Re: [2cylinderhondas] when would be a good time to buy an az600

friend · Post by **friend** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:42 am

Dale;
I agree, as I have flipped them, bounced off guard rails and purchased a Honda 600 which was wedged between two vehicles and all were repaired to drive again. The rollover, drove away from the scene of the accident after a couple of drivers pulled over and helped to put it back on it's four wheels again. The guard rail was a 45 mph bump and just bounced, I pulled the fender away from the tire and drove it home. Spent some time on that weekend and had it back on the road Monday. The wedge was a bit more extensive but the local rack pulled it straight and it too is still on the road.
Oh yea, I had no injures.
Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > goinhm@...
> Sent:
> Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:45
> PM
> To:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:
> Re:
> [2cylinderhondas] when would be a good time to buy an
> az600
> The car is about 120 inches long and weighs around 1200 pounds without > the driver and passengers. If you are driving into a wall at 60 > mph, it may not be survivable (how many cars would be?). But it is > safer than I thought. I was at a gas station once and someone approached > me to ask if the Honda 600 belonged to me. He proceeded to tell me how > he read about the design of my car in an engineering journal and it was one of > the best engineered cars of its time. The front of the car is designed > to crumple on impact and the engine and its subframe is designed to break away > and go down rather than into the passenger compartment. I just listened > to him and thought "ha, ha, I wish". A couple years later I was > driving a coupe and entering an intersection at about 45 mph when a pickup > truck pulled straight in front of me. I had no choice but to hit > the truck. I was expecting the engine to come through the firewall and > it would be all over for me. Instead, there was lots of noise and > crumpling sounds and then the car came to a stop wedged under the truck.
> I was fortunate that I struck the truck right behind the rear axle (and > not at the rear axle because that would have been like hitting a wall).
> The whole front of the car was crumpled and the tires looked like they were > flat. When some people pulled the car out from under the truck, it > popped back up and the tires looked good again. What absorbed the energy > in that frontal collision was the crumpling of the body, the compressing > of the front suspension (the big coils and struts), and the compressing of the > tires. I walked away looking unharmed even though I was a little sore > for a few weeks from the sudden de-acceleration.
> I came away with more respect for the car's design. In a front or > rear collision, I think I have a good chance of surviving if the vehicle > is not jacked up high in the air. Probably not a collision > that hits me at the driver's side door. The smallness and > nimbleness of the car makes it very maneuverable and able to avoid potential > problems. While I think the car is not as safe as a car made > today, I do think it rates well for a car from the 1970s.
> that is what I know,
> Dale
> > thanks
> > i think the car may bee too small and unsafe for him to drive though, > > how small are they

brad fenn · Post by **brad fenn** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:32 am

I thought I would throw this in there. I flipped a coupe back in the 80s, had to make a hard right hand swerve over a curb to avoid hitting the back of a jacked up 4-wheel drive truck. I new it would flip,but felt that would be much better than hitting the truck. It just flipped on it's side in a parking lot, and suffered some moderate road rash, I climbed out the window and flipped it back on it's wheels by myself, and after cleaning some battery acid out of the distributor, it started up and I continued on my way to work in it. A few months later the outcome wasn't as good,as I was in the same Honda coupe when a non licensed driver crossed over the median and hit me head-on. He was driving a new Honda Accord, and to my amazement the Accord looked as bad as my coupe, but in a larger scale.
Although I had to be pulled out of the coupe,he was able to get out of his car and run away.(they caught him later).I suffered broken foot and leg and got some burns from engine,as it did come through the firewall. But I did want to say that the cars hit left front headlight to left front headlight and both went spinning,especially the coupe. And I am fairly sure that if we had hit direct head-on, that I wouldn't be writing this right now. But not discouraged I still drive a 600 coupe. Brad Fenn Classic Auto Service Dallas.

friend · Post by **friend** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:59 pm

�
Good Story Brad;
We hate to talk about our mishaps but as safety goes, I have had far better luck with Honda 600's than other cars I have owned.
And, way more fun. Not only are they chick magnets, they pull a crowd at every show I attend. I followed a 66 Shelby Cobra into a recent show, the Honda was stopped several times for photos, the Cobra passed by. And driving it this morning I was (as usual) inundated by looky-loo's slowing to take cell phone pictures.
Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> anzhonda600owners@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:anzhonda600owners@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of
> brad
> fenn
> Sent:
> Monday, December 28, 2009 5:33 AM
> To:
> anzhonda600owners@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:
> Re: [anzhonda600owners]
> RE: [2cylinderhondas] when would be a good time to buy an > az600
> I thought I would throw this in there. I flipped a coupe back in the 80s, > had to make a hard right hand swerve over a curb to avoid hitting the back of > a jacked up 4-wheel drive truck. I new it would flip,but felt that would be > much better than hitting the truck. It just flipped on it's side in a parking > lot, and suffered some moderate road rash, I climbed out the window and > flipped it back on it's wheels by myself, and after cleaning some battery acid > out of the distributor, it started up and I continued on my way to work in it.
> A few months later the outcome wasn't as good,as I was in the same Honda coupe > when a non licensed driver crossed over the median and hit me head-on. He was > driving a new Honda Accord, and to my amazement the Accord looked as bad as my > coupe, but in a larger scale. Although I had to be pulled out of the coupe,he > was able to get out of his car and run away.(they caught him later).I suffered > broken foot and leg and got some burns from engine,as it did come through the > firewall. But I did want to say that the cars hit left front headlight to left > front headlight and both went spinning,especially the coupe. And I am fairly > sure that if we had hit direct head-on, that I wouldn't be writing this right > now. But not discouraged I still drive a 600 coupe. Brad > Fenn    Classic Auto Service Dallas.
> From:
> "billmyong@earthlin k.net"
>
> To:
> Anzhonda600owners
> ;
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent:
> Mon, December 28, 2009 12:44:31
> AM
> Subject:
> [anzhonda600owners] RE: [2cylinderhondas] when would be a good time to buy an > az600
> Dale;
>     I agree, as I have flipped them,
> bounced off guard rails and purchased a Honda 600 which was wedged between two > vehicles and all were repaired to drive again. The rollover, drove away > from the scene of the accident after a couple of drivers pulled over and > helped to put it back on it's four wheels again. The guard rail was a 45 > mph bump and just bounced, I pulled the fender away from the tire and drove it > home. Spent some time on that weekend and had it back on the road > Monday. The wedge was a bit more extensive but the local rack pulled it > straight and it too is still on the road.
>     Oh yea, I had no
> injures.
> Bill
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > 2cylinderhondas@
> > yahoogroups. com [mailto:2cylinderho ndas@yahoogroups .com] > > On Behalf Of
> > goinhm@...
> > Sent:
> > Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:45
> > PM
> > To:
> > 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> > Subject:
> > Re:
> > [2cylinderhondas] when would be a good time to buy an > > az600
> > The car is about 120 inches long and weighs around 1200 pounds without > > the driver and passengers. If you are driving into a wall at 60 > > mph, it may not be survivable (how many cars would be?). But it > > is safer than I thought. I was at a gas station once and someone > > approached me to ask if the Honda 600 belonged to me. He proceeded to > > tell me how he read about the design of my car in an engineering journal and > > it was one of the best engineered cars of its time. The front of the > > car is designed to crumple on impact and the engine and its > > subframe > > is designed to break away and go down rather than > > into the passenger compartment. I just listened to him and thought > > "ha, ha, I wish". A couple years later I was driving a coupe and > > entering an intersection at about 45 mph when a pickup truck pulled straight > > in front of me.   I had no choice but to hit the truck. I > > was expecting the engine to come through the firewall and it would be all > > over for me. Instead, there was lots of noise and crumpling > > sounds and then the car came to a stop wedged under the truck. I > > was fortunate that I struck the truck right behind the rear axle (and not at > > the rear axle because that would have been like hitting a wall). The > > whole front of the car was crumpled and the tires looked like they were > > flat. When some people pulled the car out from under the truck, > > it popped back up and the tires looked good again. What absorbed the > > energy in that frontal collision was the crumpling of the body, the > > compressing of the front suspension (the big coils and struts), and the > > compressing of the tires. I walked away looking unharmed even though I > > was a little sore for a few weeks from the sudden > > de > > -acceleration.
> > I came away with more respect for the car's design. In a front or > > rear collision, I think I have a good chance of surviving if the > > vehicle is not jacked up high in the air.   Probably not a > > collision that hits me at the driver's side door.   The smallness > > and nimbleness of the car makes it very maneuverable and able to avoid > > potential problems. While I think the car is not as safe as a car made > > today, I do think it rates well for a car from the 1970s.
> > that is what I know,
> > Dale
> > > thanks
> > > i think the car may bee too small and unsafe for him to drive though, > > > how small are they