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I ran into one problem with monocoque/unibody construction. I ran my wife's Honda Pilot into another vehicle on icy roads. Around 5 mpg, direct T-Bone. We dr
by hcurtiss 3y ago
I ran into one problem with monocoque/unibody construction. I ran my wife's Honda Pilot into another vehicle on icy roads. Around 5 mpg, direct T-Bone. We drove home about 75 miles just fine. No leaking fluids. About 35,000 miles total on the car. Just smashed in the front right a little. Insurance totaled it and gave me $18,500. Body shop told me monocoque/unibody construction is very difficult and expensive to repair. Evidently, for anything more than plastic fender-benders, they're very frequently "totaled" instead of repaired.
- dangus 3y agoI think this is a very minor downside of this style of construction. Another aspect is that repairability of the frame isn’t as important as preventing injury to the occupants. You know what’s more expensive than a totaled $18,500 vehicle? Hospital bills.
- hcurtiss 3y agoI am not convinced in that circumstance I would have been worse off in an F-150 or any other modern body on frame construction.