Thread 28589129

Look at the design of these two hatchbacks. Which one would YOU rather drive? Aren't you thankful for modern crash safety standards, anon? Imagine the horrible unsafe car designs we would have today without them.

>>28589129 (OP)
Structural safety is a good thing. I just don't how modern cars beep all the time.

>>28589129 (OP)
>Which one would YOU rather drive?
the bottom one easily. whip up a full cage if you're worried about chassis rigidity.

>>28589129 (OP)
This is unironically a much better comparison than that old rotted out x-frame burger sedan vs a new one.

>>28589141
not really, a lot of people talk about how older burger sedans are "tanks" that would survive any crash.

>>28589145
The x-frame in that video was specifically cherry picked because it was weak. At the same time, no, they wouldn't survive "any crash", they'd just shrug off fender benders more easily.

>>28589129 (OP)
Ok but the top one doesn't have to look like an egg to be safe. That's just for BS emissions reasons.

>>28589139
completely impractical for the average daily driver commuting to wage cage.

>>28589154
It's a combination. Even the largest passenger vehicles look bloated compared to pre-2000s models.

>>28589186
How so?
I DD'd an NA miata for 11 years and it was the perfect commuter car.

>>28589189
we're not talking about you, the /o/ autist crowd. the average person can't be bothered to do that sort of thing. good that it worked for you tho.

>>28589190
Not the guy youre responding to, I agree that something like cages is obviously not going to work for normies, but 30 year old volvos are perfectly safe and you should be able to choose whether you have a sexy car or die in a crash.

>>28589190
There's no practical reason it "wouldn't work for them" other than they just want bigger vehicles.

>>28589187
Trust me anon, I know.

>>28589186
where do you think you are?
all 90s cars are impractical for Joe and Stacey.

>>28589129 (OP)
The cool looking one on the bottom. Cars should be legally mandated to be less safe. We need more people dying in car crashes, and muh safety is a bandaid on the fact that we tolerate shitty driving and that our countries are filled with third world vermin.

>>28589129 (OP)
BRAND NEW Chinese sports coupe on the left. Brand new pigfat 911 on the right.

>>28589199
>>28589189
An NA Miata with a full cage, arguably requiring a helmet to be worn at all times to prevent a TBI in the event of even a minor crash?
>>28589205
The cage is the impractical part, you illiterate troglodytes.

>>28589231
>All-wheel drive
No thanks.

>>28589200
Bottom looks easy to park, maneuver, and you can easily see out of it. How far we have come in this dysfunctional dystopia?

>>28589234
I lost my miata when someone in an SUV rear ended me going ~40mph. I didn't get a bruise.
Most people don't get in accidents that would kill them in their whole lives. You don't *need* a Suburban to drive yourself to a desk job.

>>28589129 (OP)
>Which one would YOU rather drive?
Depends on price, reliability, parts availability, etc.
>Aren't you thankful for modern crash safety standards, anon?
No.
>Imagine the horrible unsafe car designs we would have today without them.
Safety faggots should be woodchippered. It's my choice if I want to drive a coddlemachine with 37 airbags or a rotten deathtrap that wouldn't survive hitting a corgi - not yours.

>>28589186
I daily an aveo hatch. Explain how that car is less practical than what I drive.

>>28589244
You're an enthusiast. You will tolerate shitty things that normies will not.

>>28589234
I would argue not having a rollbar is going to make your miata much more likely to kill you, not to mention it feels like a limp fucking noodle.
bar + hardtop is almost a necessity to daily a miat if you ever take it on the highway.

>>28589251
Full cage is not the same as a rollbar you fucking git.

>>28589244
The CAGE WOULD BE THE LESS PRACTICAL PART OH MY FUCKING GOD
>>28589240
Is the car in the top picture a Suburban?

>>28589249
...an aveo enthusiast? Chat is this real?

>>28589273
A well made street cage wouldn't cause issues. You put a nascar cage or an nhra top fuel cage in it yeah you're gonna be fuckin miserable

>>28589236
>the year is 2040
>for safety purposes, all windows have been replaced by cameras and screens of the outside

This is a dumb thread. Crash safety isn't the reason modern cars suck or look ugly. Its everything else

>>28589271
It's functionally the same thing in a miata.

>>28589413
/thread

>>28589129 (OP)
If I was in a deadly head-on crash I'd rather be the guy who died versus the one who is horribly maimed and has to suffer in endless pain for the next 40 years.

>>28589520
Except in top crash the driver would be perfectly fine you retard.

>>28589189
>putting useless commute miles on an NA
Faggot
>>28589413
>>28589459
>noooo please keep the safety blob!!!!
faggot

>>28589129 (OP)
But preventing crashes is now much harder because visibility is awful. I would rather everyone drive "less safe" cars that they can see out of

>>28589998
i dunno anon commute miles doesn't sound useless to me

>>28589145
In fairness if none of the body moves, YOU absorb the energy and go flying. Crumple zones are a thing for a reason y’know.

>>28590020
>I would rather everyone drive "less safe" cars that they can see out of
Is visibility really the problem?
In almost all crashes around here, the crash was caused by the driver being either:
>drunk as fuck
>busy fiddling with a phone
>suicidal
>a pensioner who can't see shit or react to anything in under 5-10 seconds (at least these usually drive very slow)
>a teenager with no self-control (these drive very fast)

None of these can operate a car safely, good visibility or not.

>>28590046
see in an older car they wouldn't have lived for a second chance to fuck someone else's day over

>>28589129 (OP)
>Aren't you thankful for modern crash safety standards, anon?
Actually yes.

>>28589129 (OP)
While I appreciate modern safety standards, I lament the fact that visibility was never included in safety metrics.
Now short women sit in tanks and see the world through a slit just above eyebrow level, and this is supposed to be normal and safe.

>>28589129 (OP)
The bottom one

>>28590201
Yes this is a big thing. People can't see SHIT in traffic anymore. In my old car it felt like I had perfect 360 visibility. Now it feels like I have glaucoma when I drive. Just checking the blind spot properly is exhausting. NACP is retarded.

>>28589189
>How so?
You need a helmet with your full cage
Getting in and out is also trickier

>>28589413
No it is, at least partially.