Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?message-squaremessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down111
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareIf I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square84linkfedilink
minus-square1D10@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoHere is a fictional scenario, you hit a tree at 30 miles and hour your 2026 Volvo is totaled. Your dad hits a tree at 30 miles an hour in his 1970 chevy, you replace the windshield and hose it out and you can drive that chevy.
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, but the people in the Volvo get to walk away.
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoWalking away is a lot harder than being hosed away
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI think that’s implied by “hose it out”: Your dad’s gone, all you can do is wash out the blood.
minus-squareSchmuppes@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoDad would be proud to see his beloved Chevy live on.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago“fictional”. Op is ded
Here is a fictional scenario, you hit a tree at 30 miles and hour your 2026 Volvo is totaled.
Your dad hits a tree at 30 miles an hour in his 1970 chevy, you replace the windshield and hose it out and you can drive that chevy.
Yeah, but the people in the Volvo get to walk away.
Walking away is a lot harder than being hosed away
I think that’s implied by “hose it out”: Your dad’s gone, all you can do is wash out the blood.
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Oooooh, now I get it.
Dad would be proud to see his beloved Chevy live on.
“fictional”. Op is ded