Not a RAV4 but last time I did the oil change on my newish 4runner I noticed the battery hold down was loose. Not sure if they just don’t torque them down that much from the factory or what but it certainly could’ve been a problem.

Jaws of life don’t really care about anything.  A small difference in the thickness of steel really doesn’t change much.  That being said hydraulic cutters or spreaders cost between $5k to $15k which is a lot to a small fire and rescue team so they may not be able to have that many on hand especially in a multi car…

Pretty sure I can find a C4 vette for that, I’d rather have the Corvette.  ND

23" Rims?  How many tire companies make tires that even fit those?  Must be a pain to balance.

It does have to do with recovery though.  Bullet proof glass and steel is a lot harder to get through to get someone out of the vehicle.  Like those emergency kits with point to break the glass won’t really work on bullet proof glass.

That’s the title of the article because it gets the click.  The article itself goes into the scientific difference in how a arrow works vs. a bullet.

1986 Corrolla. I know it is RWD, but it is still a Corrolla. A rattly rust buck tin can of an economy car from almost 40 years ago should not be selling for $30k.  Hell some are selling for more than MKIII Supra’s and that’s a shame.

Yes, mass is one factor, velocity is another, and the profile of the projectile. Lots of things play into it. It just seemed like people were thinking that an arrow is ridiculous to use in comparison to a gun, when it is actually quite effective.

One concern I would have about “bullet proofing” any vehicle would be how rescue teams deal with it in terms of a crash. For one most vehicles use “crumple zones” to absorb impact, anything stiff like this would transfer that force instead of absorb it which doesn’t bode well for the occupants. The other thing is that…

After rereading it I see what you mean. It’s kind of a shame that Nissan is letting it’s former staple models just wither and die like the Maxima. They keep advertising their models as “sporty” but there hasn’t been anything that would compete against a Corolla GR, Civic Si, or Mazda 3 Turbo in quite some time.  I…

I’m not going to watch or listen to any of this but to people who are making fun of using an arrow to prove something is strong don’t know much about arrows. You can shoot a sandbag with an arrow and small arms rounds, the bullets will stop but the arrow will pierce the sandbag and keep going. In terms of automotive…

I still the a Z31 T-top turbo beats this out for peak Nissan in the ‘80's offset scoop and all.

I’m sorry but the Z and the GTR are not cheap cars at this point. The GTR never was and the Z may have been at one point but certainly isn’t now. It would be great if Nissan came out with an electric recreation of a Sentra SE-R or 240sx but seeing how much they charge for the Z, I don’t see that being affordable.

I had the generation before the Durango version of the Dakota and always wanted to do a 5.9 swap.  Despite this having the most desirable engine in it this has to be a ND.  I’m guessing all the suspension work had done a number on the suspension geometry causing the ball joints, control arm bushings, and everything…

Oh yea this thing would basically be a welder.  Could be how the fusible link was routed caused it to rub against some kind of sheet metal that cut through it.  It would make quite the arc once the insulation is cut through plus the pop from the fusible link getting fried.

Hope you are better and they figured out what caused it.  Medical emergencies of any kind are scary as hell.

550 amp fuse? Sounds like a short to ground. My guess is something chewed into the insulation between the Battery positive and the fusible link to the starter and it made contact with the chassis or engine (grounding it). I’ve never heard the term “solid state” fuse. I think maybe they mean fusible link which is a…

Curb weight on a NSX is 3,903 with the lightweight package.

I would venture to say that these coupes would be more on the power and less on the light side.  My guess for an EV where they are trying to keep the weight down would still be in the 3500 to 4000 lbs. range.  The ‘22 NSX was 3,878 which gives you some idea of what a performance Honda would weigh with a hybrid set…

Yea on top of the whole sun load situation there the constant barrage of rocks and whatever else on the road. It was $400 cash to put in a windshield in our CX-5 can’t imagine what it would cost for this behemoth.