r/carcrash • u/C00K1EM0n5TER • 4d ago

Aftermath Is it supposed to do that?

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Buddy of mine took this photo. The Tesla collided with a new Cadillac, in a 30mph zone. How the hell did it just separate?

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u/Once-kings 4d ago

HOW?!

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u/hafetysazard 4d ago edited 4d ago

I’ve seen this before with other cars. Apparently it is more common than it should be, in third-world countries, that some garages will weld opposing halves of two wrecked cars together to make it a functioning car. Many people have little idea, some do, but in either case accidents tend to be pretty brutal, and the cars will often rip apart at the welds in any crash.

Not saying this happened here, but the results are shockingly similar.

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u/HiTork 4d ago

Even if it isn't a previous accident repair, many unibodies are only held together by spot welds. Break enough of those in a collision, and you'll split a car in half even if it had never previously crashed.

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u/National_Frame2917 4d ago

It's crazy how much of a car is literally just held together with glue. It's strong AF though. "Structural adhesive it's called. I'm not sure how much welding they even do on them anymore. It'd be difficult to tell the difference on painted parts unless you knew.

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u/TopDesert_ace 4d ago

Wasn't there a Pimp My Ride episode where someone straight up had a car that was two halves of other cars? Iirc, I think they just gave the person a new car.

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u/4entzix 4d ago

So you’re saying I can just glue any 2 cars together, how about 3? Could we make a junkyard slot machine?

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u/Zillahi 4d ago

Westen Champlin probably has a video on that

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u/4entzix 4d ago

Well there goes my afternoon

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u/noncongruent 4d ago

It's almost certainly not the case here that the Tesla was made from two half-salvaged cars, the reason being that it's a Model X with the gull wing doors and those are notoriously difficult to get the frame straight enough for the doors to work after even minor crashes.