Pfft look at these pleb tier post 90s volvos
if you want a road tank, you gotta go earlier than that buddy.
[t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Volvo_240_DL_sedan.jpg[/t]
not a pic of mine, but the same color. The Volvo 240 is a legendary beast of a vehicle and I wouldn't give 'er up for anything. In -both- of my accidents involving newer cars, their vehicles have ended up with some pretty nasty damage to 'em (Thankfully both accidents were clearly -their- fault and they admitted it), and when they ask what my damage is, all I've done is nick my bumper.
sweden stronk
[editline]6th September 2015[/editline]
[t]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YuW3MWZBFPAcbdn6-XX4PSJWH9ZFSeJAaFcSmxEVBTas34WPJZf3Zr43TOEOoTcvwBw7jyi7Mcw5KVQ=w1888-h807[/t]
there we go, my pride and joy
How the fuck is that a good thing that your car is barely damaged after a crash when you're dead?
[QUOTE=Wii60;48624019]so what happens if you crash a tesla and a volvo together?[/QUOTE]
Local spacetime collapses and they fuse into a DeLorean.
[QUOTE=Silly Sil;48626354]How the fuck is that a good thing that your car is barely damaged after a crash when you're dead?[/QUOTE]
because you're not dead due to your car not collapsing in on you when you hit a dinky little tree
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;48626416]because you're not dead due to your car not collapsing in on you when you hit a dinky little tree[/QUOTE]
If you hit a dinky tree the car is not going to collapse so much that it kills you.
If you hit a big tree tho, or a big car or a car head on, you die. Even if your car is barely scratched.
[QUOTE=Silly Sil;48626698]If you hit a dinky tree the car is not going to collapse so much that it kills you.
If you hit a big tree tho, or a big car or a car head on, you die. Even if your car is barely scratched.[/QUOTE]
i was in a head on collision that totalled our hyundai and we hit a volvo XC70
i am not dead
that time i got lucky, but good cars will save you
read: the fact that in the 240s 12 year life span there were no serious injuries recorded by its drivers
How the hell do those repeated crashes not destroy the engine or such?
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;48626416]because you're not dead due to your car not collapsing in on you when you hit a dinky little tree[/QUOTE]
The crumple zones are only designed on the engine bay and trunk, in other words the front and rear quarter panels.
The cabin of a car (everything from the front to the rear doors) is designed to be as rigid as economically and physically possible in order to survive rollovers. Many supercars are built with a super-durable titanium or carbon fiber tub around the passengers that takes stupid amounts of force to damage, whereas everything else is designed to fall off or crumple.
Racing cars and drift cars add in a roll cage which results in a huge increase in rigidity but are too large to realistically mount in a normal car without impeding on ingress and egress.
[editline]6th September 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;48627163]How the hell do those repeated crashes not destroy the engine or such?[/QUOTE]
Engines are surprisingly durable pieces of equipment. They are basically >100kg blocks of cast iron or aluminum, after all.
However, I'm pretty sure they welded the engine in place. Usually the engine is supposed to fall out of the car in a (violent) front end collision so that it goes [I]under[/I] the car rather than the boiling hot lump of metal being shoved through firewall and into the legs of the passengers.
don't forget Saabs, they're also indestructible
I heard if you place an atomic bomb on the roof of the car and detonate it, it'll give the car a new shine
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;48627449]don't forget Saabs, they're also indestructible[/QUOTE]
I got a Saab 900s, and I can confirm that it is basically a tank. However the 2.4L V6 engine is a giant pile of donkey bollocks.
[QUOTE=samuel2213;48632262]I got a Saab 900s, and I can confirm that it is basically a tank. However the 2.4L V6 engine is a giant pile of donkey bollocks.[/QUOTE]
saab is horrible anywhere dry, i've only ever seen them in the east of the US running. I have literally not seen one running saab in the west, other then one my brother had which blew the motor.
How is this possible? How aren't the tires shredded? How is the drivers compartment still... intact? I find it hard to believe that they didn't weld any safety bars or structural reinforcement in there or something!
[QUOTE=Suitcase;48634761]How is this possible? How aren't the tires shredded? How is the drivers compartment still... intact? I find it hard to believe that they didn't weld any safety bars or structural reinforcement in there or something![/QUOTE]
I am pretty sure they shot this over quite a long while and kept repairing the engine/drivetrain whenever it broke down.
It's still impressive how much the chassis endured.
[QUOTE=Big Bang;48623095]there's somebody fucking driving it? isn't that dangerous as hell?[/QUOTE]
it just makes the volvo stronger and the driver angrier about it not dying
What happens if you crash two volvos into each other?
[QUOTE=Xanadu;48623872][img]http://i.imgur.com/c73JIX7.jpg[/img]
It grows on you after a while[/QUOTE]
not rly
it doesn't needs to grow on me at least
[editline]7th September 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48625383]You've gotta be tough. Take that impact yourself, you coward! I bet you wear a seatbelt because you don't want to become Superman.[/QUOTE]
interestingly enough, it was volvo who introduced the world to seatbelts
[editline]7th September 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;48627449]don't forget Saabs, they're also indestructible[/QUOTE]
and last time I checked, saabs were known for flipping upside down and remaining intact, and the company going under because they wanted the best in safety, and not GM levels of it.
(if the Top Gear episode is anything to go by...)
My uncle crashed one of these in a ditch back in the day. He and his buddy pulled it out, it only had a small bump on the fender. They then continued their trip towards Italy without a hiccup.
...until they met a military checkpoint. See, 1991 Slovenia was a strange place. Thankfully the soldiers were rather helpful, and even offered them a bit of fuel for their trip home, siphoning it off a motha fucking tank.
That was the day a cheap old Volvo went through a crash, a dinner with a massive armored engine of war, and the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, all without giving a single fuck.
Just for completeness sake, this is the original video in 1080p glory: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7V-G3PiRUc[/url]
And the their youtube page: [url]https://www.youtube.com/user/Krimson37[/url]
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;48627449]don't forget Saabs, they're also indestructible[/QUOTE]
Coincidentally:
[video=youtube;Sc6cw1q1keY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc6cw1q1keY[/video]
Funfact: That first crash in the compilation video (against the small grey/blue Daihatsu) was recorded in [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUttbe92wnw"]2011[/URL].
This Saab video is from August 2015, and yes that is the same Volvo.
The next step is a face off against a Toyota truck. Both have a reputation for being unkillable.
[QUOTE=Gunner th;48635515]The next step is a face off against a Toyota truck. Both have a reputation for being unkillable.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;kFnVZXQD5_k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnVZXQD5_k[/video]
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;48626416]because you're not dead due to your car not collapsing in on you when you hit a dinky little tree[/QUOTE]
Imagine strapping yourself inside an extremely durable box and flying into a solid metal wall at 100+Km/h, the box may be fine, you certainly won't be
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