Model Bloat : A Visual Documentary

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror) 09/21/2015 at 10:06 • Filed to: DOCUMENTARY

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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:08

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Can I just have all of the old cars on this list.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:09

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outside of the camaro, they all look better newer

bob and john > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:09

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I think in this case its less bloat and more holy fuck the older car is TINY. I seen a 8c. it is not a big car

JR1 > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:11

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They might be oversized but they save lives and that is fine by me.

Milky > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:11

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But did you die?

Wheelerguy > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:12

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The continuation, however, is excellent.

Wheelerguy > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 09/21/2015 at 10:13

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“I find this insulting”, says the older Alfa.

DoYouEvenShift > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:24

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Sure theyre bigger.

But theyre also fastet, safer, and more reliable. Well most are more reliable.

yitznewton > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:26

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Margin Of Error > yitznewton 09/21/2015 at 10:29

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So depressing

Margin Of Error > Milky 09/21/2015 at 10:30

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My soul is dying

Sam > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:30

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Here we go.

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That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Sam > bob and john 09/21/2015 at 10:31

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To be fair, one of them is an actual race car.

Sam > JR1 09/21/2015 at 10:32

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Yup. Really, almost all of the size increase is crumple zones and chassis reinforcement.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:41

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Let’s all remember why.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:44

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These are great pics. The older smaller cars feel so much more connected to the world. Driving in modern cars gives me the feeling like I’m in a video game. Kind of separated from reality.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:44

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Safety Standards A Visual Documentary.

FIFY

BigBlock440 > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:48

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K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:50

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Every time someone posts about model bloat...safety crumple zones this, regulations and death that. -_-

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:54

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Nostril grills FTW.

McMike > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:56

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1970 Series II OTS in Cream

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:57

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Cars are safer, more reliable, more efficient, better quality, and better preforming.

There is a cost to that.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 10:57

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The actual Defender replacement (DC100) is somewhat less egregious.

bob and john > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 09/21/2015 at 11:03

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(sing-song) and it all truee and you know ittttttt

duurtlang > Wheelerguy 09/21/2015 at 11:06

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“I find this is insulting ”, says the older Alfa.

There, I fixed it.

Wheelerguy > duurtlang 09/21/2015 at 11:08

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Aye, chief.

Übel > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 11:21

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Yeah but the new car:

Won’t kill you in a 15mph crash

Will stop quickly enough to avoid that 15mph crash

Will do highway speeds without throwing a gigantic hissy fits

Is capable of being turned at speeds below 5 mph

Will go into gear without you wondering “Fuck,I wonder what gear this is going to be”

Will keep you from looking like a swamp monster in the summer and a snowman in the winter.

Won’t give you back spasms during drives longer than an hour

Is actually capable of sitting in traffic

Doesn’t need an oil change every 1-3k miles

duurtlang > Milky 09/21/2015 at 11:21

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7.5 times less likely to die per vehicle mile traveled, 10 times more vehicle miles traveled. So, technically, the amount of total deaths were higher in 2000 than in 1925.

Yes, I know, you do have a very good point. I doubt this has a lot to do with physical size of vehicles though. That 1959 Bel Air was actually larger than 2009 Malibu in the video below.

Ruschhaupt > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 11:21

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But how else are we supposed to haul around all the crap we’ve been accumulating?

axiomatik > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/21/2015 at 11:30

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50 years of engineering is an amazing thing. It is terrifying how the dashboard in the ‘59 just explodes towards the driver.

asenna > BigBlock440 09/21/2015 at 11:36

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Challengers at a Chevy dealer!

TheRealBicycleBuck > axiomatik 09/21/2015 at 12:12

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Think about what is happening under that dashboard. Oy! My knees!

CaptDale - is secretly British > DoYouEvenShift 09/21/2015 at 13:12

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Pretty sure all of those GTRs have the same HP rating ;)

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Margin Of Error 09/21/2015 at 21:03

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Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > Margin Of Error 09/25/2015 at 00:34

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I’m always feeling like a dumbass when I’m complaining about model bloat.

So yeah, I want cars to be aesthetically appealing and simple, but at the moment I do have “the luxury” of just thinking about myself when I’m driving. As soon as there are other people involved - possibly small ones I was involved in creating - I want them to be as safe as possible inside a metal cage going down the road sorrounded by idiots.

Still, I’ve shown this picture of my car here before...

Margin Of Error > Mark - Sixpots None The Richer 09/25/2015 at 08:59

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You have an i3, nice !

Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > Margin Of Error 09/25/2015 at 23:20

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;-)