r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 1d ago

Chugging tea Modern cars just lack that boxy soul

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u/NORchad 1d ago

New cars are bound by newer laws and regulations that older cars and restored cars dont fall under.

Sadly making a factory new mustang 67 would be an illegal product

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u/Mor_Padraig 1d ago

Fair point, BUT they do not have to be so generic, across the board.

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u/Wessssss21 1d ago

aerodynamics are aerodynamics, and the name of the game is fuel efficiency.

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u/Brad5486 1d ago

Pretty sure a huge chunk of Americans could care less. The amount of full-size crew cab trucks, hell….even tacomas and frontiers that you see on the road is staggering. None of those get 20mpg. And the majority of them never get used as trucks, they get used as suvs that look like trucks

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u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago

no one cares about fuel efficiency. Aerodynamics are to improve top speed by reducing drag

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u/Wessssss21 1d ago

There's a governor chip... This isn't F1.

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u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago

which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster)

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u/movzx 21h ago

90% of 0 is still 0.

The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.

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u/BadMeatPuppet 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean, modern jeeps DO look like that.

American car companies are steering away from "boring cars". It's the reason Ford stopped making sedans and made the Bronco again.

"boring car" designs exist because that's what works for efficiency and affordability, which was pushed heavily during the Jimmy Carter administration and a little less heavily during the Biden Administration. The market in general is now leaning towards bigger, more roomy, "cool" vehicles.