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** Ironically, a car built as solidly as the one described in the short story would be a greater, not a lesser, hazard to its driver since a vehicle with a fully stiffened body will collapse around the largest void space - that being the passenger cabin. Oops. Crumple zones exist for a reason. |
** Ironically, a car built as solidly as the one described in the short story would be a greater, not a lesser, hazard to its driver since a vehicle with a fully stiffened body will collapse around the largest void space - that being the passenger cabin. Oops. Crumple zones exist for a reason. |
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*** Doesn't help the case any when this troper's seen full-body steel cars BOUNCE instead of denting... |
*** Doesn't help the case any when this troper's seen full-body steel cars BOUNCE instead of denting... |
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* Prominent in |
* Prominent in [[Hip Hop]]. According to [[Xzibit]], his first album introduced him on the scene, his second album established his place, and his third album paid for his car. |
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* [[ZZ Top]]'s Eliminator hot rod. |
* [[ZZ Top]]'s Eliminator hot rod. |
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* [[John Lennon]]'s Rolls Royce, famous for its psychedelic paint scheme. |
* [[John Lennon]]'s Rolls Royce, famous for its psychedelic paint scheme. |
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* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] has been asked on multiple occasions about the car he drove in ''[[UHF]]'' and the video for 'All About the Pentiums': a Nash Metropolitan. Notably, it's the same car in both cases. |
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] has been asked on multiple occasions about the car he drove in ''[[UHF]]'' and the video for 'All About the Pentiums': a Nash Metropolitan. Notably, it's the same car in both cases. |
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* [[Dick Dale]] sang about street races and cool hotrods rather frequently. |
* [[Dick Dale]] sang about street races and cool hotrods rather frequently. |
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* The Dangercar, as described by [[My Chemical Romance]]. That is one [[Badass]] Trans-Am. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |