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Higher Rhymes · 07-04-2008, 07:52 PM

Now even though ~20,000,000 is a boat load of money to some, the benefits outweigh the pennies spent.

1) Aluminum cannot "rust".. it can erode/corrode, but cannot "rust" [in the oxidized sense] because of it's structural make-up
2) Aluminum (when protected by aluminum oxide) can last lifetimes longer than steel against the forces of nature (we've all seen cars from the 70s and 80s that look 50 yeas old)
3) MASSIVE weight savings
4) Aluminum is more malleable than steel, allowing for those crazy looking concepts to actually look like the production versions

damn.. BMW knows how to play the game.

07-04-2008, 07:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
Higher Rhymes 2.4 Liter SIDI ECOTEC Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 182	Re: Mustang SVO to return!!!? Now even though ~20,000,000 is a boat load of money to some, the benefits outweigh the pennies spent. 1) Aluminum cannot "rust".. it can erode/corrode, but cannot "rust" [in the oxidized sense] because of it's structural make-up 2) Aluminum (when protected by aluminum oxide) can last lifetimes longer than steel against the forces of nature (we've all seen cars from the 70s and 80s that look 50 yeas old) 3) MASSIVE weight savings 4) Aluminum is more malleable than steel, allowing for those crazy looking concepts to actually look like the production versions damn.. BMW knows how to play the game.