• jaykrown@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 day ago

    How did they let these die? They’re so stylish, we should bring them back immediately except with solid state batteries that can let them drive 200+ miles and charge in 5 minutes.

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      1 day ago

      Those older cars with the huge windows and great visibility handled rollover accidents by crushing the heads and necks of everyone inside.

      At some point we decided the passenger cabin shouldn’t be the primary crumple zone, so you can’t make cars like that anymore.

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          21 hours ago

          You wouldn’t want to go 30 in that thing. You’d feel like you’re in a rock tumbler.

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            I kinda want to see what the wind would look like on this thing going 60 (96.5 km/h). I suspect you’d get more lift than is comfortable. And speaking as someone who’s had turbulence in a modern car (interstate driving into an Illinois windstorm), it’s terrifying even in a car that doesn’t want to roll over.

            Edit: seriously thought about it and am more concerned about the moment/torque it might get from the wind

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        1 day ago

        I think one of these except more modern with all the advanced necessary features would actually be awesome.

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          But we gotta keep the 1920s car design. You csn put a modern battery, and bluetooth, and inputs for auxilery audio devices, and modern stereo syatem, and gps, and all this other stuff…but we gotta keep the old car vibe.

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            1 day ago

            Without the monocoque, I doubt it can pass modern crash safety tests. Nor is there any safe place to install air bags.

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            Honestly, people love to shit on the PT Cruiser but at least it tried to be a little different - arguably in a cool retro way!

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              22 hours ago

              The PT Cruiser looked amazing.

              I’d be very happy if more manufacturers took similar style risks.

              Buuuut, apparently we get the swasticar cyber truck.

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                21 hours ago

                This is why most cars these days are black, white or grey. “We don’t want something someone WANTS to look at, just something that isn’t offensive to the eyes” (sports cars don’t count here)

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      I don’t think you can just magically make a battery that goes that long without serious engineering work