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Originally Posted by jcp123
You know, I asked somewhere why cars are getting so heavy, bringing up the fact that a car which 10 years ago might have been 2500lbs has steadily grown to 2800lbs or so, and a lot of it was cited as being stiffer frames for, among other things, crash protection. It's odd that even Americans could build a 2300lb economy car in 1960 (the Falcon), when big was still the fashion, yet today we can't seem to get weight in check.
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The brand new version of my 20 year old truck weighs a good 700 pounds more
