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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That said, I still think plastic is an ideal material in this regard. It's cheap, light, and resilient. Saturn's had plastic body panels, and a friend of mine showed how it could be severely deformed and still pop back to the original shape. Not only that, but infusing the color within the plastic means that you cannot scratch the color off. What does plastic have going against it?
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It's a poor choice in very cold climates...
I still have shards of my friends Saturn somewhere after the side of his car shattered from a minor incident at about -40°.
Didn't stop my from buying a Saturn of my own later (well, two actually).