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Old 06-16-2012, 07:15 PM   #194
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Originally Posted by mkxr View Post
Keep in mind that front end of the car met with a pole, instead of a wall or another car, so all of the force was concentrated in a smaller area. Physics is a bi**h sometimes,
Yeah that's true and you can see the residue from the utility pole indicating where most of the impact occurred. I just saw a 40mph crash test so the amount of damage does make sense.

However, I still believe the FR-S/GT86 is a bit on the fragile side.

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