Glad to see it. I hate when people come to my work and while I'm writing a estimate or something say that(they dont make them like they used to) or if it was a older car they wouldn't need to get anything fixed.. Most the time i just say "yeah" because I know i cant convince them otherwise and that they wont understand it, but a couple of people more so friends and closer customers I have explained that, well the new cars are made to do that to protect the occupants lol
Ashame to see that chevy destroyed, but it also makes me wonder how much of a basket case that car actually was for them to use it as a test mule like that.
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cool stuff. I always hate when people say that.
When I was a kid, the junkyards were littered with slightly dented cars whose front seats were full of blood. Sure, the car was fixable, but the guy who owned it usually wasn't able to do more than breathe through a tube. Another thing you don't see today are the racecar driver "tattoo", which is a never-fading bruise in the shape of the bottom of a steering wheel under your ribcage.
That old Chevy was probably completely restored for that test since I didn't see any rust flying around. Also, it crumpled exactly like old cars used to, with all the body panels folding back like paper since they weren't reinforced at all. Also, despite all that damage, that thing's probably fixable. Just straighten the frame and replace all the twisted body parts. Even the roof will undent just fine. Might drive a little funky and the doors won't close perfect, but a good body guy can get it to look like it was brand new.
Crashing in an old car is like being pushed off a building while locked in a safe. The safe is barely dented, you however... will be dented.
Crashing in a new car is like being pushed off a building while sitting in the middle of a big hexagon ball of cardboard boxes. The fall with destroy most of the boxes, but you should come out of it alright.
Sad to see but cool at the same time.
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Knoxfire Esquire wrote:When I was a kid, the junkyards were littered with slightly dented cars whose front seats were full of blood. Sure, the car was fixable, but the guy who owned it usually wasn't able to do more than breathe through a tube. Another thing you don't see today are the racecar driver "tattoo", which is a never-fading bruise in the shape of the bottom of a steering wheel under your ribcage.
That old Chevy was probably completely restored for that test since I didn't see any rust flying around. Also, it crumpled exactly like old cars used to, with all the body panels folding back like paper since they weren't reinforced at all. Also, despite all that damage, that thing's probably fixable. Just straighten the frame and replace all the twisted body parts. Even the roof will undent just fine. Might drive a little funky and the doors won't close perfect, but a good body guy can get it to look like it was brand new.
Crashing in an old car is like being pushed off a building while locked in a safe. The safe is barely dented, you however... will be dented.
Crashing in a new car is like being pushed off a building while sitting in the middle of a big hexagon ball of cardboard boxes. The fall with destroy most of the boxes, but you should come out of it alright.
You mean like how this guy was bragging about his truck:
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O noes!
The01Cav wrote:Ashame to see that chevy destroyed, but it also makes me wonder how much of a basket case that car actually was for them to use it as a test mule like that.
Did you see all the brown dust coming off of it after the crash? The whole thing was a giant rust bucket.
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