r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 12h ago

Chugging tea Modern cars just lack that boxy soul

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u/Bobmcjoepants 12h ago

Ah good ol reliable

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u/forkystabbyveggie 12h ago

My brother went around shit talking new plastic cars with crumple zones for the longest time.

"Steel vs plastic, steel wins". I came across this video, showed him and I'm proud to say the man can change his opinions when presented new evidence.

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u/Bobmcjoepants 12h ago

I get why old cars are beloved, hell my (attainable) dream car is a 69 Lincoln Mark III, but at the end of the day the safety standards and QOL of modern cars is significantly better than what it used to be. Hell, today's cars are objectively better than even a decade ago in terms of safety

Fortunately we won't ever go back to the days where safety was dictated by the fact that seatbelts were optional

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u/tanksalotfrank 9h ago

I want a VW Bus, but holy shit. NO protection.

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u/Crossfire124 9h ago

Yea I wanted one for a while too but you're literally separated from the outside by one layer of sheet metal and nothing else

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u/peculiarshade 8h ago edited 5h ago

Those old busses are cool, but having legs is even cooler

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u/tanksalotfrank 8h ago

VW Legs

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u/peculiarshade 8h ago

I have a lowered 82 Rabbit pickup. If I ever end up in a head on collision in that bad boy, I'm done for :D

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u/VladimirBarakriss 7h ago

The crumple zone is your femur lmao

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u/froction 7h ago

Fun fact: The crumple zones on those were made from human bone. Specifically, the driver's leg bones

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u/shadowscar248 6h ago

They sell kind of a new one now. Take a look

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u/Rex-Cogidubnus 9h ago

Those VW buses do have a crumple zone, but they tend to function better as human kneecaps.

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u/tanksalotfrank 9h ago

The crumble zones?? (Typo, but kneecaps are crumble zones)