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Originally Posted by 66olds442
Ya, you're right. When I was looking at this at work I watched half of it as it took days to load. Well I will say that cars today are obviously much safer at high speeds. I'd much rather be driving an old car in any colision under 40 mph. That way I'd have a dented body panel instead of a totaled car.
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And you'd be wrong........to a point.........
You'd be surprised at what happens to older cars in collisions at 20mph!
(......and I say this because I've seen vintage crash testing film..........)
Now - what IS true: Aerodynamics (as a result of fuel economy standards) has changed how the fronts of cars are designed.....cars now have 'fascias' - and those are costly to replace......