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Old 09-23-2013, 09:46 AM   #121 (permalink)
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I've watched it several times actually. My point is that some poorly designed cars require several grand repairs for low speed accidents, while others don't. For example a car that gets side swiped, may require new front and rear quarter panels and a door. The drive components remain untouched, and the car is still drivable. The VLC might clip and expend an outboard wheel (absorbing and deflecting the impact), requiring replacement of the whole wheel assembly, axle, bumpers etc. I don't know if it would be less costly to repair the VLC or a Box car under different accidents. But it's something they should look into. The car is economical in all aspects, cheap to own, fuel, maintain. Cheap to repair would be a good selling point.


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