What will be the consequences?

Looking at the thin, iron-clad rear anti-impact steel beam that had been removed, Steven suddenly felt a little chilled.

"I'm sure you all know what the consequences are, right?" said the guy in the tape shrugged, "Although this car has a rear crash steel beam...... It's still called an iron beam, but it's actually not much different from nothing. ”

The Civic owners who watched the tape in front of the TV subconsciously nodded, and their views were similar to the guy in the videotape: such a thin layer of iron can really play the role of a rear anti-collision steel beam?

Foolish!

Next, let's measure the actual thickness of this thin piece of iron. ”

The guy in the video tape magically took out a vernier caliper that had been prepared a long time ago from the side - but everyone didn't think of why this guy would prepare a vernier caliper in advance, and everyone was attracted by this never-before-seen and novel way of evaluating cars: also, what can be better than taking apart a car and seeing with your own eyes how the workmanship of this car can more scientifically and accurately judge the degree of care of the manufacturer when manufacturing a car- The photographer on the side took the opportunity to push the lens forward and gave a big close-up: 0.55mm.

"See? 0.55mm," the look on the dude's face was clearly disdainful: "I don't know what the thickness of the rear impact steel beam of this Chrysler 'family' next to me is, but I think it should be a little thicker than that...... I think all American cars should have rear crash steel beams over 0.55mm thick. ”

The owners of the Civic car club in front of the TV can't help but subconsciously nod their heads: Indeed, for the old beauties who are accustomed to the simple and rough "big is beautiful, more is good", 0.55mm is really not a thickness that can make them feel safe.

"Actually, even though the thickness is only 0.55 mm, if you treat it with some scientific methods, you can still increase the strength, like this......"

He took a piece of paper from the side again, and shook it twice at the camera, indicating that this is really a very ordinary piece of paper that can be seen anytime and anywhere, and at the same time took a stack of books from the side and divided the book into two stacks: "Everyone has seen it, it's just an A4 size paper, very ordinary, and now I put this paper in the middle of these two stacks of books like this...... Then put a pen on top of it...... As you can see, the paper has been bent ......"

The crowd in front of the camera could clearly see that after putting on a very ordinary, ubiquitous ballpoint pen, the A4 sheet of paper that was placed in the middle of the two stacks of books was bent - this is normal, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.

"Now, let's fold this piece of paper in half like an origami fan, so that the middle takes on a shape," the guy said, quickly folding the paper, and then putting it back again and putting the ballpoint pen on it: "Okay, you see, after adjusting the shape, the paper is still this paper, but is this paper able to withstand a lot of pressure?"

But it's a lot, and the ballpoint pen hasn't moved at all.

"Let's see how much weight this paper can hold......"

Following this buddy's words, he put two more pens, a plastic ruler, a not too small eraser, and even a miniature stapler on it, until finally he put a No. 7 dry battery on it again.

"As you can see, the same piece of paper, after a special process, the compression resistance has increased many times, of course, the problem of this is that it will bring about an increase in the cost of this part, but I think that in the major equipment related to the safety of the driver and occupants of this car, this money should not be saved, and all the ...... At least 99% of car buyers will never be stingy to pay for this increased cost.

Of course, I've said so much, and I'm sure the guys who saw this tape are still skeptical about my test, and you will definitely think in your hearts, no matter how you test it, a piece of paper is a piece of paper, and the compression resistance can't be compared to the rear crash steel beam made of steel in any case, don't deny it, I know you must think so, right?

Next, I'll do another test to see how strong the Civic is in terms of compressive resistance to the rear crash steel beams...... Hey, hey, Lucas, get the camera in place, come over here......"

This was obviously said to the photographer behind the camera, because after the guy's words fell, the camera shook a little, and when the lens stabilized, a man came out from behind the camera, turned his back to the camera and asked him, "What do you want me to do?"

"In this way, next I will put this anti-collision steel beam on the ground, so that the side with the steel beam is facing up, and then I will stand up, and when I stand up, you will also stand up with me, let's see if this steel beam will be deformed after the two of us stand up together, is there a problem?"

"How simple is it?"

"It's as simple as that. ”

"OK, no problem. The photographer nodded.

When two people stand up, will this rear anti-collision steel beam be deformed?

This question is not only very curious about the two people who are recording, but also the Civic owners who are watching this videotape, they subconsciously focus on the picture, looking forward to seeing the next picture: even if the thickness of this rear anti-collision steel beam is a little thin, only 0.55 mm, but it is also iron, it should not be so easy to deform, right?

Only Tom and Owen glanced at each other vaguely—they had seen the tape a long time ago, but they still vividly remembered the shock in their hearts when they watched it.

But the next moment, a scene that made everyone's jaws drop appeared: after the guy who was doing the car dismantling test stepped on the rear anti-collision steel beam that had just been removed from the Honda Civic with both feet, in front of the camera lens and in front of everyone's eyes, the anti-collision steel beam was bent!

Not only did it bend a little, but it was centered on the place where this buddy's feet were stepping on, and it directly touched the ground!

The guy who did the test and the photographer who was about to go up obviously didn't expect such a situation, and they were stunned, and the picture stood still for two seconds, and the guy in front of the camera began to scold angrily: "Vaki! broken?! This damn anti-collision steel beam is actually broken?! I swear to everyone, I only weigh 150 pounds, and I definitely don't carry anything like sandbags to gain weight, but this damn, After the rear-end collision accident, the rear anti-collision steel beam that was supposed to protect us was broken?! Friends in front of the camera, can you believe it? Anyway, before this, I can't believe it anyway......

The owners of the Civic in front of the TV are even more angry than the buddy in front of the TV!

They can clearly see that the Ange buddies in the video are wearing a full suit of shorts and shorts, revealing slightly emaciated arms and calves, just such a body type, whether he can weigh 150 pounds is doubtful, so their expressions are not much better than the wife who just died: the buddy in the TV is only doing static tests after all, but they are the owners of Civic, running on the road every day, thinking that they actually drove such a cutting corners, After an accident, the car that could not guarantee their personal safety ran on the road, and they were afraid and trembling for a while.

After scolding him fiercely, the buddy in front of the TV took a deep breath, but his face was still not good-looking: "Okay, it's my reaction that is a little overdone, but it seems that the 'degree of care' of this Civic is beyond my expectations." ”

He puts the word "degree of care" very seriously.

The owners of the Civic in front of the videotape were in the same heavy mood as the buddy on TV, and they suddenly found that the Honda Civic they bought in the original picture of cheapness and fuel economy may be very fuel-efficient, or very worry-free, but the price paid for it may be heavier than they imagined.

"Originally, according to my plan, I was going to dismantle the Chrysler 'Family' after all the Civic was dismantled, tested, and measured, but now I have changed my mind," said the guy in front of the camera. ”

Needless to say, in fact, many Civic owners who watched this teardown video in front of the TV have long wanted to see what level the rear crash steel beams of the Chrysler "Family" used to compare with the Honda Civic are: Is the thickness of the steel lighter or thicker? Is the compressive ability stronger or weaker?

From their heart, the price of the Chrysler "Family" is so much more expensive than the Honda Civic, and a Chrysler "Family" can almost buy two Honda Civics, and the Chrysler "Family" should win, not to mention that the "Family" is still from Chrysler, which has always been known as "kind", but as the owner of the Civic, they are very entangled in their hearts and do not want the Chrysler "Family" to win......

But the result is clearly not diverted from their expectations, especially with such an obvious purpose of "pulling the shelf......

The rear bumper and rear impact steel beam of the Chrysler "family" were quickly removed, and when he took the rear impact steel beam of the Chrysler "family", the guy who made the video frowned in surprise, and then told the audience in front of the TV: "The rear impact steel beam of the Chrysler 'family' is obviously much heavier than the Civic, and I estimate that it is at least twice as heavy...... Lucas, help me push the scales over. ”

Well, even the scales are ready.

But the audience in front of the TV will not consider why the electronic scale is prepared in advance, and they are also attracted by this test: the upper scale weighs the weight, and this test is really fair and reasonable.