• dhork@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      the “saucer car” was “designed and built… from a cut down 1991 Geo Metro”.

      Maybe not…

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        At least the geo has a driver’s airbag, crumple zones, disk breaks, shoulder belts, and dash and steering wheel that won’t turn your face into ground chuck, and a rear gas tank that only a Pinto would love.

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          Drums in the rear, if I remember right. And power nothing. Old friend of a friend had one and I got to drive it for curiosity’s sake.

          A family member who did fatal accident reconstruction would quip that ‘technically yes, but the crumple zone involves you’.

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            2 hours ago

            Oh yeah, I’m not saying they’re safe, I’m just saying the my classic car is a really cool looking death trap.

            I ended up totally updating the breaks with disks because I was tired of starting a block away to stop at a red light.