Why the fuck don't they make cars like they used to?
>1900's
>cars can survive anything you throw at them
>impacts barely make a dent in the hood
>easier to repair, with cheap spare parts
>2000's
>every little bump in the road causes damage
>even small collisions lead to pic related
>only professional mechanics are allowed to repair them
Is this the result of planned obsolescence and unchecked capitalism? Are there really no new cars that are built to last?
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New cars last way longer in terms of engines and transmissions. And while the old bodies could survive more, your body couldn't. Cars are made to disintegrate in an accident to keep the passengers alive.
You were young and didn't know any better back then to observe and listen to others having gone through fender benders.
The priority has correctly shifted from safety of the car to safety of the driver.
>implying it's economical to let your customers die in crashes when most of them still owe money to everybody
>crumple zones
>The priority has correctly shifted from safety of the car to safety of the driver.
Why is that necessarily correct?
If you crash, it's your fault, not the car's fault. Wouldn't it be better to put the car back on the road, than to put bad drivers back into society?
>impacts barely make a dent in the hood
>cars can survive anything you throw at them
>being this edgy
by the way, cars sometimes have problems you know :^)
>Why is that necessarily correct
because it's a lot easier to sell a surviving person a car, than sell a surviving car a person.
also it's human nature to want to not die, anything else is a big malfunction.
New cars have bad bumper designs and hard to work on.
>Allowed to
>he bought a new car with warranty
Buy a shitbox. Insurance replaces it with a slightly cheaper shitbox when that happens. Insurance also replaces old cars because they get frame damage too.
And here's a tip: don't crash
It's cheaper and more economical to make "disposable products" these days, especially things like cell phones and cars that get replaced every 4 years. If they built a car to last you'd end up paying 60k+ for a 100hp FWD econobox which I'm sure wouldn't sell. If you want something almost indestructible and built to last a couple million miles, buy a semi tractor.
What kind of genetic damage must you be a victim of for this to appeal to someone?
On the other hand, every now and then a company designs an exceptional vehicle to "the last one you'll ever own" standards and sells it at a loss, especially in enthusiast-dominated market segments like motorcycles and sportscar.
The performance/weight/reliability (pick two) dilemma goes out the window for a split second
And then flies back into the window and stays there for decades until the company thinks its image is in danger again, with the help of faggots who buy new toys before their old ones can brake and sticks in the mud who swear their heavy, but bulletproof iron bricks are good enough.
>brake
fug
Probably that, but also consider this:
>Hood does not dent
>High velocity impact
>Hood connection breaks and hood itself flies back into car
>Entire front and possible back row decapitated by gigantic sheet of metal
Most hoods are now designed to crumple along with the engine block to ensure that in a head-on collision you basically have a gigantic block of steel that slows the car and acts as an armor plate to protect the passengers. Most automobile deaths are caused by either
a) shitty cars with airbags that don't deploy correctly or other technical faults, not features
b) someone wasn't wearing their seatbelt
c)The car collided in such a way that damage couldn't be blocked by the car's design (folding around trees, objects through windows, etc)
Yeah, you pay more, but in theory insurance should cover damage from accidents, and you'll stay alive long enough to actually collect.
Except more often than not fatalities in crashes are suffered by the victim, not the aggressor in a crash. It's never the drunk guy who dies in an accident, it's always the family in the sedan he T-bones while he's running a red light.
>If you crash, it's your fault, not the car's fault.
Whose fault is it when you're driving along one day with your wife and kids and out of nowhere bubba the drunk slams into you with his big lifted diesel truck? If you have a car that that was designed primarily with chassis rigidity and strength at the cost of passenger safety, it would be 100% your fault when your entire family is killed because of your dumbass choice to drive a car like that
They discovered inertia, and people didn't want to die in a low-speed collision.
>it's always the family in the sedan he T-bones
>Whose fault is it when you're driving along one day with your wife and kids
The open road is a dangerous place. If you're worried about keeping your family safe, they shouldn't be riding in a car in the first place. Same reason you don't send your wife into war.
>2016
>not shipping your family to their destination via first class air mail
>the open road is a dangerous place
>If you're worried about keeping your family safe, they shouldn't be riding in a car in the first place
Retard logic
>the open road is a dangerous place
>which is why I bought a very safe car with modern safety technology which will do a great job protecting them in the event of a crash
Basic knowledge
This. Happened exactly like this to my family (he wasn't drunk but still ran a light).
Pic related. They all survived. Even though the car was totalled, it did what it was supposed to do. Have the front absorb the impact. Although the sudden stop from 50 mph caused the seatbelt to puncture my daughter's small intestine requiring surgery.
>Crash Test 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air VS. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
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quite sad that they destroyed a beautiful Bel Air but you get the point
well fuck the passengers. fucking pussies.
bad drivers should DIE
this keeps genetically good drivers on the road
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man i sure do home some sleepy semi driver runs a red light and t bones you.
fucking moron
Natural selection works on average, though. Sure, a few good drivers may get hurt, but it'll hurt bad drivers more in general. With time, bad drivers will simply stop driving altogether.
Have you ever seen an old crash test vs. a new crash test?
Yeah impacts might barely make a dent in the hood but if you hit another car head on instead of the hood crumpling it goes flying into the car and decapitates the driver. But at least the hood didn't bend right??
I can't wait until I'm 13 and as cool as you
Is it edgy because i am not a pussy?
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Sucks they trashed a classic like that but it was interesting to see the differences.
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Top kek, bet there was a ton of boomer butthurt when they first posted it.
>seatbelt to puncture my daughter's small intestine requiring surgery.
Oh fug. Glad she and your family are ok.
>I can txt and drive at the same time, I'm not an idiot.
>I can handle my alcohol better than most people, I'll be fine to drive after two forties.
>I don't wear a seatbelt because I want to be thrown clear of the wreckage if I have an accident.
>Airbags kill more people than they save.
>There shouldn't be any speed limits on the highway because once you get above 60 all collisions are fatal anyway.
>Gross vehicle mass is more of a guide than a hard limit.
>Safety Cells are a jewish trick.
>I don't need a helmet when I ride a motorbike, I have better reflexes so I'll be able to dodge any potential crashes.
All things said by you at some point during your short life.
Not even close.
I just like to live on edge
Speed limits are bullshit though
Given a population of white people with average IQs or better, none of whom are over the age of 50 or in any way female, traffic flows much more freely and safely when they don't panic every time they see a grumpy looking cop and happen to be in a red car.
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White people are the worst drivers on this planet though.
Nigger
If I remember correctly those Bel Airs were built on an X frame which was know for being terrible at surviving collisions compared to conventional frames
You misspelled gooks and curries, user.
If that was true then it would have already happened.
>Given a population of white people with average IQs or better
But it's america. The average IQ is about 50.
> None over 50
America's full of old people.
> Female
Fuck off virt.
Really, your argument is more 'get the cops off the roads'.
Well, in civilised countries, the police don't have to hang around on the roadside to catch speeders to pay their wages.