Against my parents best judgement we got my sister a V6 Touareg.

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
10/20/2015 at 18:28 • Filed to: None

As her first car. It is a 2009, has 40k miles and is armored.

DISCUSSION (26)

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 18:37

I’ve been wondering, what does armoring a car in Brazil involve? New glass and Kevlar sheets in the doors? More or less?

My citroen won't start > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
10/20/2015 at 18:42

Basically that, every surface is kevlar and steel plate protected, as are any panel gaps and places that would allow shrapnel to enter the vehicle cabin or engine bay. Glass is at least 18mm wide

whoarder is tellurium > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 18:44

Does it also have performance modifications? You know, for the extra weight?

deprecated account > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 18:46

Seems like there are an awful lot of armored cars in Brazil. What's up with that?

My citroen won't start > whoarder is tellurium
10/20/2015 at 18:46

Nah, it has around 150kg of extra weight, not that much.

My citroen won't start > deprecated account
10/20/2015 at 18:47

Safety issues, armored robberies are very common.

deekster_caddy > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 18:51

It’s hard to imagine needing armor on a car around here. People talk about how violent and guns this and that we are here (USA), but people don’t armor their cars!

My citroen won't start > deekster_caddy
10/20/2015 at 18:52

But that is a different kind of violence, gun violence in the USA is mostly insane rednecks, social outcasts going mental, a racist police force and so on. Here all of the gun violence comes from a super racist police force and actual criminals.

deprecated account > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 18:56

That would explain it

Brian, The Life of > deprecated account
10/20/2015 at 18:59

Lots of guns + lots of income disparity = lots of armored cars

deekster_caddy > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:05

Absolutely it’s different, I understand. But it’s hard to fathom a world where an armored car makes sense.

My citroen won't start > deekster_caddy
10/20/2015 at 19:08

I mean, not the majority of cars is armored as just a small fraction of the population can afford that, but the fear and paranoia is just enough to make this a thing in São Paulo

Alex B > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:12

I approve.

deekster_caddy > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:13

I understand, but it’s still that an armored car factors into your car buying decision that gets me. I worked in Sao Paulo for a week at a machine shop repairing some equipment. I think it was 1998 or 1999. I was shocked at the size of the shack city on our way from the airport to the city. I can understand how that many poor and probably undocumented people can become a land where violent crime (carjacking) becomes a common way of life. It’s easy to disappear afterwards and the corrupt police don’t help.

I was very lucky at the place I went to work. The company owner was protective of us and nearby at all times, and drove us from place to place in his own vehicles. I remember being excited because I saw a new ‘old’ beetle...

My citroen won't start > Alex B
10/20/2015 at 19:15

She is going to scrape the ever loving hell out of it.

My citroen won't start > Brian, The Life of
10/20/2015 at 19:19

That equation is 100% correct.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:23

What about run-flats, or are the tires stock?

My citroen won't start > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
10/20/2015 at 19:24

Armored tires, they have a steel belt built inside it or some shit, the Rangie has that too but I’m not sure how it works.

Alex B > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:33

Well, it is her first car...

My citroen won't start > Alex B
10/20/2015 at 19:33

Well, it could not have been a full size luxury SUV.

Alex B > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:36

Yeah, but no matter what she got it would probably get scraped up so you can never win.

Chasaboo > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 19:48

Are you in England? Your spelling of judgment is funny.

My citroen won't start > Chasaboo
10/20/2015 at 19:50

Nah, but I learned english at a British school so I mix both american and British english

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 20:35

The fact that you include rednecks in the U.S. gun issues, shows you have no clue what you are talking about. It’s not them that cause problems.

My citroen won't start > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/20/2015 at 20:50

Not going to argue with you about this again.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > My citroen won't start
10/20/2015 at 22:05

Since there is ABSOLUTELY not an argument to for your logic, I can see why. As all the numbers have FULLY supported, white, small town America is not the problem.