Also, when your 70 something granddad says cars today are fragile and break too easily in a crash, they're right. Old cars were built to last, to survive crash

Also, when your 70 something granddad says cars today are fragile and break too easily in a crash, they're right. Old cars were built to last, to survive crashes with a minimum of damage and to be easily repairable as soon as you hose out the remains of the former occupants who were turned into an untasty raspberry jam like substance after bouncing around the inside of their indestructible death cabs at 60 miles an hour. If it weren't for rust and lack of maintenance, many of those old beasts would still be on the road today. Today's cars collapse and crumple like wet tissue by comparison, but then after the accident your friendly local fireman can use some powered jaws to open your little nesting cocoon and extract you largely unhurt from accidents that would have turned you into aforementioned jam just 60 years ago. Sure, the car is toast but who wouldn't trade a brand new car for years of life, especially when many people have insurance so your deductible can be as little as a few hundred dollars?