:31:55**

Quote from: 2i30s on May 27, 2012, 00:27:38

Quote from: d3matt on May 24, 2012, 23:17:43
There you go....the new V40 has got them.

Full story and videos here.
aren't cars starting too all look alike,it looks like an i30 crossed with a focus.

Where has Lubricious been and what has she been doing?

beerman · **Reply #15: June 20, 2012, 14:02:25**

What happened to the post above? I rushed off to drink 10 beers came back and its gone.....

Could be something about the speaka de English rule...

Shambles · **Reply #16: June 20, 2012, 14:03:56**

Quote from: beerman on June 20, 2012, 14:02:25

What happened to the post above? I rushed off to drink 10 beers came back and its gone.....

Could be something about the speaka de English rule...

Sorry to spoil your pleasure mate

For a start we don't have a cyrillic font installed and even if we did, I'm sure we all know where to buy our viagra

beerman · **Reply #17: June 20, 2012, 14:08:32**

You mods, keep yourself in a constant state of drunk to keep us safe.....

I like it.

As for Viagra, I don't need it.....Married with children.....Hence the beer.

robo19612005 · **Reply #18: July 10, 2012, 12:35:39**

i30 The safety of this car is comprised by the poor location of the airbag wiring , any small animal or object that goes under the front of the i30 will rip the airbag wiring out which is poorly placed at the bottom of the radiator support panel which then makes the car a death trap

Phil №❶ · **Reply #19: July 10, 2012, 12:58:27**

Welcome robo....,

Interesting opening statement you're making there. I'll check that tomorrow for myself. The car still manages a long term 5 ***** rating, so it seems to work regardless.

Dazzler · **Reply #20: July 10, 2012, 13:05:02**

Hello Robo and Welcome

Shambles · **Reply #21: July 10, 2012, 13:10:52**

Quote from: robo19612005 on July 10, 2012, 12:35:39

i30 The safety of this car is comprised by the poor location of the airbag wiring , any small animal or object that goes under the front of the i30 will rip the airbag wiring out which is poorly placed at the bottom of the radiator support panel which then makes the car a death trap

Hmm.. interesting. Isn't that wiring for the knock sensors? Stupid place I admit but it hardly makes the i30 a death trap

Oh, and welcome robo. Are you a cop by any chance?

Asterix · **Reply #22: July 11, 2012, 18:59:26**

If the wiring for the airbag sensors are damaged, the control light for the airbag system will light up, as the control unit wont get the right info from the sensors.

That being said, it might not be the optimal routing for the wiring.

Phil №❶ · **Reply #23: July 11, 2012, 23:17:16**

Wait on, how can you have up front sensors, without the wiring being up front too. It's designed to get destroyed by impact. The inertial computing circuit is safely housed inside the cabin and the air bags would already have been deployed if the front wiring is destroyed.

Shambles · **Reply #24: July 12, 2012, 08:18:56**

Quote from: robo19612005 on July 10, 2012, 12:35:39

... any small animal or object that goes under the front of the i30 will rip the airbag wiring out ...

What he's saying is all a pile of crap anyway. I've run over several animals and hit objects while travelling at motorways speeds, and believe it or not my airbag wiring remains intact, so his statement (quoted above) is garbage.

Phil №❶ · **Reply #25: July 12, 2012, 12:55:25**

Quote from: Shambles™ on July 12, 2012, 08:18:56

I've run over several animals and hit objects while travelling at motorways speeds, and believe it or not my airbag wiring remains intact,

I suppose you aim for cats

Martin88 · **Reply #26: July 20, 2012, 21:47:34**

As said previously, Id the wiring was ripped out for the bags they would deploy. However they are nicely protected. Hate to say it but robo is talking absolute puke.

Shambles · **Reply #27: July 20, 2012, 22:50:39**

I believe mr robo is one of life's planks. He's posted exactly the same on at least two other forums that I know of, and hasn't been back here since.