Agreed. If it is a custom build then the builder is more likely to use better components. Then again, will he account for the crumple zone that could save his l

Agreed. If it is a custom build then the builder is more likely to use better components. Then again, will he account for the crumple zone that could save his life and the lives of the people he hits with his car? Here using stronger materials is actually bad. Volvo used to do this I believe: their cars would survive all manner of crashes unscathed. Their drivers and passengers, not so much.