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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
No pain pills for most of today again. I have to drive into Austin to car shop. I'm thinking about getting something that is essentially a giant collection of airbags on wheels. Sort of like that last Martian lander pod.
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But that lander had them on the outside... I think it would be a bit difficult to see through all those balloons
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Have they "written off" the car? For the speed of the collision, there seems to be remarkably little damage. I guess, though, that if the impact has twisted the chassis, then it's probably not repareable. As Paul's just said, it's pretty amazing how well these modern cars do survive impacts that would probably have been "non survivable" 30 years ago.
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Generally, when the engine is written off, the whole car is... I overheard somebody the other day (I had to pick up my car from the repair shop for a regular check up), who had an engine that had been running without oil. That means the engine is total loss and a new engine was worth more than a good second-hand car... And with the current economic crisis, most car makers want to get rid of their stock...