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My wife's car was hit from behind at an intersection this week - she's just fine, but the car is a testimony to modern crumple zone tech.
It drives just fine, but it's terrible to look at. They'll probably total it.
If only there was a shell available that could just press on over the whole mess,
like an oversize faux rear end that was all just external cosmetics for the trunk, lights, paint.
It would be a modular add-on crumple zone - no trunk access, functional lighting. The "big booty" appearance would not conceal that the vehicle had been hit, but would reduce the evident chaos at the rear.
Easy to install, adheres with an interference fit and some adhesive. Activate the adhesive, apply it as far as it will go, and back (gently) into something flat and solid to seat it before the adhesive sets to get full coverage. It could be generic as to compact, mid- and full-size to reduce cost.
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Your insurance costs would skyrocket because the crumple zone is one of the key safety features and you're now doing without it. |
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Buy a Land Rover. Crumple zones are something that happens to
other people. |
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Seeing emergent themes here combining vehicles and faux rear ends and your wife. |
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You have a point there, [rcarty]. [swimswim], you do also, and I don't imagine it would accomplish all that the series of stock c-zones did even if it was internally accordioned to provide some shock absorption. |
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The All New 2015 Honda Accordian!
With origami folding crumple zones designed to slowly reform after impact as the shock absorbers re-set! |
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//2015 Honda Accordian // |
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Is it easy to tune ? How does it compare against, for example, the Ford
Tempo ? |
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Is it spacious inside, or is it a bit of a squeeze ? |
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Are there many key features to note ? |
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And it should be manufactured by BMW, shirley ? |
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~the winds of lane change~ |
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The focus group said it was a bit of a drag for the first little while, but that it was a breeze to drive for the rest of the time. |
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//Buy a Unimog. Crumple zones are something that
happens to other people.// |
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This idea? -1 for "form over function". Not safe, adds
weight, no trunk access. |
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In a perfectly rigid body, you become the crumple
zone. Energy must go somewhere. |
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//In a perfectly rigid body, you become the crumple zone. // |
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Best to purchase your vehicle from Acme, then; particularly if you're a
coyote... what it must be to live in a world with over-unity coefficients
of restitution... |
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// Energy must go somewhere // |
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Have a look down behind the sofa cushions, there's all sorts of stuff
down there. |
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