By Robert Emslie
Upon its introduction, one of the Saturn’s touted features was its plastic body panels. Unbeknownst to the layman, the pieces that made up the sides of the car weren’t all the same kind of plastic. The doors used Pulse alloy, a blend of polycarbonate and ABS, while the quarter panels and fenders were made of polyphenylene oxide and polyamide (PPO/PA), which was known as GTX.
The thing of it is, no matter what the composition, in the end they’re all plastics and are no match for a municipal snow plow.
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At least the owner can "Do the Dew".
"Dude, who plowed my car?!?"
Snow wonder some snowplow drivers are called asshats.
Icy why they aren't liked much.
There snow joking about that.
That's quite the flurry of puns, there.
Looks better than flames. Much cooler, I shall say.
$kay you're such a flake.
To be fair, steel panels would have been a mess from such a strike as well. Of course, they wouldn't likely be sliced open like a cheap sardine can, but still a mess.
The guy that sideswiped my old K-5 Blazer did something similar to his 280ZX with the rear bumper of my Blazer.
Was he listening to "Freak Out" by Le Chic?
An artistic representation of General Motors' treatment of the Saturn brand.
They also shattered in amazing ways when frozen and hit by a Volvo. I may have experienced it.
Freezing temps can help with the mechanical performance of those materials, either.
Time to start searching car-part.com, for panels of the same color.
Last seen at the scene carrying a 5 pack of Mountain Dew.
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I really could kill, for something like this.
That culprit again is Mr. Plow.