would you want to be in a crash in one of these?

[barry badger]

Our txd was 't' boned a couple of months ago at quite low speed by a smallish car but the damage is considerable, both os doors/ sill/inner sill and b pillar. I'm in the process of fixing it (slowly) but these cars are worryingly weak compared to their modern counterparts. I'm still committed to running a bx but this is a concern. Has anyone given any thought to adding strength? I was actually considering a roll cage for front and side protection but i'm assuming this then makes the car modified, is that something a classic car policy might accept?

[Tim Leech]

Hi Barry

Any 40 year old car compared to new ones will be, the BX was lauded as being very safe for its time, I dont run a BX as a daily, but comparted to alot of classic, some I own (60 MINI, 63 BEETLE) its very safe! Glad noone was hurt

[Jaba]

Not surprising really Barry. I had an Estate written off once in a similar fashion. Nobody was hurt though, just the car. The risk of being in a serious smash is very small and will not put me off using a BX.

[barry badger]

We need a bx for our old dog, nice and easy for him to get into with the suspension lowered and also good for scrap metal runs from my garage. So i've put the 4x4 back on the road to plug the gap, it had only done 1 mile since its last mot 3 years ago. It needed 1 front sphere replacing, the osf one had gone rock hard since its been parked up, just put a second hand one on for now.

[deltic]

Leclerc_vs_car-L.jpg

BX definitely outgunned in an accident here!