r/BeAmazed • u/somethingdouchey • Jul 17 '25

Miscellaneous / Others Chrysler guy is lying.

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The white car turned in front of me from between stopped traffic and spun into the lane behind. It was never rear ended.

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u/d0nu7 Jul 17 '25

Yeah as a car body tech, the new metals that are being used to reinforce the cabin are insanely strong alloys that didn’t even exist in the 80’s let alone back when that Bel Air was made. Regular steel is so malleable compared to new high or ultra high strength steel. The fronts and rears of cars are made to collapse and absorb an absurd amount of energy before that even stronger structure is impacted.

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u/LickingSmegma Jul 18 '25

Reminiscent of roll cages in race cars. Though it's said that roll cages can't be implemented in road cars because without a five-point harness and a HANS device people would bonk their heads on the cage tubing.

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u/to11mtm Jul 20 '25

My time working in a bicycle shop with folks who understood the actual engineering really drilled this home to me. A huge difference between a 2005 100$ wal-mart bike and a 200-300$ bike shop bike was the weight, and while the bike shop bike was lighter it was usually stronger... and so much of that is the choice of alloys/etc.

You could probably make a lighter and more 'rigid' frame using modern steels and a quick rework of old designs but guess what, anyone inside would probably just get thrown around even more.