Anon loves science and technology

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splashtext@reddit

Oop is the type of guy that advocates for riding motorcycles without helmet

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Ok-Willingness742@reddit

I’m with Anon on this one - if I have to hear this “fun fact” one more time

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PUNCH_KNIGHT@reddit

Is oop just fucking mad at bill nye or something? Did he lose an argument on crumple zones?

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Dear-Carrot-6369@reddit

ya what is ooop talkin about? Who tinks this way?

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awesomea04@reddit

Anon would rather have him and his family die than have his car totaled.

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nonono he just fantasizes about wanting to drive his 1990s solid steel frame square body a truck as fast as it can go (70mph) into a small stopped prius, then after he kills them and drives his car away he can gloat how awesome his car is to other old people bc the prius is such a pussy and weak car.

Its the only way for him to feel like a man bc watching anime in your moms basement at 32yo isnt manly for him

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CreepHost@reddit

I do like how the 90s cars look, tbh.

Sure, the modern ones are safer, but something about the boxy feel just makes it look cooler I guess.

Shame you can't apply modern build quality and safety standards into such an old design anymore.

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yumstheman@reddit

We do make modern boxy cars with crumple zones. Just look at the Mercedes G Wagon. That’s as boxy as it gets and it applies modern safety standards for impact.

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Aathos_YT@reddit

I mean Lada basically did that with the Lada Niva... They have been selling the same car visually for like 40 years

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Starfire123547@reddit

im sure we can, but it likely wouldnt sell except to a few chosen nostalgic consumers.

but i see no reason why we cant put old truck molden pannels on a newer style body/frame.

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Deadonstick@reddit

Not to mention that most people that want a classic look would probably also want it to feel like a classic car.

A lot of countries have mandatory ABS, TCS, lane assist, collision avoidance, mileage requirements, speed limit warnings, passenger seatbelt warnings, etc.

Somehow I think that Classic Car Consumer Carl would be glad to own a hybrid Chevy Impala that beeps at him when he goes 55 in a 50 zone.

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CreepHost@reddit

Mainly, as you sarcastically pointed it out earlier, the square frames being as unsafe as they were.

Sure they're stable, but they're missing proper crumble zones as the new cars have.

Other than that, cars nowadays have a strict design, due to the core components design (wheel, engine transmission and all the other parts) being shared across many different car models.

Only difference between car models nowadays is, well, the shell.

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Arthur_Burt_Morgan@reddit

My opel agile had a steel frame. Old rustbucket. I got read ended which totally wrecked the others guy car... but also my spine and neck... its been close to 6 years now and it still hurts

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otokonokosan@reddit

Man who loved the pedal more than his life.

I can respect that.

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"But we don't want it to happen, so we should just not let it happen instead."

Brilliant

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