@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 14 hours agoThey used to be all metal too. Its time for a revolutionlemmy.dbzer0.commessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1609
arrow-up1609imageThey used to be all metal too. Its time for a revolutionlemmy.dbzer0.com@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 14 hours agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink51•12 hours agoThis seems accurate to what modern car underbodies look like, a smooth underbody is very important for aerodynamics and therefore fuel efficiency. For race cars it is often even more important not only for fuel efficiency but for downforce.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•11 hours agoAlso rust protection. Northern cars just having the floor fall out is less of a thing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 hours agowhy northern? I thought the Southeast was more prone to rusting as the Mexico Gulf is right there?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•9 hours agoProbably salt on roads. Sea air kinda rots everything, salty roads just the bottom.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 hours agothat makes sense, my southern brain didn’t even process that road salts could cause corrosion haha
This seems accurate to what modern car underbodies look like, a smooth underbody is very important for aerodynamics and therefore fuel efficiency. For race cars it is often even more important not only for fuel efficiency but for downforce.
Also rust protection. Northern cars just having the floor fall out is less of a thing.
why northern? I thought the Southeast was more prone to rusting as the Mexico Gulf is right there?
Probably salt on roads. Sea air kinda rots everything, salty roads just the bottom.
that makes sense, my southern brain didn’t even process that road salts could cause corrosion haha