• Hux@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      There was another door jam label for the folks who foolishly didn’t expect their car to burn them for trying to exit it.

      https://i.imgur.com/gjicLpa.jpeg

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    The thing was just a motor/drivetrain and some wheels. No creature comforts whatsoever. It was just made to go fast AF from stoplight to stoplight. One of the few times Dodge really came up with something special, if cars are your thing.

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      2 days ago

      honestly this car looks like it was made to wrap sideways around a tree. never driven one but i hear they were so sketchy.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      I’m not a car guy at all but I assume it’s like Dodge made a kit car muscle car where 95+% of the design and planning was focused on the ginormous engine. And the car didn’t follow any of the pesky [open air quotes] rules [close air quotes] of design and logic.

      “Vilon” conspiracy theory

      Elon used a disguise and time traveled back to the early 1990s and he was the guy who somehow convinced everybody at Dodge… “Nah. The car doesn’t need door handles. It doesn’t need windows. It doesn’t need an internal handle to open the hood. [list continues]” That last one is covered at 6:22. I assume the list goes on and on. I’ve got ~20m left to watch. What an utterly wacky car.

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    This was (and is) always my dream car as a ignorant but car-loving little burglerite. Just so cool and fast and nothing else.

    I think that terrible short-lived show of the same name probably planted a worm pretty deep in my tiny child brain, so that might be part of it.