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Safer for pedestrians, in the nihilistic sense that they at least won't survive the hit I guess?

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (5 children)

For a car supposedly made of steel, that's an awful lot of plastic.

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 20 points 2 days ago

Built like the finest midgrade consumer laptops

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isn't the stainless steel like glued on or something? I swear they're only panels. If not, please correct me

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

Yes, it's glued

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yes there was a huge scandal that the glue was wrong, so the panels fell off at high speeds. 🤣🤣🤣

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Oh jeez. Marketing got the advertisement all wrong. Here, let me fix that.

it is made ~~of~~ to ~~steel~~ steal money from idiots.

Here we go

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

The entire subframe is aluminium, and as a result known for collapsing if you try to tow with it.

It's a boxy slab of shite is what it is.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

It has a cast aluminum frame too I think