"Exoskeleton" builds have officially reached rock bottom

"wbizarre - OEM fetishist" (wbizarre)
03/07/2019 at 22:19 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (24)

TheJWT > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 22:48

dmv took the title because of the modifications but all you gotta do is get it re vin

Classic

MM54 > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 22:49

What a waste of an e36

Nauraushaun > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 22:51

push to start kek

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 23:02

Holy shit. Can’t help but wonder if the “builder/seller” could be charged with manslaughter or something if a stupid buyer actually dies in the so called death kart.

Anyways I flagged the listing. Thing needs to be crushed. Or parted if there’s anything salvageable on it.

Funktheduck > Nauraushaun
03/07/2019 at 23:02

That caught my eye as well

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 23:12

I’d say that’s a job half done, but that’s giving it too much credit.

Brian McKay > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 23:45

exoskeleton?!

WilliamsSW > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/07/2019 at 23:54

My favorite thing about this, besides absolutely nothing, is that he took a car with 50/50 weight distribution and mostly took weight off the rear axle.

Also, “BMW death cart” is literally an accurate description of this.

Jerry OAKS 1997 > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 01:17

Looks fun for brave people, I'm 67 years old and my hips dont work. The steel Mills killed me and now I can't drive anything but my 2013 Camry.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 01:22

With the caveat of not knowing what was used for tubing or having good pictures of the welds and mounting plates, this isn’t nearly the worst one of these I’ve ever seen . The basic layout of the cage looks like it was built by someone who has at least actually looked at a cage in a race car logbooked by a major sanctioning body. That said, this thing is still only suitable for destroying in a spectacular youtube video.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 05:14

Made of noodles.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > WilliamsSW
03/08/2019 at 05:15

They also took the roof off so that makes the weight distribution meaningless as it will fold like a flapjack....

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > MM54
03/08/2019 at 05:17

It was dead already.

McMike > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 05:37

When will people learn to stop foreshadowing ?

https://jalopnik.com/man-dies-after-crash-in-home-built-honda-civic-based-ka-1825681533

WilliamsSW > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
03/08/2019 at 07:09

But it’s got a cage, bro!

CalzoneGolem > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
03/08/2019 at 08:16

I feel like advertising it as a death kart would help the seller.

Tekamul > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 09:17

I would at least wait until he finishes the cage.

Oh, wait - that’s it, he’s done? Yeah, no. That’ll crumple like paper. I really would’ve liked to see the DMV interaction.

Gravypig > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 09:22

I guess I’m one of the few that disagrees with the term “Exoskeleton” for this kind of vehicle. It’s a hybrid tube buggy, a roll cage car, etc. Some term that means hacked up car with a roll cage.

I know what Wikipedia says about this, but it is not an exoskeleton. There’s a picture of a 4-Runner (tried to attach, but well Kinja might not show it) with an external roll cage or exoskeleton. That is an exoskeleton.

This is very similar to the auto industry calling 4 door cars Coupes.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > WilliamsSW
03/08/2019 at 10:40

The twist? The cage is made from paper towel tubes.

WilliamsSW > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 10:50

That wouldn’t surprise me at all.

LodestarRunner > TheJWT
03/08/2019 at 11:00

“All you gotta do is commit a felony!”

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
03/08/2019 at 11:50

Seen it before

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > WilliamsSW
03/08/2019 at 20:28

Truth! B ut i wonder if one can fit one self, the engine, gearbox and rear axle inside it...all at the same time?

WilliamsSW > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
03/08/2019 at 21:15

Probably all too easily...