This should help you even more just installed this today.

 

Very cute. Definitely seems like parents agree the Evo is just as safe as any other car on the road. Good to know..

 

Like what everyone is saying, it's not the car but the driver. If you are concerned just go with the Evo X like we talked about.

 

i just bought my evo 3.5 weeks ago to be able to have my 3yr old boy ride with me, since i would never put him in my S2k. so i say go ahead with the purchase of the evo.. works for me!!

 

lol loving the recaro baby seat

 

i have a 3 yr old and i would definitely trust my car with her. i have totalled one evo and came out alive and i gotta tell you. those things are strong. and roomy. and fast..... as long as you dont drive like an idiot then you are fine.

 

you guys should add "statistically"

 

nice Recaro baby seat!

 

I have had my VIII since 2008 and my daughter's were 3 and 5. They always rode in the back and I never drove stupid or let anyone who revved on the line get the better of me by goading me into a race. Protecting my daughters was my number one priority.

My first 8 had an unfortunate accident with a guard rail and after walking away from that accident with a few scrapes I realized how safe the Evo was. That's what convinced me to get a second one.

This is the only car I own so it's the only car my daughters ride in when they're with me and they love the sound and the sense of speed when I accelerate to join traffic on the freeway. They both have booster seats and soon won't even need them at all but I'm sure of the fact that the seatbelts will work and the car will protect all of us if the day ever comes that it's involved in an accident.

It's also helped us avoid accidents on the California freeways whether it's stopping on a dime or accelerating away from a fast moving car coming up from behind who isn't paying attention. The car is wonderful and will do what it's meant to do: cause you to have fun, while keeping your family safe.

 

I have to give you credit for that statement. It really depends from one person to another. I was lucky enough to get an Evo as my second car (with the deal that I had to pay it back little by little). That was 6 months after I took my license

I loved the car, drove it so careful that my friends didn't think I deserved it. I had an old volvo which I learned powersliding (the basics) before this. But with the Evo I taught myself the rest. Never ever hit anything or gotten a ticket. Sure I did a couple of highspeed driving. But I did it when I was alone on the road and the road was straight and without any risk of animals on the roads (have good animal fences in Sweden).

I sold the car to a 30 year old, he tried to powerslide with it. Ended with smashing the front end with radiator/IC etc towards a pile of snow. He fixed everything and sold it to a 25 year old who tried to go 120 mph with 4(!) ppl in the car. The road was turning and he knew he was overspeeding but took a chance. Talk about inconsiderate. He rolled the car, and actually totaled it. But luckily none of them got any serious injuries.

The difference is begin slow and slowly increase and learn the limits, set own limits far from where the car's limit lies and drive safe. Learn where there is space and no risk of hurting yourself or anyone around. I would say that the ppl that really begins from nothing and increasing and never takes chances. They are the ones being mature enough for a high-powered car.

I know guys around here (I'm 24), with atleast 16 years of driving experience (32 years old) that still are immature enough to handle an Evo. But atleast he admits that he would kill himself if he had a car like the Evo.

My average is 24-25 MPG which tells me about my driving style, and somethings is easy to master.
But you never stop learning and experience is everything.

 

I think the evo would make a good vehicle for safety standpoints. drive smart, biggest thing...

any car getting tboned might not look to pretty.

and as someone saying that the evo is not fast.

your right, hitting low 13's, high 12's in a stock car is not fast....lol

 

I had this conversation with the owner of a Jetta on facebook not too long ago. He made the mistake of telling me that the Evo was the unsafest vehicle he's seen since the Pinto, mind you the kid is 18. After doing some comparisons, I noticed that rear seats of an evo are quite possibly one of the safest places to be in a car crash. The design allows for much lower g-forces in a crash compared to that of any of the VWs in 2003/2004.

To put that into perspective: I sold my 01 Mazda MP3 to get my Evo after I found out my wife was pregnant. The MP3 is a great car and I can attest to it safety(walked away from a crash that I shouldn't have), but I feel safer in the Evo than I ever did in the MP3.

 

This 100%

I have a 1 year son and I strap his Recaro in the middle seat in back, make sure it's secure and am 100% confident that he is as safe there as in any other car.

 

I have an Evo with a 2 yr old daughter.
As long as I drive like a Dad, Everything is fine..lol

When I wanna go for a spirited drive, I go solo.

 

The Evo yields more confidence in accident avoidance (due to enhanced precision of steering, braking, cornering, etc.) over any other car I have driven. I have driven/owned numerous foreign and domestic sports cars, sedans and a couple of pickup trucks. There is absolutely no comparison. Couple that with being a safe, conscious driver and there truly is no reason to doubt its safety level. I feel 110% confident piloting my Evo with my wife and 11 year old son, wherever it is that we go. Upon impact could be an entirely different story, but 9 times out of 10, the wing survives