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Originally Posted by DavidBoren
BMW has been playing around with carbon fibet for years. They have offered different versions of the M-series with CF panels, roof, etc. It's nothing really new. But the chassis? Why?
I have seen supercar rims made entirely out of CF and thought that made sense... for a supercar. Not something that will actually get driven. You hit a pot-hole or get curb rash on an expensive, irreparable CF rim like that... I don't think so.
Same with a frame, there's no going back, no fixing it. A rim is a lot less wasted, and easier to replace, than a frame. I see absolutely no practical benefit from a CF frame outside of supercar/racecar territory. For anything you are going to insure with Gieco, you might want to settle for metal, like the rest of us mere mortals, so it can be fixed when you back into a pole in the walmart parking lot.
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Unless an auto manufacturer wants to sell more cars to replaced totaled units.